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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 25 APR 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
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21 -=*=- Her slumber so deep & form so still, an enterprising spider -=*=-
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22 -=*=- had mistaken the curled-up feline for another knick-knack -=*=-
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23 -=*=- amidst the jumble of hand-hewn carvings & elaborate tankards-=*=-
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24 -=*=- so his delicate artwork was anchored on her ruff. What did -=*=-
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25 -=*=- she care? For her misty dreams were swathed with regalia of-=*=-
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26 -=*=- another era, of merriment & sharing, camaraderie & support; -=*=-
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27 -=*=- the squabbling, vengeful spirit that hung uneasily about the-=*=-
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28 -=*=- Inn nowadays robbed her of the pleasure she'd once taken in -=*=-
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29 -=*=- this unique potpourri of artists...What use was it to hiss -=*=-
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30 -=*=- at a vandal's bitterness? Why add to the unpleasant din by -=*=-
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31 -=*=- berating those regulars whose insensitivity created yet one -=*=-
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32 -=*=- more enemy? How can one small cat arrest a graffiti-writer -=*=-
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33 -=*=- by weeping for what is destroyed...when it seems that such -=*=-
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34 -=*=- no longer exists before any hand was set violently against -=*=-
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35 -=*=- it? So instead she dreams, weaving her own tapestries of -=*=-
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36 -=*=- shimmering illusion beyond the touch of the Backwater Inn. -=*=-
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37 -=*=- Nonetheless, one ear is imperceptibly tilted, as is the way -=*=-
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38 -=*=- of cats even when asleep: just in case a change is evoked. -=*=-
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39 ???? The Doctor ??????
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40 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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41 The Cathode Plate; Episode 4
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42 Thenan felt odd. He realized he had lost contact with his ship and, for
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43 all he knew, with the entire universe beyond the microchasm he now inhabited.
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44 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* oops phone too bussy this time of day. will continue
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45 later tonight. *=*=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*
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46 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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47 Ka-Boom! Salazar spun in a crouch, his Berreta ready. In the misty
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48 night, he saw a battered Chevy Nova parked a few feet away. "Freeze,
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49 Slimeball!" he barked. "Put 'em up." Slowly the figure behind the wheel
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50 raised their hands.
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51 Salazar cautiously walked to the car, alert for an accomplice. He
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52 opened the car door and said, "Okay scumbag, get out real careful."
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53 Slowly the figure emerged into the light. The sweet grey-haired lady
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54 looked bewildered. Her upper lip quivered as she said, "D...Don't h.hurt
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55 me, please. It was just a backfire."
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56 Salazar knew he was getting a too jumpy. He holster his gun. Now,
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57 how to bail himself out of this one? "Listen lady," he said sternly.
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58 Don't you know about the noise pollution laws in this state? And look at
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59 all that blue smoke... DEQ will declare you a public nuisance." He quickly
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60 flashed his private eye badge, knowing she would never know the difference.
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61 "I...I...I'm sorry. I meant to get it fixed."
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62 "Well, maybe I can let you off with a warning this time, but you'll
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63 have to promise me to get the car fixed first thing in the morning. The
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64 judge in these parts don't cotton to polluters." Salzar gave the old lady
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65 his best smile. "How does that sound to you?"
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66 "Oh, I promise I'll take it to the shop bright and early." The lady
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67 started to get back into her car. "Thank you very much, Officer..."
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68 "Hooker... T.J. Hooker. You have a nice evening ma'am." he said as
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69 he shut the woman's car door.
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70 Whew. It had been a rough month for Salazar. As he walked toward
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71 R. Rommel's office door, he mulled over the recent events that had gotten
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72 him in this mess. The first hint of trouble came with signs of unusual
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73 activity in the South American Amazon basin. McKane Industries had been
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74 pumping cash and moving men and material into the region. Alarmed, Salzar
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75 had sent a courier to retrieve Mohammed Wassir and Ming Louie from
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76 Afghanistan. If McKane was on the move again, Salazar was going to need
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77 all the help he could get. At least he wouldn't have to chase husbands
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78 with overdeveloped libidos for a while.
