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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 14 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 PLACED ON
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6 THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 OK, FOR THE MOMENT LET'S ASSUME THAT COMPUTERS ARE ALIVE.
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21 THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY 'MALE' OR 'FEMALE'?
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22 THE NEXT QUESTION IS, 'IS BACKWATER MALE OR FEMALE?'
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23 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************
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24 Malcom: Just rotten timimg is all. BW has shifted to its debate
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25 phase. That isn't to say that you can't write stories, as is
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26 idicated by those that are writing them. It is only that those
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27 who were doing the NET thing got tired of it for awhile and
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28 have moved on to other things until their mental batteries have
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29 had a chance to recharge. Mean while, those who can create and
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30 write continue to do so. Why not do something of your own writing.
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31 ***************************************************************
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32 ________________Melissa--------------------------------Melissa________________
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33 M A G E N (cont.-5)
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34
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35 it started getting dark. He scooped everything off his desk and threw it
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36 into a drawer. I must be crazy, he thought, going over there twice in one
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37 day. Maybe I should try to forget about the past, about Magen and all the
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38 things we once meant to each other. Something still tugged at his inner
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39 being as he rushed out of the office, taking the stairs two at a time, in a
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40 headlong dash to the plant entrance. Raza was one of the hundred or so
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41 people on the island who now had an automobile. He jumped in his car and
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42 pulled out on to the road with a lurch, the instant the engine started.
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43 Dixie had been standing in the lobby talking with the receptionist while
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44 she waited for a taxi to drive her to the hotel. Raza rushed by so quickly
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45 he had not even seen her standing there. She had, however, seen him quite
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46 clearly. Before she could say anything he had bounded out the door and
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47 driven away. She noted that he had not headed toward town.
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48 A few minutes later Raza came to the end of the road. It was a half mile
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49 further to the bay where Magen was living but he would have to walk from
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50 here. Fortunately he could walk along the narrow beach below the cliffs.
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51 This was the one part of the island that still did not have any roads. Raza
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52 live. One thing she disliked almost as much as the hum was cars. She had
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53 refused to even ride in one. Raza decided he would have to be firm with her
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54 about some of her strange antiquated ideas. Progress had come to the island.
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55
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56 piper---Thank you. Your fine writing style would lead me to believe that you
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57 are probably a professional wordsmith in at least one of your personas. If
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58 you could give me a tip or two concerning pacing of a story I would sure
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59 appreciate it. I feel it's one of the weak areas in my writing.
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60 ----------------Melissa________________________________Melissa----------------
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61 P.S. CISTOP MIKEY---Thanks for the explanation, it's a shame some people do
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62 those kind of things.
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63 Thank you very much for recovering the deleted lines. I appreciate it.
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64 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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65 The public survice that such bbs provide is literaly incalcualble. Not only do computers talk to each other t
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66 thay provide an output for expressive concerns that may other wise be under utilized or entirely supressed.
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67 The continuning saga Magen and the
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68 issue of blue or pink operating systems
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69
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70 m--------------------------------------------------------------------------m
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71 Thank you Mikey. I shall continue my story with what is on DB...
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72 m------------------------------------------------Malcolm-------------------m
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73 %(_)$(@#_%!@#_%(@#_%(#$%_#(^_#%^*#%_^_#$^*(#$+_^(^(#$_#_$^(#_^(!@_^(!#^(!^
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74 Malcolm: No one is ignoring you. Even with the great resources of the NET, we still have problems logging on
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75 to backwater. You have been on three times since the last time I was on. At night, the phones are
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76 so busy it is nearly impossible to get on without attack dialers. Please contineu your story with NET if
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77 you wish. Although two main characters are out-of-town/unable to respond, the rest of us are still
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78 nterested in keeping some story going. Expect a big entry from Gaudy Minsky any time now.
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79 ilch: Feb sounds fine. When we get a little closer, I'll give you some possible days/times. I'll warn
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80 Chuck about the logo!
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81 Farley, Gaius: Please don't give up. I can't enter a story now, but I will next time I log on. I have
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82 talked to Gaudy, and she is working on a continuation of the story.
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83 Kathy:Glad to hear you avoid those little beasts. Sometimes they seem to jump out of thin air. Say hi to the ski
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84 patrol for me. (another long story)
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85 Alchemist: Sometimes rapier wit can be a double-edged sword. Someone always seems to take things the wrong way. It
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86 is refreshing to see someone who can thrust/parry without tripping. My mug of ale is raised to you too.
