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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 29 JUL 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 Mikey: I have tests Wednesday and Thursday, so I wouldn't be able to pick up the new copylink disk until
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22 Thursday night. If that suits you, fine. What are the changes in this new version? Still no luck on the VT100
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23 stuff. When I get the new copy, I will go back over to Chuck's to test the jr again. I will 'custom' a COM2:
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24 version before I go. I hope that is all it is...otherwise? Good job on the Tandy! I'll see if the school
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25 district is interested in buying a copy (they have two Tandy's and the only software is Vidtex (yuch)).
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26 Kosta: Nerd has the file? I haven't been able to get on today, bust busy busy. I bet those guys are fooling
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27 around with the computer (as if I
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28 didn't know)
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29 _Leonard_: Did you ever get that YMODEM file? Can you bring your fancy cable to the PCS pizza-feed on Thursday?
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30 Voyeur: Three more disks for you: Just when you thought you had all your files sorted!
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31 Mikey again: How many archive disks this time? Gee, I never got $$$ from all my cohorts last month...
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32 I also have a couple questions about this AMODEM stuff, and before I forget, what is this LNW80.ASM file on here???
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33 Doctor: Any clandestine meetings with 'classy' valedictorians in the works?
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34 _*%#_@*%_@#*%_)#@&%^_)@#*%_)@#* L'homme sans parity - en haut de disque %%_)*%_%*_@#%)*@_)#%*@_)%*@_#)%*@#%@#%@%*@%
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35
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36 ::: war haters in general, the point that war is bad, is given, so please do not make yourselves so redundant ::: finis
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37
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38
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39
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40 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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41 NEOHAMA
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42 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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43
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44
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45 Chapter 2
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46 One Heck Of A Solution
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47
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48
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49 As I was thinking about how to save my skin, I goot a heck of an idea.
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50 If I could live in a spaceship, it would end my problems. All I had to do
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51 was design it to provide enough food and air to live on.
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52 But I had a massive problem. Without gravity, the food I was growing
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53 would float about. I can just see a cow 100 feet off the ground; or a plant
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54 on the celing. How could I get artificial gravity?
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55 I studied gravity and found out that nobody know why gravity exists.
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56 Or even why it works. I was up all night thinking about it.
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57
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58
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59 _<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<
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60 NEOHAMA
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61 _<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<
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62 Hey all you c/64 users...
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63 If ya want a ML program to plot one pixel on a bit mapped screen (8192 sa)
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64 I've got one made. I know it's not much but if you want it, leave me a
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65 message. I'll print the PEEK's, Start & End adresses.
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66 ltaer Neo
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67 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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68
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69 don't mind me, I'm just going to hit the 'rewind' button for a minute...
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70 kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta kosta
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71 "So, jealousy was it? Now I know neither of us are faulty. Your jealousy over Mary
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72 is what sent me away," Kosta noted. "And mine has brought me back, although far less skill-
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73 fully, to topple you through Agent Gaudy Minsky. Both attempts were mutually quite self-
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74 destructive, and only one of them looks to have succedded." Kosta then drooped his head.
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75 After taking a moment to think over their past weeks actions, L'homme said, "And
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76 we see just how little we have truly accomplished.... We'll step out now, I realize that
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77 there must be matters you would like to settle before we must be off. I'll leave you to
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78 your farewells, alone."
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79 "Some time alone... Yes, that's what I need... what we need right now, some time
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80 alone," stammered Miss Lamb as she nervously worked over a few papers on her desk.
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81 "Remember," said L'homme, "we'll be right outside. Waiting." Kosta simply nodded
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82 in acknowledgement to L'homme's offering of solitude for he was speachless. L'homme lead
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83 the way out the door, followed by Agent Fellows, with the situation well in hand.
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84 Despondantly, Kosta closed the door behind them... There was silence.
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85
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86 Mary walked slowly across the emptied office to Kosta. "I'll never forget what
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87 you meant to me," she said in a hushed voice.
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88 Kosta was not sure of what to say, what to do until Mary tenderly placed her arms
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89 around him and gave him a lingering kiss, holding onto him tightly. In an instant he
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90 realized and recipricated her actions. He had hoped, foolishly, that it was a sign of
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91 something he could look forward to, even now.
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92 Slowly she loosened her hold on him although he still held on. Her hands moved in
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93 a way that he was unable to notice. "And I'll never forget what you have done to me by
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94 having left," she said coldly. "You bastard!" she sobbed.