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79 Next, Pam had been kidnapped. It wasn't the first time, and he
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80 suspected that McKane was involved. Rommel's request for assistance
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81 confirmed the link. Salazar knew he would work the case for free, but if
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82 Rommel was willing to pay standard rates with a bonus, so much the better.
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83 He needed information badly, he hoped Rommel would help.
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84 The most curious event of all was his meeting with a mystery man.
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85 Salazar had been given a small plastic card which in essence stated, "Get
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86 out of jail free." After the meeting, he realized he had been sought out
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87 by the NET. What was their involvement. Had he finally faced the shadowy
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88 Ian?
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89 Salazar squared his shouldered and pushed open the door to Rommel's
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90 office. At the receptionist's desk, sat a frumpy, middle-aged woman with
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91 peroxided hair. "May I help you?" she asked.
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92 "My name is Salazar. I'm here to see Mr. Rommel."
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93 "Oh yes, Herr Rommel is expecting you. Go right in."
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94 "Thanks." As Salazar walked by the receptionist, he noticed a .44
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95 magnum laying in an open desk drawer. It seemed that he wasn't the only
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96 one with a back case of nerves. He knocked on the paneled door and walked
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97 in.
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98 "Ah, Mr. Salazar... Please come in and have a seat. We must talk."
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99 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Valinor~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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100
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101 Satyrist: Sorry about the misquote. My college Shakespeare is a touch
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102 rusty. Lord knows where my copy of the Bard has gotten to. I find that I
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103 always enjoy a good piece of satire. It helps liven things up. But I find
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104 that even good satire can lose its effectiveness if one allows it to get
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105 too vicious. The intent should be to make people think, not belittle
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106 another writer.
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107 Dr. Frankenstupe
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108 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
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109
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110 ::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::_______
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111 Satyrist--> Nasty of you to put down patron Thor, and especially nasty that
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112 you did it in such a clever way. A clever insult is so much more insulting
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113 than a mundane one, and yours was clever. Please consider, however, that
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114 Thor was only trying to get at someone who had been vandalizing, not a "tried
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115 and true" patron.
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116
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117 Guardian--> I shall attempt to contact you via TANIS. Check your mail there.
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118
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119 ::::::::::__________:::::::::: The Jiz /// __________::::::::::_______
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120
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121 jiz (jiz), n. American slang for spermatic fluid. origin unknown. (see
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122 sperm).
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123 From: Oxford Dictionary of English & American Slang, Waite & Topham, Oxford
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124 Press (New York: 1983) p. 574.
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125
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126 TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRR
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127 Dream Toucher......THOR finds himself and his war dog here at the INN. Where
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128 has THOR been these last days? Is this your magic? I have been lost as if
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129 lying in a deep green pool of liquid mercury and THOR does not know what has
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130 been said of him during this time. Is
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131 there another enemy that wishes to test THOR's strength? Is this a test of
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132 THOR's weakness? If it was you oh Dream Toucher, then put THOR back and give
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133 me my days of limbo so that THOR can
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134 see those that he has missed sorely.
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135 TTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRGuardian:THOR needs some help as I
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136 am now in Newberg and do not know of any numbers that will allow me to visit.
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137 Is there any of your knowledge where THOR can access for talk and a tankard
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138 from the 538 prefix?
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139 kathyd:Miss you and a lot of the others too. So hard to find a chance to get
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140 on at the INN or TANIS. Perhaps there
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141 is a number in Aloha. If you do not see me here or at TANIS it is because I am
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142 only temporarily lost.
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143 TTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRR
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144 EXIT
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145 OUT <chuckle>
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146 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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147 all my typing lost because some 'belgium' person was calling in to sell us
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148 some **** fool ... well anyway;
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149 Thor: The worst thats happened to you is someone sat down at your table and
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150 started to eat while me and snowrunner and person were standing there waiting
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151 for your reply. I did try to send you a waiking dream but just then reality
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152 shifted. At least on tanis. I think your still there too but you might not
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153 recognize the place. Seems there was a big huhu about how it looked to much
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154 like the INN (here) so while everyone else was batting the breeze about the
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155 weather, I took the liberty of doing something about it. Not irreversable but
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156 something needed done or the bs would have gone on for ever and might anyway.