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87 Alex: I found another Risk groupie from the crowd at PPS. When ever you decide its time to clash those armies
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88 again, count us in. I am learning a great deal in my Statistics class. We are doing quite a bit of theory work
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89 interesting plans for our next game, but I may have to borrow one of Leonard's little Model 100s first. (hear
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90 that Leonard??? haha)
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91 *)%_)@#*%@#)_%*@#_)*%_)#*%@#_)%*@#_ L'homme sans Parity *_#)@%_)@#%*@_)#%*@#_)%*#_@)%*@#_)%*@#%_@*)#
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92 lurk...
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93 Kathy: in all my lurking, I do belive that your story is my favorite. Keep up the fantastic work and do you mind
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94 if someone else joins in? I might have to change my name...
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95 lurk...
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96
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97 SARAH OR LADY S:
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98 Homo Sapien walked swiftly across the icy snow. He began to jog. And strained
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99 is eyes against the wind, looking. Days had flown by in search. Now, he was
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100 o reach his destination. Protected by varies man-made devices, he hunted along
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101 n his search, unknown to the dwealers of the artic land.
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102 Homo sapien, The Wise, spied the great animal. Ursus maritimus, Of th Sea,
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103 remained stiffly elert. His nose raised in the air. Ursus maritimus did not
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104 smell Homo sapien. A young seal, below the snow, lifted his head to breathe.
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105 The seal went unnoticed by Homo sapien, but apon smelling the foul breathe,
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106 Ursus maritimus pounced on the seal. The animal moved rapidly, all of the
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107 muscles in his body cooperated. His paws slapped down on the terror-stricken
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108 seal his great jaws tore into the seals flesh.
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109 After consuming his meal, the great beast rose to his full height. Five
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110 feet at the shoulder, he stood. Ursus maritimus weighed about 1,000 pounds,
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111 yet he walked gracefully, a figure of power. The strenght in his gait,
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112 shone through his heavy portective coat. He starred with keen eyes across
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113 the blanket of whiteness. Proud, dignified, he walked.
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114 Homo sapien raised his gun in the air. He took a seconds aim at the great
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115 beast. He fired. The bear fell instantly to the ground. Human smiled at his
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116 success and walked to the bear. He stood above and starred down at the
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117 conquered beast. One eye of Bear was rolled back in his head and the other
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118 lay bloodied by his nose. By the nose which had brought him food, apon the
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119 death of the small, helpless creature. Bear breathed shallowly. Human kicked
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120 the side of Bear's head. Bear remained alive. Human reached swiftly, gracefully
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121 to his belt. He withdrew his hunting knife and implanted it in Bear's skull.
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122 Blood spilled out over Human's hand. The redness continued to drowned Bear's
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123 white face as Human continued to stab. Human stopped abruptly. Saticfied he
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124 turned on his heel and went to call his friends, showing them of his power
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125 they had doubted. Human walked across the snow, Seal's foul breathe went
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126 unnoticed by he and the dead polar bear.
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127
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128 Okay. So, Sarah, did you say that murder can be done only to intelligent
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129 creatures. Does Bear qualify as intelligent? Does Human? Does Seal? What
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130 are Bear's actions? What are Human's? Bear killed for food? What were
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131 Human's reasons for killing? WAS IT MURDER? WHY OR WHY NOT? Please write
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132 a five paragraph essay and print it by tommarow. You will be graded on
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133 your skill to define... No, really. Please respond. Don't expect me to.
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134 I am now returning to my lurker state and do not expect to be summoned
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135 out of it until I'm a little more-- Oh, never mind! "Hi, Sondargaard. I
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136 missed you this afternoon. Don't believe anything Prometheus said."
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137 Mr. Parity - I have been home very sick and therefore easy access to
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138 BWMS because of the weird hours. Nothing better to do than enrich one's
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139 mind as the body swiftly rots. Later I shall not be able to get on as
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140 often when I am healthy again. I shall write though.
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141 m---------------------------------------------Malcolm----------------------m
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142 THIS IS A BORDER. DEFINING ONE MESSAGE FROM THE OTHER.