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95 Then she very carefully planted the cold metal blade of her letter opener squarely
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96 within Kosta's back, drawing them both toward her. "I've given up pretending."
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97 With that Kosta's body straightened, then began to crumble to the floor. His grasp
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98 on Mary's dress became weak, the fabric passing between his fingers.
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99
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100 Somehow the sound of Mary's voice accompanied by the sound of a body falling
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101 brought L'homme and Fellows back to the inner office's door, it flew back open.
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102 The scene was picturesque, and couldn't have been any clearer; Mary Lamb standing
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103 still over the body of former NET Agent Kosta, crimson glistening from the blade in her
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104 quivering hand to match that of the pool that began to spill onto the plush carpet.
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105 "Do you get the impression, L'homme, that we were watching the wrong person all
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106 this time?"
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107 "You just keep an eye on Mr. BMW, I'll take care of things in here," he snapped back
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108 at Fellows. "And just where in the dickens is..."
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109 "Alright, don't anybody move! I've got you covered!" cried the voice as
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110 the man
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111 came spilling into the room with his .38/.45 cal. revolver/automatic waepon drawn in his
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112 left/right hand.
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113 "...Farley?" finished L'homme.
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114 "Speak of the devil! I think I just found him for you," added Fellows with a grin.
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115
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116 kosta kosta kosta k.sta .osta kost. kos.a kosta ko..a ko.t. k.s.. .o..a k.... .....
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117
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118 1313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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119 [K_ST APTAJ @DXJD LXPDO XE_PC @DRF^ AEDX@ JDIFA EDFED XMDLX
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120 DF\VX JPCLN _A[\D D_\XJ AHBD_ PXDPT ADVXF LP[LD _FPDF EDRAM
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121 PDPXD PTXEA DNCVC YRADX MDJAC [_@IF LZDP@ TFE[\ HBK_O XEPCD
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122 SXGRI DRFOA DPXDJ A\CFL DFLDP TADXJ XCLFQ CPFXL [LD_F LDEX\
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123 ADSCU [LHBD _C@LI DS@XG RIDRF OADPX DJAPG JL[L_ DRCPA J[\@D
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124 _\GNT DR@C_ PAJDV AJTC_ VE[\\ HBK_S TFRAD XLDPT A_D[K _\FEE
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125 FX@L[ KLD_Y AEPDR GNOL_ DZXIE VAA@I DCLID CRR@H [BD_P TCPDL
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126 XLEA@ LEA[\ HBK_R @A[_S FEDN@ XXRFI ZA[LD _CZAL PDCPD RCJZA
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127 [OYR@ HB@??
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128 13131313131313 03:05:48 131313131313 07/30/85 13131313131313
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129
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130 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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131 Police report that a yet unidentified man was found dead in the north-east
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132 section of town. Aparently the victim had been stabbed to death and the body
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133 was later dropped off in the remote section of town where it was later
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134 discovered by a routine security check in the warehouse district. More reports
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135 as information is made avalible.
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136 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""30"
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137 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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138 The piper approached the strange-looking machine that Trainor seemed sp
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139 proud of. Disciplining his instinctive recoil, the piper forced himself to
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140 admit that it was really attractive -- in a roccocco sort of way. After all,
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141 he mused to himself, decorations could be used to enhance the form of objects.
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142 Why was it necessary to keep the object after the decoration had been carried
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143 to the point where the object was overwhelmed? Really, why should he have
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144 any objections to stained glass observation windows? And, after all,
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145 reproductions of carved roses in stainless steel really did not look quite
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146 so out of place with the brass cherub blowing a long, straight trumpet
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147 while balanced on one foot on the radiator cap. Gently reaching out, the
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148 piper touched the machine while Trainor beamed his approval. A strainge
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149 tingling warned the piper of leashed energies contained within this machine.
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150 Gently fingering a bas relief along the door, the piper looked at Trainor
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151 who seemed genuinly proud of his machine. Glancing down the piper looked
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152 at a scened embossed in a panel. Startled, he glanced closer at the scene
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153 that he had been tracing with his fingertips -- a woodland scene, a group
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154 of young ladies who, refusing to be overcome by the excess heat, were
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155 opting for the coolness of varying degrees of nudity -- a strange, hairy-
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156 legged creature playing some sort of instrument -- a ...
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157 Hastily, his face burning, the piper turned away from the scene graphically
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158 depicted on the machine.
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159 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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160 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=======:::::=====
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161 gaaax!
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162 (sorry about that...brother playing with keys..oh how I hate enter only!)