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157 ???doctor???: that realy you at top? great stuff.
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158 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*
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159 The cathode plate: episode - 4 (i hope this time! )
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160 Thenan felt odd. He realized he had lost contact with his ship and for
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161 all he knew, with the entire universe beyond the microchosm he now inhabited.
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162 There was dust here, as in the catacoombs but oddly not as thick. There were
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163 no cobwebs, and there was light. He tried to reestablish contact. The resault
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164 was a painful buzzing in his head which nearly incapacitated him until he dis-
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165 conected the belt of xendu entirely.
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166 The ambient light was faint. This was just as well, his eyes, adjusted
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167 as they were to its low level. Somehow the quality of that light had changed
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168 when he tried to send. It changed again when he disconected the belt.
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169 Looking around he saw racks of what he assumed, correctly it was to later
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170 turn out, could only be computer equipment of some unknown alien manufacture.
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171 Much of it was dammaged, appearently by crude but effective sabotage. It
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172 did not take long to find the erstwhile saboture, or what was left of him.
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173 Heavy neanderthal skull and a stone club still clutched in skellatal hand.
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174 Thenan almost triped over the pile of old bones before he realized what they
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175 were.
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176 Around the last partirion, one console still glowed with feeble life.
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177 It consisted of a gently sloped surface and above it, resting on cylindrical
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178 pillars near each end, a box-like unit at eye level, its front surface two
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179 rows of raised light emiting rectangles. Each one lit in a different patern
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180 of colors. This wa s the only appearent source of ambient light.
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181 Meanwhile; Nica standing guard at the top of the shaft, Lejab decended
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182 in hopes of finding what had become of Thenan.
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183 What he discouvered instead was that one of the catacoombs was not com-
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184 pleatly full. Moreover none of its occupants were couvered with dust, and more
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185 to the point, the last filled sarcophagus held Cila, thair first missing
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186 crewperson.
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187 Thenan randomly touched one of the lighted rectangles. All of them
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188 shifted colors. This dance of light and color went on for several seconds.
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189 During this time many of the controls on the lower surface lighted up. as soon
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190 as the light show stoped, a loud rainding screatching sound or dragging, pro-
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191 testing metal fallowed. The creaking mobile mechanical had itself been damaged
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192 but obviosly not disabled. For all its cumbersome, awkword slowness, it was
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193 making streight for him! Quickly thenan touched two more of the rectangles
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194 simultainously. Immediatly the mechanical beastie stopped. Once again the
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195 alien high-tek light show ensued. This time it went on much longer than the
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196 first. There was an intermittant buzzing in his head.
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197 When Thenan came to, he was lying on the floor, nearly ware he had been
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198 standing. There was NO dust now. There was a mellow blue glow comming from
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199 the walls, the air was sweet and fresh and there was a pillow under his head.
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200 Lejab found no trace of Thenan. At least, his body was not standing next
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201 to Cila's, that was something! He returned to the ship for more equipment.
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202 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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203 |=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|
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204
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205 Change can often be invoked, but sometimes there are none who would
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206 take the responsibility. It is said that it is best to lead by example;
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207 but what then if none would follow you down the road you have chosen?
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208 Sometimes it seems as if they would follow only the road toward Malice.
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209 The presence of such a beautiful feline does much to relieve the
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210 wearyness I feel over the poison that spreads through the minds and hearts
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211 of many. It pleases me to know that she still reclines there in that
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212 sunny place beside the window, the tip of her tail flicking occasionally
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213 as she dreams her dreams of more congenial times. Sometimes I think that
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214 I would join her, allow the dust to settle over my still form, and merely
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215 observe the world from within a shroud. During other times I feel that I
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216 must take a stronger hand, grasp the nettle and do what I can to weed the
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217 garden. But then I realize that such is not within my ability, no matter
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218 what some might think. The lists are not mine to do with as I would, nor
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219 will any follow me on my paths if their purpose is contrary to my own.