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143 SARAH: I wrote you a message. About Bear and stuff. I did not write
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144 anything to L'homme sans Parity. It appears that part of my message
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145 was eaten up, by some evil god (or more likely a twit). So, I don't
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146 care if you disregard it or not. LET'S GO TO ENTER ONLY. I think
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147 somebody on all BBSs is against me. My messages appear to be followed
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148 by some sort of calamity or just somebody who hates them. I'm going
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149 to forget this message writing business. The only reason for
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150 writing now, is to say it was not Malcolm who sent you that
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151 message. And, I'm sorry to have tied up the system while wri
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152 ng it. Now something else is freaking out on me here. So, I had better
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153 take my leave. -Tanya
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154 THIS IS THE REST AF THE BOARDER. TO DISTINGUISH ONE MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER.
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155 Cistop: I think lines are still disappearing. Some of the preceding entries
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156 on this disk seem disjointed (more so than can be attributed to the authors).
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157 _innocent bysitter_
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158 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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159 Okay, maybe I've been gone for a while, maybe I
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160 slept through drive b - what is going on in the INN?
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161 Looks like a debate and a person getting ignored,
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162 am I close? Well, I better hang around for a while
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163 before I risk writing anything.
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164 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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165 (Swish)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Poof!)
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166 The winter wind whistled by. Although the clouds foretold foul weather, I had
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167 braved the elements in order to discover the strange disturbance in the world.
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168 The other Masters were dependant on me, for I was the one chosen by all. If
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169 only I knew more of my craft...
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170 I glided down toward the earth. The bare fingers of the trees below reached
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171 up as if to grab me. I avoided them, perhaps unneedfully. A clearing gave me
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172 a perfect opprotunity to Change.
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173 A Changing is a peculiar thing, for it happens all at once, instead of in the
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174 stages one might expect. Properly done, A viewer would see a man standing
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175 one moment, and another creature sitting/swimming/flying there the next.
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176 My Changing ability was improving, but it still lacked the grace of an
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177 experienced Master. How unlucky was I, to have been selected so soon after my
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178 appointment to thegrey robes of a Master!
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179 After I was through the Change, I shivered. My clothes had changed with me,
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180 but the lands I had departed were sunny at this time of year. I sought the
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181 shelter I had seen from above.
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182 A building of some sort, an inn I suppose, soon came into view. Light spilled
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183 from the window, telling of the warmth and cheer within.
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184 I started eagerly toward it, but stopped abruptly. This place was the source
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185 of the disturbance, I could tell. I began forward again, but now approaching
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186 more cautiously.
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187 I opened the door, slipped inside, and closed it behind me. There's no
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188 describing the collection of faces, voices, and accents that filled the room,
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189 not to mention the uncountable opinions and inestimable knowledge. I asked, in
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190 a quavering voice, "What is it that I sense here?"
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191 For a bit, there was silence. Then a man, his name unknown to me, spoke.
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192 "Why, It's merely debate time again."
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193 That said, the discussion continued. The subject of the moment seemed to be
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194 the nature of life, and of intelligence. I had no strong feelings in the
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195 matter- that which seems to live, is alive. No other definition will serve
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196 better.
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197 And so, that thought out, I made my way toward a corner of the room so that I
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198 might sit, and watch awhile.
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199 (Poof!)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Master Changer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Swish)
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200 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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201 "The dirty Harry Krishnas; Make their day, or they'll blow you away!"
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202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ JC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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203
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204 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (AWAKE again, sort of)
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205 Alex k.f.: Hey, no fair putting things into my dreams... No wonder they've changed so much lately... All I see is that face
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206 just drifting in and out of my awareness. (I may never know)
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207 ???: Who said hello? Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a somewhat familiar(?) style. Please say hello again, but use
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208 your own border to make a distinct impression. These mysterious "hi's" seem to get nowhere. p.s. Whatever he says requires
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209 dicretion in the matter of belief, am I not right?
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210 ...stay tuned for more msgs...
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211 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 012638 17 Jan 85
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212
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213 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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214 M. sans Parity, I have been having some trouble with remembering how some
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215 people spell their. I am glad to see that the overall power of NET actually
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216 allowed you to regain access to this really great system, you last letter
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217 cleared up the name problem, thanks. Oh, what did you think of my last
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218 entry anyway? (just curious)
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219 The story will continue once I figure where it will bo from here. (cola time!)
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220 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ abacab _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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221 missing word in above text: second line goes "people spell their names. I..."