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163 Zephyr sat there on his table, hurt at Trainor's utter unwillingness to let
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164 him come along.
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165 (Error again. change to:)
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166 I sat there on my table, hurt at Trainor's utter refusal to let me come
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167 with him in his pell-mell vehicle. The words rang in my ears, and a small and silvery tear slided down my face.
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168 I shopped down to the floor of the Inn, past some people I didn't know that well with swords and axes, and
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169 waited for someone to open the door to enter or leave. Someone left the inn, and I left, too.
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170 I came upon the Pell-Mell. Why, it was all I had expected it to be. It
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171 was utterly marvelous! The design was so perfect! It was a masterwork in
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172 itself. It was just beutiful. I hopped over to Trainor, who began to sneeze
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173 again, bidding me go away. I backed off a bit, and then spoke saying "This Pell-Mell, I love it! It's the most
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174 wonderful device I've ever seen. I love the design, it's perfect." Trainor beamed ans Emu, Piper, and Scarlett
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175 Lion beoan to stare at me as if I were a candidate for a noose.
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176 "Ho *sneeze!!* Small bunny. Listen, I can't take you along."
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177 "Please!" I said, looking at Trainor with soulful eyes.
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178 "N-*Sneeze!* No."
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179 I cried, Then I looked at Trainor and said "Then take this, to remember
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180 me while you are gone." I handed Trainor my very last Truffle. He took it.
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181 "*Sneeze! *sneeze!* SNEEZE!*
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182 An idea struck me. Maybe he wasn't really allergic to me at all. I began
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183 to back away.
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184 ">sneeze!< >SNEEZE!< >Sneeze!<"
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185 I moved so far away that he couldn't possibly be irritated by me.
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186 "Sneeze! Sneeze."
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187 That was itt! I hopped straight into the air in truejoy, a feeling like joy
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188 only better. (No, it's not a typo, it'S really spelled together: truejoy.)
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189 I took the truffle away and threw it as far as my little arms could, which
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190 was just out of allergy range.
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191 Trainor sniffed, and smiled, saying "So I'M not allergic to you after all,
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192 so I guess you can come along!"
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193 "Thank you!" I said. I hopped onto his shoulder as he bent down to me.
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194 "So, you like my machine??"
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195 "It's lovely! Simply lovely! Wonderful! Beutiful!"
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196 Trainor smiled.
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197 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===Zephyr:=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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198 Trainor: Please don't get rid of me like this. I won't encumber the adventure and I'll take good care of
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199 myself. Really! Just wait and see!"
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200 :::::=====:::::======:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::======:::::====:::::=====
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201 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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202 From a small window at the back of the inn a face peered at the large metal
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203 contrivance. A smile stole on to lips that had been still too long. He smiled
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204 broader as the group began to look over the machine, some with hesitation, some
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205 with excitement. Having some interest in large metalic devices he reached to
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206 retreve his cloak from the back of his chair. Perhaps a little closer look.
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207 No starry-eye adventurer this one, but a look wouldn't hurt.
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208 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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209 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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210 Why, aren't you The Tin Man... From, uh, OZ?
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211 Hee hee, I couldn't resist. Glad to see back..
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212 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ abacab_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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213 Gee, he got more lines on this disk than he did in the whole movie.
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214 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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215 Hey Milchar: I'll have a new version
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216 of the terminal program for you the
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217 next time we meet. Maybe buffering,
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218 maybe not...
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219 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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220 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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221 Digitalian
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222 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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223 Otay Zephyr....C'mon & use one name
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224 instead of twenty-thousand!!!
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225 Otay Sranul....C'mon & use one name
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226 instead of thirty thousand!!!
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227 Otay Mudge<the otter>...C'mon & use
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228 forty thousand!!!
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229 Otay Cat...C'mon ***oh well I think
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230 I've begun to press the point!!
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231 Anyway I gotta make my mark here...
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232
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233
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234 ^"^"^"^"^Chapter 1^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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235
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236 If anything I wanted was worth
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237 having, I tell you, Reagan would
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238 have an intestinal heart attack!!!
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239 oh well...my coice was made
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240 and the new '85 Ferrari was it!!
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241 She drove 15000 horses and
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242 everything but the sun roof was
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243 turbo-charged...OOPS
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244 wwwwoooooossssshhhhhhhh
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245 woooooooooossssshhhhhhhhh!!!!
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246 boom
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247
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248 :::::the telecomm bulletin is as
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249 follows...