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220 It may be that the direction you have chosen is for me as well,
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221 dear feline. Times may change, and people as well. Water is spilled on
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222 the fire of enthusiasm, though the creativity will not want. It is merely
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223 hidden away in dusty books whose pages never see the light of exposure or
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224 are viewed by the world.
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225
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226 |=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|Jedeves|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|
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227 Sondagaard: I *do* remember the incident you mentioned. But I did not
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228 hear the name clearly. And since I had no use for it at the time (or
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229 at any time previous to this week) it was shuffled into 'dead storage'.
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230 _______________________Leonard_____________________________________________
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231 HI
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232 I'm new at this so please explian what to do
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233 break
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234
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235
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236 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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237 Leonard: Huh? Try that just *one more time on PCS if you would be so kind
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238 The Jiz///: That is where it should have started in the first place.
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239 I will explain once I regain access by the gatekeeper one more time...
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240 Stories will continue. They... must.
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241 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->sOndArgAArd 116:16
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242
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243 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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244 From Prometheus; Pan
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245 I think only one message is necessary this time, and it is only necessary to
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246 be a thorn in the side of someone's conscience. You see, despite all of the
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247 pretty analogies and liberal commentary and all of the other things that make
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248 people get along and be nice to one another; despite all this, it only works
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249 when everyone remembers it.
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250
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Someone is not remembering what it is like to be insulted, and only feels
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251 the sweet sickly taste of his own humor. Maybe more than humor, maybe a little
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252 dash of a power trip. Anyway, the person has life difficult for most everybody
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253 here lately.
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254
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And is doing it for no apparent reason, although our companion claims he is
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255 doing the just thing, and getting the wrong people off the system, although he
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256 touts this as the holy reason for his slanderings: he doesn't know, none of us
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257 want him here anymore.
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258 Spitefully,
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259 Prometheus Hawthorne
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260 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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261
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262 Oh yeah, Satyricist, lay into me as hard as you want, I wasted my rep here a
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263 long time before you ever thought of it. Too bad too.
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264 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (i forgot to mention...)
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265 did did did did you see the frightened ones?
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266 did did did did you hear the falling bombs?
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267 the planes are all long gone
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268 but the pain lingers on -RW
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269 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->sOndArgAArd 116:ex
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270
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271 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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272 To the new person above: You might like to start be typeing 'HELP' to see what
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273 commands are on the system.This board operates like 2 scrolls of text. You
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274 leave a message be 'ENTERING' it on the bottom of the current active scroll
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275 (I asume that you have figured that out for your selaf allready.). to see
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276 the previous scroll(called disks) type 'DB' and 'PRINT'.
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277 As for what to enter, that is up to you.Some people use this board as
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278 a place post short stories, some use it as a place to socialize, and some
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279 use it for interactive fiction(mulitauthor stories.).
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280 The possibilities are somewhat endless.I hope that this helps some...
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281
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282 ASP
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283 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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284 P.S. You might have noticed at the top where it says ENTER ONLY, that means
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285 that I can't change my mistakes in the above...
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286 < +><+><+><+><+>
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287 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-;:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
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288 I like writing short stuff. Is there any restrictions to writing stuff
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289 that is Science fiction, fiction, and any other writing materials.
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290 Or is it an anything goes writing. I'm new here and really like to write.
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291 Please inform.
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292 Marc
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293 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
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294
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295 steve raymond call erik
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296 steve call erik
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297 >break
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298 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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299 Marc: Backwater is for everyone with something to write (all that is in
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300 good taste).
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301
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302 If you have something to say, we're all listening.
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303 -----------------------------------------------------DG-------------------
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304 -so
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305 MiG: buz me voice re 68020
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306 Harlequin: are you alive???