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222 _-_-_-_ abacab _-_-_-_
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223 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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224
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225 Hello, this isn't Pam but if seing the boarder made you feel
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226 good for just a second then it was woth it. Now all i want to know
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227 is where the real Pam is...
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228
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229 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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230 :=:=: who stays up this late?
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231 **************************************************************************
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232 i think the question should be: Who lives at this late hour?
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233 I can be included, also the Piper is up and about early, The Guardian
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234 keeps watch, oh and (clearing my throat) Alchemist... Im not sure about
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235 the nameless lurkers...
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236 **************************************************kathy*********************
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237 To lurk: if you are being honest, then thank-you and yes you can join
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238 in my story do you mind if I assign you to Jack? He's quite flexable right
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239 now and you can mold him into whatever you want, but please keep him loveable.
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240 Jack has his own fashion idea's, nurd city but he's smart and I know you will
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241 keep him going. ONe more note: (see how complicated this is getting already?)
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242 I have a quite low FOG index and I would like to keep it that way, so please
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243 don't get to wordy. your on your own now.
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244 To Guardian: (twilight zone music)
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245 ***************************************************kathy***********************
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246 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (do ya wanna see something REALLY scarey?)
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247 PLEASE keep in mind that the index was ONLY a program that looked at the
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248 -structure- of the material. Although cipher is unreadable in it's jumbled
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249 form, if it would be re-arranged, filled with spacing and punctuation, and
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250 whatever else it could take on an index anywhere from a 1 to a 15 depending
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251 what the final outcome of the last jumble did to it. so there.
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252 Now that I've given you what one of my instructors has told me about it,
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253 I'll leave it at that... (hoping my def. was correct)
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254 kathy: T sounds fine to me. Don't forget your trident, I'm not current.
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255 Virginia: Yes, there is life in the wee hours of the mornin'.
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256 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 040407 17 Jan 85
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257
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258 **************************************************************************************************************************
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259 unfortunatly I didn't have time to compose
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260 a good entry today, so im leaving well enough
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261 alone untill tommorow. goodnoight all and
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262 sweet dreams.
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263 ***************.******************************kathy***********************8*****
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264 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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265 Melissa -- 'tis I who must thank you! Unfortunately, I must plead that
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266 I feel totally inadequate to offer tips on the pacing of your story, it
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267 seems to be moving quite well and I am anticipating each entry with great
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268 pleasure. Really, you must remember that I am the one hardest hit by the
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269 dreaded fog index -- I recieved an impenetrable 13 -- a sure sign that my
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270 compositions are dense and unreadable other than by those who are educated
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271 beyond normal levels. I'm sure that a large part of this intolerably high
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272 index is caused by my bizarre and convoluted sentence structure; my
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273 sentences are affected by my Germanic heritage -- I plunge in at the beginning
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274 and continue through, until I emerge spluttering and blowing several
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275 paragraphs later. Looking at the previous sentence, I believe it!
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276 All -- the cycle of the inn continues. Cycles, cycles within cycles, and
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277 cycles containing cycles. From nearly moribund to bursting with vitality,
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278 the pace of life moves on. I cast the Oracle and was reminded of the
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279 transience of any state of being. Nature does not abhor a vacuum, she
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280 simply prefers a dynamic to a static balance.
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281 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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282 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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283 Many conversations swirled around the Inn, some adding to the flavor and
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284 harmony, others sounding a dissonance to provide a reference comparison. Who
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285 could say with certainty which served the greater purpose, each in its own
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286 way served a function in the totality that all knew as the Inn.
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287 "Once I thought that I thought a lot;
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288 But now I think that I thought about a lot of things."
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289 `'`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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290 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACIDFP<
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291 Were Hawkwind, I hope you found us we ran out of room on drv B and didnt
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292 know what to do so we switched over to this drive I hope nobody is to
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293 preterbed._??
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294 We shall start again and hope not to have t depleted of a space.
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295 fable of a failed race.
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296
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297 our legends tell
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298 we came from a seed
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299 that travelled at
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300 a whirl-wind speed
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301 till it came to rest
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302 upon this land
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303 that once was green
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304 is now all sand:;
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305
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306 that buried us
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307 up to our eyes
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308 and made us watchers
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309 of the skies:
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310 till shadow-wings
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311 came for our sight
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312 and left us to
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313 conspire with night.