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250 the year is 3085 and the world
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251 of automobile engineering is gone
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252 totally replaced by space travel
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253 <in case you were wondering all
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254 automobile manufacture companies
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255 now make space vehicles>
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256 :::::more news as it comes
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257 This babe could KILL the Porche
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258 91777!!! That was the crucial stock
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259 fighter that won the indianapolis
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260 500000 and it was only going a qua
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261 rter of the capable speed! Although
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262 it was fast it wasn't as fast as
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263 my baby!!
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264 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^b^"
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265 ^"^"^"^"^DIGITALIAN^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^
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266
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267
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268 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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269 NEOHAMA
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270 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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271
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272
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273 Chapter 3
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274 Another Solution...
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275
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276 As I was thinking about how
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277 to get artificial gravity, I stumbled
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278 across the subject "Centrifical
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279 Force" and just for the heck of it
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280 , started reading.
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281 It told allabout how a spinning
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282 object makes a "Gravity-like force".
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283 That would be a good answer. All
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284 I had to do was set a cylinder-like
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285 spaceship spining, slowly increase
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286 the speed it was spinning until it
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287 was just right. All my problems
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288 were solved... EXCEPT money
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289
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290
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291 To Be CONTinued
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292 __<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_
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293
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294 NEOHAMA
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295 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_
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296 Cistop Mikey: Please oh please d
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297 ete this entry aws well as the
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298 one by Digitalian. I finally
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299 found a decent name that is
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300 not being ridiculed and some
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301 person blows it away! PLEASE!
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302 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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303 *%_#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%)_@*%_)@#%)_@*%)_&@#^)_@#*)%_*@#)_%&@#)_%*@#_)%*@#)_%*@_)%*@
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304 "Enough joking!" NET agent Parity screamed! "Don't you realize that one
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305 of our fellow agents lies bloody at our feet!" Never is all of the missions
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306 Fellows and Parity had been in together had L'homme ever acted so enraged.
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307 "Farley, take Miss Lamb into the other room and keep her and Beamer
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308 covered. Call Ian via comset, let him know we have regained Kosta, and have
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309 him send in the cleanup units. Fellows, I want you to help me with Kosta."
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310 Parity spoke like a man possessed. His actions were hurried yet even in the
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311 semi-panic that permeated the room, Parity seemed to know what he was
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312 doing. "We have to get him out to the car Fellows."
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313 "But L'homme, it's too late. Kosta is kaput. Mary has seen to that."
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314 "No it is not too late! Now help me or God forgive what I'll do to
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315 you!"
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316 "Ok, ok L'homme." Fellows knew when to back off. They had worked together
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317 long enough to know each other's limits. L'homme had reached his emotional
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318 limits now; nothing could be gained and everything lost by pressing matters.
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319 The agents worked quickly, bundling up Kosta in blankets from a nearby bed-
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320 room, and carrying him to their car outside the Lamb mansion. As they pulled
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321 out, an unmarked van drove up to the front of the house. Fellows could
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322 see in the rear-view mirror the Butler, Mary and her would-be suitor being
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323 herded into the back of the van under the watchful eye of Eugene Farley.
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324 Kosta is kaput, isn't he? Fellows pondered this while he drive through
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325 the streets of San Francisco towards NET's Bay Area medical facilities, a
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326 division of the Mt. Siani West Medical Group.
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327 Ian would take care of everything at the house. Eugene would head up
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328 the news-blackout. The neighbors will think this is another one of Mary's
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329 party-coupes. Mary was famous for her elaborate party-preparations. NET
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330 would find a way to answer all the questions. All the questions but one...
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331 What did happen to Kosta? Did he survive his ordeal by blade? Did the
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332 agents get him to the hospital in time? No one really knows except agent
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333 Parity, and he isn't talking; and Kosta, and he is no-where to be found.
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334 Maybe he isn't to be found because he simply isn't anymore... L'homme refused
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335 to discuss the matter with Fellows or Farley, going out of his way to change
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336 the subject whenever it was brought up.
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337 "We need a rest guys. I suggest we take in the sights of San Francisco.
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338 Fellow? I understand you are quite the expert on this city. Something about
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339 1000 oddities and 1000 delight?"
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340 "Oh-boy oh-boy oh-boy!" palpitated Farley.
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341 "Settle down boy!" Fellows laughed. "Allow me to be your guide to this
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342 beautiful city. Remember this is the queen of the Pacific!"
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343 "Gawd no!!!" Parity and Farley said in unison.