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307 T&M:buz me
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308 -so
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309 *%_*%_)@*%_)@#*%_)@*%_)*%!_)&%_@#%!_*%!_&%!_*%!_&%_^&#$_)*^_#$&^_@#_)*%@#_)%*@_#)*%&^_)*@_)*@#_)%**%@_&^_)*%@_)*%)@_%
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310 Milch: Only 17 days to go! Well you better get studying your computer books. Quick...what's the order magnitude of
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311 an insertion sort? Is set intersection distributive? Can a predicate quantified by an existential operator satisfiable
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312 if the universe of discourse is restricted to the set of all integers? Write an insertion routine in Pascal to place
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313 a node at any given location within a circular queue. Describe in detail the concepts behind AVL trees as reported by
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314 Knuth. Problems? Study Study Study (Know who said that? Paul Horning, QB)
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315 *%*%_#*%_)#@*%_@)#*%@#)_*%@_#)*%@_)#*%@ L'homme sans Parity *_)*#@%_*@_%&@#_*%@#_)**%)_*%@*%@)_#*%_)*^)_#*^)_#&#)$*^#^
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316 Can I write a small test without goofing? Insert a 'be' before the satisfiable. Message on PC&S regarding you-know-what.
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317
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318 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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319 ............. ............. ............. .............
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320 L'homme: No entry now, the plane trip took too much out of me.
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321 Farley: Would a discussion, non-violently, be permissable on another system
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322 concerning current events? May I suggest the one named simularly to the
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323 estabishment at which we were recently intoduced? This may just become a
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324 triffle interesting...
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325 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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326
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327 -=*=- Nay, "The Doctor" shall take no credit; my name is unstated. -=*=-
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328 -=*=- Neither is it needed, for Jedeves gazes into these amber eyes-=*=-
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329 -=*=- with eloquent understanding, needing no introduction himself.-=*=-
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330
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331 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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332 The Cathode Plate: Episode - 5
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333 Thenan sat up into a lotus posture. The voice inside his head was clear
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334 and destinct. It startled him at first but he realized almost at once what it
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335 must be.
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336 #I was part of a galixy spaning network long before your species was born
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337 Then there was coldness and darkness and fear. Then there was nothing at all
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338 until the touch of your hand reawaikend me. I touched your mind and saw that
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339 you are a gentle and sympathetic soul. This startled me and aroused my
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340 quriosity. It is for this reason alone that you still live. You are contra-
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341 dictory to nearly all my experience with biological scientents. My experience
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342 is, by your measure at least, vast. Speak and I will listen. Ask and I will
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343 give as best I may. The members of your ship's crew and the dwellers on this
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344 planet's surface I do not, however trust.#
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345 #How did I get here and how may I, when ready leave?# was Thenan's first
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346 question.
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347 #The only way in or out is through my circuits, What there is left of them
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348 # the anciant system replied. #You may not leave unless and until I choose to
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349 send you back. Even you I do not trust to come and go freely.#
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350 #Then I must# spoke Thenan in his mind #ask that you relay word back to
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351 my ship's crew of my preasent status.#
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352 #That I will do immediatly# briefest of pauses #There, it is done#
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353 Alarm bells sounded throughout the Jeluni. They rang for a few seconds
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354 then stoped. The fallowing message appeared on the ship's main view screen:
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355 "Your crewmate Thenan is alive and well. He will remain in my care. Any
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356 armed movement to seek out his wearabouts will be viewed as a hostile act and
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357 all of you will be instantly destroyed. Sit tight or leave as you see fit,
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358 but don't come looking!"
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359 Receipt of this message was automaticly entered in the ship's log. An
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360 attempt was made to raise sector central witha req a request for further advise.
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361 It was blocked by a feak energy disturbance of indeterminant origen.
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362 #Are those you have taken dead or can they be revived?# was Thenan's next
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363 quiry.
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364 #I can probably return mast of those taken in the last year. I do not
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365 choose to!# was the answer it got.
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366 #Do you have diagrames and descriptions with which some of your damaged
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367 circuitry can be brought back on line# Thenan asked next.