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314 We hope you appreciate our entry and your messages will
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315 get to us through a devious route and will be deeply appreciated; as this is our
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316 first time sending instead of just lurking through others shadows.
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317 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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318 ________________Melissa--------------------------------Melissa________________
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319 All---Here are the missing lines at the top of the last episode. Without them
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320 some of the story's meaning is lost. (The person doing this malicious act of
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321 deleting should hang their head in shame. It is a cowardly thing to do.)
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322
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323 Raza looked out the window at the sky. Even though he couldn't actually
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324 see the horizon he knew by the colors that sunset was about an hour away. If
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325 he got out of here right now he could make it out to the bay and back before
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326 it started getting dark.
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327 ---& further on (in context)
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328 This was the one part of the island that still did not have any roads. Raza
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329 suspected that was part of the reason Magen had chosen it as a place to
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330 live. One thing she disliked almost as much as the hum was cars.
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331
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332 piper---You do have a way with words!
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333 ----------------Melissa________________________________Melissa----------------
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334 TODAYS WEATHER:
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335
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336 NUCLEAR WINTER: 130 DEGREASE BELOW ZERO.
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337
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EAR MUFFS RECOMENDED.....................
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338 M.G.
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339 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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340 I have no objection to sharing my border. (as long as there are only two
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341 of us...)
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342 ~~~~~~~~~~
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343 Note: the following song requires a bit of explanation. The "Star-Spangled
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344 Banner" uses the tune of an OLD drinking song. This is that song...
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345 ~~~~~~
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346 To Anacreon in Heaven (words: Ralph Tomlinson,Esq.; Music: John
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347 Stafford Smith)
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348 To Anacreon in Heav'n,
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349 Where he sat in full glee,
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350 A few Sons of Harmony sent a petition
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351 That he their Inspirer and Patron would be;
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352 When this answer arrived from the Jolly Old Grecian:
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353 "Voice, Fiddle, and Flute,
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354 No longer be mute,
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355 I'll lend you my name and inspire you to boot,
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356 Chorus: And besides I'll instruct you, like me, to intwine
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357 The Mrytle of Venus with Bacchus's wine." (repeat chorus)
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358 The news through Olympus immediately flew;
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359 When Old Thunder pretended to give himself airs.
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360 "If these Mortals are suffered their scheme to pursue,
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361 The Devil, a Goddess, will stay above stairs.
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362 Hark, already they cry,
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363 In transports of joy,
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364 'Away to the Sons of Anacreon we'll fly,
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365 Chorus: And there with good fellows, we'll learn to intwine
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366 The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine.' (repeat chorus)
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367 "The Yellow-Haired God and his nine fusty Maids
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368 From Helicon's banks will incontinent flee,
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369 Idalia will boast but of tenantless Shades,
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370 And the bi-forked hill a mere desert will be.
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371 My Thunder no fear on't
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372 Shall soon do its errand,
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373
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374 And dam'me I'll swing the Ringleaders I warrant.
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375 Chorus: I'll trim the young dogs, for thus daring to twine
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376 The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."
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377 Apollo rose up, and said, "Pry'thee ne'er quarrel,
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378 Good King of the Gods, with My Vot'ries below:
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379 Your Thunder is useless" -- then showing his laurel,
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380 Cry'd "Sic evitable fulmen, you know!
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381 Then over each head
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382 My laurels I'll spread,
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383 So my sons from your Crackers no mischief shall dread,
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384 Chorus: While, snug in their clubroom, they jovially twine
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385 The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."
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386 Next Momus got up with his risible Phiz
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387 And swore with Apollo he'd cheerfully join --
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388 "The full tide of Harmony still shall be his,
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389 But the Song, and the Catch, and the Laugh shall be mine.
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390 Then, Jove, be not jealous
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391 Of these honest fellows."
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392 Cry'd Jove, "We relent, since the truth you now tell us;
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393 Chorus: And swear by Old Styx, that they long shall intwine
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394 The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."
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395 Ye sons of Anacreon, then join hand in hand;
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396 Preserve Unaimity, Friendship, and Love!
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397 'Tis your to support what's so happily plann'd;
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398 You've the sanction of Gods, and the Fiat of Jove.
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399 While thus we agree,
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400 Our toast let it be:
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401 "May our Club flourish Happy, United, and Free!
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402 Chorus: And long my the Sons of Anacreon intwine
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403 The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."
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404
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405 As sung at the Crown Anchor Tavern in the Strand,,
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406 circa 1780
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407 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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408 Sorry about the typos in the last line of the first Chorus...
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409 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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410 Just look at what they DON'T tell you in history class!
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411 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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412
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413 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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414 Kathy,
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415 If you are the same Kathy I am thinking of then you have called
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416 The Alternate World and are a user. if not then please ignore this
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417 little mumbling of a tired old programmer. But if you are that
|
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418 particular person then I just wanted to tell you that you have
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419 mail on the formentioned BBS. It is from me and since you changed
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420 your name on the system you didnt get it. so i have changed the
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421 name on the roster and you are using your newly assigned password.
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422 Anyway...... I left a small little peice of info on here too, and
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423 it seems to be missing..... hmmmm.... well i figure it was close
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424 to the part of a story that someone above lost so i guess my
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||
425 stuff went with it. OH WELL..... Anyway.. it was concerning the
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426 way to determine whether your computer is male or female. If
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427 anyone is interested in this step by step tutorial please leave
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428 me an indication of such so i can repost it.
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429 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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430 << Commander Murdock >>
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431 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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432 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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433 Yet another lurker in the midst of backwater. Peering through the fog.
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434 I have finally decided that peering may not be enought however, but
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435 keeping in mind my intimadation level (basically very insecure) this
|
||
436 seems to be the best place to start. Being the most anonouse
|
||
437
|
||
438 I can find, and therefor the most protected, my courage is at an all
|
||
439 time high.
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440
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441
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442 It is warm here, soft and full of
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443 life.
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||
444 From the beginning this has been my
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445 world.
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446 My mother made this place, a small place of
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447 twigs and bits of the other world.
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448
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449 She knows so much of that world.
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||
450 Each day I see my mother dissapear and
|
||
451 then return.
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452 She leaves my world on huge dark
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453 wings.
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||
454 into the unknown.
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||
455 A place I know in my heart I can
|
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456 never go.
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457
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||
458 But I know in my heart I can never
|
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459 But I know there is something outside
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460 my world,
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461
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462
|
||
463 And I have wings too.
|
||
464
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465
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466 (quietly) "comments?"
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467
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468
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||
469 Adrian
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||
470 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^
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471 seem to be the best place to start, being the most anonymous method
|
||
472
|
||
473 the above line is the correct substitute for the garbage in the first
|
||
474 paragraph. Sorry.
|
||
475
|
||
476 Adrian
|
||
477 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^
|
||
478 help
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479 |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
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||
480 ADRIAN: Thanks for peering face to light. Don't be so apologetic, you
|
||
481 have nothing to apologize for. Good stuff! Really...
|
||
482
|
||
483 ALL: It may appear that I am constantly complimentary, but that is
|
||
484 because I constantly enjoy. But, believe me, I don't lie. And,
|
||
485 besides everybody needs it now and then. (I just noticed that I made
|
||
486 a mistake above change the latter part of that sentence two lines
|
||
487 above to: ...because I constantly enjoy when coming to the Inn and
|
||
488 listening to tales and discussions).
|
||
489
|
||
490 GAURDIAN: I think (but I'm not quite sure) that the person who said
|
||
491 "Hi" was Tanya. She wrote the Bear story (as she later said to Sarah
|
||
492 in her next message). It could have been Malcolm. I don't know. The
|
||
493 reason I comment is because if it is Tanya, she said that she was
|
||
494 entering a lurking mode. I think that's who it was. But, whoever
|
||
495 it is: feel free to prove me wrong, or if it's Tanya, speak up!
|
||
496 |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
|
||
497 <{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}>
|
||
498 Is it the time for all lurkers to come out of the woodwork and enter
|
||
499 stories? I've been around this Inn for a long time, have seen many
|
||
500 different people come and go, but never have I entered a message before.
|
||
501 It's kinda strange, any way - is this the time? Will the PROPHESY come
|
||
502 alive, will the lurkers finally burst from that dark corner where they have
|
||
503 been waiting for so long? Maybe. I'll have to stick around to see.