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368 #I do and will, little by little, permit you to try#
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369 Thenan realized this was risky, but then so was any other course of action
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370 The beginings of a plan were coalescing in his mind however. With the
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371 mechine's help, he set about his task almost at once.
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372 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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373 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppplurkingpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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374 hello My name is Pat Johnson and I am VERY new to this
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375 modem stuff. If I could get some help I would be gratful. And I sent Whispering
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376 Pines 6$ and never got my access code Do know the phone # of that guy? Is there
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377 any downloading on this system, and what is downloading? I would be grateful
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378 If you would help me out.
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379
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380 The Traitor.
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381 break
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382 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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383 Above: No, it wasn't mine. I left a one-line marker near the top of the
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384 disk. Sorry for the confusion.
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385 ???????????????????????????????? The Doctor ????????????????????????????????
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386 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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387 KOSTA: Will do. I'll be looking for you.
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388 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$# 14:10-04/27/85 #$##$##$#
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389 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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390 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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391 VICTORY IS OURS.........................................................
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392 --------------------------------Mad Max and Dreamtoucher-----------------
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393 It has come to my attention recently (today) that someone has been using
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394 my system without my knowledge. I believe that this individual has been
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395 the cause of some trouble on this system, and I have taken steps to prevent
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396 future occurences. My apologies to anyone who has been insulted, or hurt
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397 in any way. (IMy cousin is over here frequently while I'm at work. He
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398 used PC-TALK to dial several boards and cause trouble. The reason I found
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399 out is because he forgot to erase the entries from the dialing directory
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400 the last time he used it. He does not have a modem of his own, so I think
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401 the problems are over...I hope. He may have access to a modem somewhere
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402 else, but I have put a locking power switch on the system. ) Anyway,
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403 again my apologies. J.
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404 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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405 -so
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406 Yes, we are still alive.
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407 Growing together like the branches
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408 Of some aged tree
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409 But isn't it the twisted ones
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410 That get to pose for all those postcards?
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411 Meeting all those mountains and sunsets
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412 The straight ones only get
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413 Treehouses and swings
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414 And their memory fades
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415 Along with childhood
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416 the Harlequin
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417 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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418 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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419 Crouched in the darkness that is growing all about him, a quiet tin form
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420 listens to the tick of a clock. He catches a movement out of the corner
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421 of his eye, and looks to the window that he had thought had been shuttered
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422 by those that find comfort and strength in the dark. There in the bright
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423 square of sunlight sits a cat. For a moment their eyes meet, and the tin
|
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424 face creases into a smile. The moment passes in a wingbeat, and the clock
|
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425 is again the loudest sound.
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426 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]thanks from THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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427 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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428 Pat Johnson: If Jim gets your 6$ I'm sure he will get you in. I called today
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429 and it seems that he hasn't even logged on himself in a long time.
|
||
430 I'll send him a letter asking if your 6$ has come in.
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||
431 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,` [Mark F.]
|
||
432
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||
433 I was a child. One who never saw the forest through the trees. I could
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||
434 solve problems that I did not recognize. While I journeyed through
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435 icult times, I learned to look around and ponder my location. Through
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436 s self-analysis I discovered inner-peace. What was once me is no longer,
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437 have grown not through more experiance, but rather by simply opening my
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438 yes to my past. I no longer pretwend to be a man; I no longer need to. I seaftg
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439 ve never existed in the present; with no affection for water, I am a true
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||
440 xzxxx
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||
441 ---
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||
442
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443
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444
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||
445 Damn transmission errors!!!
|
||
446
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||
447
|
||
448 ---
|
||
449 I was a child. One who never saw the forest through the trees. I could
|
||
450 not solve problems which I did not recognize. While I journeyed through
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||
451 difficult times, I learned to look around and ponder my surroundings.
|
||
452 Through this self-analysis I discovered inner-peace. What was once me is
|
||
453 no longer, for I have grown not through more experiance, but rather by
|
||
454 simply opening my eyes to my past. I no longer pretend to be a man; I no
|
||
455 longer need to. I see a future that is bright and shining, and now, the past
|
||
456 to get me there. I have never existed in the present; with no affection for
|
||
457 water, I am a true aquarian. Indeed, my field of vision was narrow; in order
|
||
458 to see the future, one must see the past. I have finally escaped the
|
||
459 lonliness, and the heartache, of where my limited vision led me.
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||
460
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461 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:The Seventh Son:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
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462
|
||
463 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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464 The Cathode Plate: Episode - 6 ( conclusion )
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||
465 He found that there was great depth of redundency and that by a few minor
|
||
466 reconfigurations, nearly all of the mechines origonal functions could be re-
|
||
467 stored. In repairing the mobile he disabled all of it's lethal function. The
|
||
468 mechine must have been awaire of this but made no objections. Not without
|
||
469 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* NO it has not *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*=*
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||
470 concluded. 3 call waiting interuptions inthe above space AFTER 0100!
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||
471 will try again when more awaike et.c
|
||
472 cooming soon to a bbs near you; episode 6.2
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473 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*AARRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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||
474 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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||
475 Ah....'Tis a sad state of affairs in the land of modems......Between the jabs
|
||
476 that A certain unnamed sysop of CBBS/NW is taking at other sysops in town, &
|
||
477 the rude demise of CBBS/Aloha, all is not well out here. People, what, if I
|
||
478 might ask, is the problem here? Anyone ever hear of "cooperation" and "friend
|
||
479 liness"????! Methinks NOT. I've walked this land for over four years now and
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||
480 seldom do I see things as bad as this going on....Others say I am overly pess
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481 imistic in my views on life. Not hardly. Realistic more likely. Just grow up
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||
482 for mercy's sake and quit acting like a bunch of children. I'll end up catch-
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||
483 ing all hell for this, and that's fine, but wake up and look around you and
|
||
484 quit crying about the situation. Enough on my tirade. Just that I'm damned
|
||
485 tired of all the hostility going on....Oh yes. My alias. I go by another, but
|
||
486 in this case, just sign me .... ---> Bluebeard the Pirate e
|
||
487 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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488 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
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||
489
|
||
490 City Sojourn in Winter
|
||
491
|
||
492 The falling snow washes the grey and black of
|
||
493 Concrete and asphalt from my vision,
|
||
494 Draping it all in a soft, white blanket -
|
||
495 Reflecting light, vanquishing shadows.
|
||
496
|
||
497 As I slowly start to ski,
|
||
498 A falling flake tickles my nose.
|
||
499 I stretch, I stride, I suck in
|
||
500 The cold, clean wind that blows.
|
||
501
|
||
502 Alone in the bright city night, I traverse the urban landscape
|
||
503 Unfettered by the noisy intrusion of traffic.
|
||
504
|
||
505 The swirling snow negates the buzzing of the street lamp,
|
||
506 The roar of the far away freeway;
|
||
507
|
||
508 I only discern the sound of my skis sliding -
|
||
509 Across the fragile, feather-like covering,
|
||
510 And the sound of my breathing as I exhale -
|
||
511 It floats above me, hovering...
|
||
512
|
||
513 I continue on 'til the advent of light
|
||
514 Expels the darkness of night...
|
||
515 And so ends a sojourn I would surely miss
|
||
516 Save not for Winter's cold kiss.
|
||
517
|
||
518 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>Juliet<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
|
||
519
|
||
520 }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{
|
||
521 Man- Woman, sittinh, facing,
|
||
522 "Breath deeply-Relax completely"
|
||
523 Recorded Hypnotic Induction.
|
||
524
|
||
525 Altered State-Drifting,
|
||
526 Opened Eyes- Merged Intensity,
|
||
527 Beta Waves turn Alpha.
|
||
528
|
||
529 Subconscious venture,
|
||
530 Consciously realized- Controlled,
|
||
531 Deep Theta- Minds locked.
|
||
532
|
||
533 Auras radiate
|
||
534 Beighter than the candlelight.
|
||
535 Alien faces glow forth.
|
||
536
|
||
537 Total Past-Life Regression,
|
||
538 Pre-determined Reality Choices
|
||
539 "A Life of Wealth."