|
||
504 <{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}><{}>
|
||
505 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
506 I to have a desire to speak to tanya. Let us hope to awaken the sleep-
|
||
507 er. In my lurking on another system I came across some rather unkind
|
||
508 words towards the lady. However loud this voice, it speaks for few. If
|
||
509 you are lurking out there, check the aloha cbbs, something about pira-
|
||
510 mids there that looked interesting.
|
||
511
|
||
512 Thank you to "|_|_|" whoever you are, I appreciate the feedback. The
|
||
513 first breaths are allways the most painfull.
|
||
514
|
||
515 Adrian
|
||
516 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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||
517 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
|
||
518 Adrian, Have you ever been "Logan"?
|
||
519 Prometheus, With all due respect, I would prefer to be invited by those doing the actual inviting. No offense intended,
|
||
520 it's just that it can get a bit embarrassing to show up someplace, only to find out that that you were not actually on the
|
||
521 list. I speak from experience.
|
||
522 ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
|
||
523 Perhaps a good definition of intelligence is the ability to make decisions.
|
||
524 ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
|
||
525 Oops. Please ignore that last line, it was to be followed by more, but it seemed to be a bit self-defeating.
|
||
526 ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
|
||
527 Tammy, Are you still around? LKindly leave me a message on Le Nerd either admitting or denying this. By the way, are you
|
||
528 still planning on leaving your story here? I'd really love to see it as it sounds quite promising.
|
||
529 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZJZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZippy
|
||
530 I feel that I must apologize for any typo-oid mistakes in my entries. Alas, the primary problem with living with
|
||
531 people who don't understand the concept of carrier tones.
|
||
532 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZippy
|
||
533 I am mostly a "lurker" as has been confessed previous to this. Occasionally I
|
||
534 have spoken, but to no notice. My story has not yet been formed, but I love
|
||
535 the Inn and wish for more knowledge of it.
|
||
536 Adrian: You did very well--very enjoyable.
|
||
537 Melissa: You did well also; I believe you're new as well.
|
||
538 ZZZZZZippy: you have promise.
|
||
539
|
||
540 'til later^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Mac^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
541
|
||
542
|
||
543 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the return of PaPa Smurf
|
||
544 ALL: Well, well, well, hello again to all. Yes I'm still here but
|
||
545 I did finally miss a disk. Such is life. Messages follow:
|
||
546 BARD: I liked the song and thanks for the common boarders. I feel honored
|
||
547 to share them with the likes of you.
|
||
548 ZZZIPPY: Yes you are invited. So be there or your zip will get zapped!!
|
||
549 ADRIAN: I liked your poem but it looked like it took up a lot of lines.
|
||
550 If you've lurked here before, you should know about line waste.
|
||
551 MILCHAR: I would have to say that BackWater is alive. Just remember when
|
||
552 Cistop Mikey said he had had it and was going to murder the system.
|
||
553 Now didn't you feel like he was killing BW? I did, and I'm glad the
|
||
554 govenor called in with the pardon in time.
|
||
555 CISTOP MIKEY: I would say the system is UNI-SEXED. It's in that third gray
|
||
556 sexed area of 'LIFE'. Life of the inadimate.
|
||
557 JIZ: Go for it.
|
||
558 PIPER: I liked the short on the animals. It almost brought tears.
|
||
559 MALCOLM: Murder of Bear/Seal/Human .... Hmmm, interesting. To say the
|
||
560 least of "Don't believe anything Prometheus said." Your on my
|
||
561 "findout more about" list now. So watch it.
|
||
562 KATHY and the ski patrol, hmmmm, interesting. Sounds like a good story.
|
||
563 GUARDIAN: "dicretion in the matter of belief right next to twilight zone
|
||
564 music. Cute! When one does get on, he does still understand lots.
|
||
565 POLICEMAN: I must issue my vote as well. Sorry, but I DON'T LIKE IT.
|
||
566 LADY S.: So nice to have our little chat earlier tonight. We must get
|
||
567 together sometime so we can chat face-to-face. I can understand you
|
||
568 problem leaving messages on this board. No personal interaction.
|
||
569 But please don't let that deter you. I do agree with your view of
|
||
570 life. The limits as set by the Supreme Court fit me just fine. My
|
||
571 MAJOR point is that NO ONE has the right to force their own moral
|
||
572 values upon someone else. ie. Just because person A would never have
|
||
573 an abortion, does not mean that person B (who has to live with the
|
||
574 decision) can not have one. I feel that that is a choice that eavh
|
||
575 and every person must take for themselves. A side note is that during
|
||
576 the day shift at work (THE LAB) I processed a 14-year old prenatal
|
||
577 lab request and a 15 year old heterphil screen request for a male not
|
||
578 to mention the 16 year old semen GC speciemen. These were POSITIVE.