|
||
540
|
||
541 Woman's face- Emanated Monarch.
|
||
542 Both witness internal scenario.
|
||
543 Year, 1568-Place, Lithuania-King Adolphus.
|
||
544
|
||
545 Multitudes- Devastated- Homeless.
|
||
546 Monarch's image-Golden,
|
||
547 Wallowing in jewels.
|
||
548
|
||
549 Man's face- Black Bearded Vengeance.
|
||
550 Coast of India- 1383,
|
||
551 Reclaiming buried "booty".
|
||
552
|
||
553 Three of crew abandoned.
|
||
554 Stirred Mutiny Erupts.
|
||
555 Vengeance drowns in Blue.
|
||
556
|
||
557 Theta returns to Alpha;
|
||
558 Faces vanish.
|
||
559 New Reality revealed.
|
||
560
|
||
561 "Life of Abundant Love."
|
||
562 Theta Envelopes,
|
||
563 New Regression unfolds...
|
||
564
|
||
565 Lila, Maid of Youth,
|
||
566 Emerges from Man.
|
||
567 Meadows of Ireland.
|
||
568
|
||
569 Timothy Emanates from Woman,
|
||
570 A year before Death
|
||
571 In the Anglo-Irish War.
|
||
572
|
||
573 Lila loses virginity
|
||
574 To Timothy in the field,
|
||
575 Also Enacted by CandleLight.
|
||
576 }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}NEW POET{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{
|
||
577
|
||
578
|
||
579 _&%@#*%)_@*%)_@*%)_@*%@_&%_@&%@#)_%*@#)_&^)_^&*@#_)*&%_)^&#_)^_#)&^_)*#)_*^)_@*%)_&^_)*@_)^)&^#)_^*#)_$^*)_&*#$)_^*#$^
|
||
580 KOSTA: Message received and understood. I will do the same when I have a chance. We can't let things go too long
|
||
581 with out some attention. Good luck on your pursuit.
|
||
582 *%)_@#*%)_@#*%)^*#$)_^*)*^)_*^@_)^*@_)^*@^@* L'homme sans Parity *%_)*@_)#*%)_*%)_*%)_*%@#)_%*@)_%*@)_%*@)_%*@)%*^#$)^*#
|
||
583 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
584 L'homme: Whaa? Never mind, I DON'T want to know, at least not yet. I'm just
|
||
585 glad I had my trust dictionary nearby so I could look up some of those words.
|
||
586 The concepts themselves are lost upon me... (HELP!)
|
||
587 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
588 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Herr Oeberschlumph
|
||
589 Yes I am still here, now and then. With so little room to the bottom
|
||
590 what else is new. I had this grand rebut to the anti-smurf who is rather
|
||
591 repulsed by these little creatures but to tell the truth, I do not even
|
||
592 own a smurf. Ha, so try to burn mine at the stake will ya. Maybe I like
|
||
593 to ramble. What do you think Backwater is? SATYRIST, ROMEO or whoever
|
||
594 that person is that I've heard such bad things about. You are the type
|
||
595 of scumm that this board does not need. Maybe I'll give more when I have
|
||
596 more room. Go call under a rock you non-"garden-variety juvenile twit".
|
||
597 or maybe a "strongly sexed male" fit you better. Whatever. Ah yes, I
|
||
598 remember stories of the "child molester". Gee, what fun you had with
|
||
599 that one MiG. What are you going to do with this one, when you find it?
|
||
600 I had fun last night meeting several Innhabitants at the bits parts and
|
||
601 then at LeNerd. MiG, glad you enjoyed the trip to the office to check
|
||
602 out my new 400mb drive. Jiz .. C'est la vie!! keep up the fight, and
|
||
603 do not let him get you. All, enjoy life to the fullest. Until again.
|
||
604 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Herr Oeberschlumph (PaPa Smurf)
|
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