|
||
579 ie. A 14 year old girl is pregnet, a 15 year old male has MONO and
|
||
580 a 16 year old male has GC (a form of VD). The first step to any
|
||
581 kind of choice on abortion must be the decision of SAFE SEX. With
|
||
582 the contaceptives on the market, people should be more carful and
|
||
583 think of the results of their night in the hay. Sowing ones oats
|
||
584 is one thing, being pregnet or having VD or even AIDS in the morning
|
||
585 is another. And yes, I get AIDS samples to process as well.
|
||
586 MISC>>>> I for one understand the wee hours of the morning. I don't
|
||
587 partake in them very often since I must be at the lab by 7:30 and
|
||
588 be awake, but my roommate does. Finding him in the chair with earplugs
|
||
589 on and the stero long since shut off when I get up, is proof of the
|
||
590 essence of life in the wee hours. ALEX putting things in to someone's
|
||
591 dream seems to be along the same line. With little sleep, it is a lot
|
||
592 easier to place things into dreams.
|
||
593 NET HELP NEEDED: I wish you guys would locate that TWIT HUNTING GEAR. This
|
||
594 is getting to be a bit much. Get your act together.
|
||
595 MASTER CHANGER: I have just about come full circle with the INN. I have
|
||
596 now lived thru the three major avenues of INN LIFE and understand the
|
||
597 need for this very change. I is very interesting to watch it change
|
||
598 and also to know a few of the people. Their moods change a bit, not
|
||
599 to much mind you, but a little. The quality of minds that makeup this
|
||
600 (the) life of BackWater, is a very interesting mixture. Each and every
|
||
601 regular user contributes a part of themselves to the collected life
|
||
602 essence of the thing we call BACKWATER MESSAGE SERVICE. Some of
|
||
603 use live to dial that number and findout what maybe new. Its like
|
||
604 calling a friend on the phone. You converse with them, and then hang
|
||
605 up to yet call again. I look forward to many wonderful hours of
|
||
606 talking with my 'friends', here at the INN, before I too must eventually
|
||
607 depart this BACKWATER LIFE of mine. A thing that we must all face,
|
||
608 sooner or later.
|
||
609 ~~~~~~~~
|
||
610 With that thought, and being at the end of the disk (or close), I must
|
||
611 bit my friend GOODNIGHT. I must hang up now, but I will call back.
|
||
612 For while I am here, I have BACKWATER in my blood.
|
||
613 If it is not alive, then I don't know what is.
|
||
614 GOODNIGHT
|
||
615 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa Smurf at 2303
|
||
616 on the day of the Passing of Gandalf: S.R. 1419 (1-17-85)
|
||
617 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
618 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (sssss... >click<... )
|
||
619 PaPa: Glad to see you've returned. I might like to mention why I fall asleep with those thingys poked in my ears though.
|
||
620 of music... I have found that the 'mood for the night' may relatively be governed by the 'atmosphere' of your surroundings
|
||
621 while you are in the procces of falling asleep. I very much prefer to listen to recordings of FRESH AIRE or ENVIRONMENTS
|
||
622 or maybe even JEAN-MICHEL JARRE. Those of you familiar with these names know what I'm getting at. What I do to REALLY
|
||
623 get into a relaxed mood is to get everything ready for sleeping and then lie down. Once I am ready, I put on (in) the
|
||
624 'phones. After taking about a minute to completely relax, I then turn on the music and let it have at 'soothing the savage
|
||
625 [beast]'. All I can say is that with relaxing music, I actually awake somewhat refreshed. Once I left my radio on, by
|
||
626 mistake, and fell asleep to a station that I normally didn't listen to (KRCK 101 FM, metal junk) and had horrid results...
|
||
627 I awoke about two hours before I had to get up and found that I had not gotten any rest what-so-ever. Nightmares were
|
||
628 rampant. "...feel the noize..." <moan> "Bang your head..." <toss, turn> Not at all the sort of gloom anyone other
|
||
629 than a metal-head deserves. I'll tell the rest later, I think that I've just hogged the disk...^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian
|
||
|
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