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344 "Just kidding, ha ha...Just kidding."
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345
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346 - - - - -
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347
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348 Kosta? Let him rest in peace for now. Everyone will remember him, in the back
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349 of their minds, and in the front of the conscience. Someday maybe, but for
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350 now............
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351 _*_$#*_)$*^_)#$*^_)#*#_$)^*#$ L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%_@)#%*_@%*_@%*@%*@%*%
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352 sorry for typos- ch /is/in/ ch /he drive/he drove/
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353 07070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070
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354 FDSFR RDIFE VXEAD XMDOX EPCDF LDCDE GFPCY RAD\C LLAJD EXDTA DSFRR DYADC
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355
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356 YRADP XHBJA PGJLD FMDTA DA^AJ DSFET AE[\D _SADC PDLAP DJAEV ANPDP TADIA
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357
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358 CIDXJ DLACJ [C_IA CI[LH B_TAL NAD\U DNCJA DMXJD PTADY XIU[\ D_LXS DXLDP
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359
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360 XDPTA DLA]P DZJAC PDLAP DCI^A LPGJA [MHB_ PTCPD \ACLE DUXGD KXETG C[MHB
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361
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362 07070707070707070707070707070707070 July 30th, 1985 20:34:00 070707070707070
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363 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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364 It was a dark and stormy night. The old house creaked. "C R E A K ! !", it
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365 went. The only light was from a flickering candle. I walked slowly down the
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366 hall, my eyes drifting warily from side to side. I told them to stop wandering
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367 around and get back in my head. Approaching the door, I heard a faint beep of
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368 a faintly beeping computer. My knees turned to jelly. Scooping them up, I put
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369 them in a plastic bag for later. I knew what was behind the door even before I
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370 opened it. As it opened, a musty odor flew out. Then it screamed and ran down
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371 the hall. A tall figure was in the room, lit only by a computer screen. The
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372 glasses and the dark hat it was wearing confirmed my deepest fears... It was
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373 a Jeffslime. I tried to run, but I realized my knees were in my pocket. I was
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374 doomed.......
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375 The Doctor-for Guido.
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376 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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377 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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378 Doctor: I'm sure Guido will love his publicity. One question, if you have
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379
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380 time to enter that, why not some of your own stuff?
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381 Max: Weeelllll.... sounds okay, but if I can ever get my act together long
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382 enough to sit at the keyboard for a few hours, I've got this jim-dandy of a
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383 terminal program idea going. Not much of it will be original, but it will be
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384 in a package that is compatible with EVERYTHING, i.e. new punter protocol for
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385 those boards that I haunt, the text line upload and tone autodialing of
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386 MEBterm, etc. A hodge-podge of my other programs, so to speak.
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387 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++ July 30, 1985 ++++++++++++
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388 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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389 07/27/85, 0912: Robotics section of NET recieves (at long last!) vital IC's
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390 used in the construction of IM series androids. Only three this shipment, but
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391 they are immediately installed in available androids.
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392 07/27/85, 1036: Three newly completed IM series androids shipped out of
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393 Robotics section.
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394 07/27/85, 1040: <Malfunction of navcomp onboard shipping comp. Cargo reported
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395 loose on sub-level fourteen.>
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396 07/27/85, 1123: <Break-in detected- location, Ian MacHinery's private library
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397 on the fourteenth level. Security units dispatched.>
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398 07/27/85, 1201: <Security reports private library undamaged, but three items
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399 have been removed.>
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400 07/27/85, 1217: <Security reports android IM17 found on bottom of out-of-order
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401 turbolift shaft. Only pieces remain. Item one from private library recovered.
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402 Maintenance sent to clean up mess.>
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403 07/27/85, 1222: <Armory reports missing submachine gun, standard issue.>
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404 07/27/85, 1256: <Android found in Botanical Garden #3, shorted out due to
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405 sprinkling system. Was trying to dig a hole in the turf.>
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406 07/27/85, 1327: <Semi-automatic fire reported on level thirteen.>
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407 07/27/85, 1417: <Item two from library found, left carelessly in a corridor.>
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408 07/27/85, 1422: <Android found in main libary, destroyed by gun fire from
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409 several security personnel. The android had fired at several bookshelves of
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410 valuable information. Item three from personal library found.>
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411 ....
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412 To: Ian MacHinery
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413 From: 06 on behalf of the Archives Department
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414 Subject: Errant Androids
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415 Sir, as you can see from the report on your desk, your special-model IM
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416 androids have caused a bit of a mess. To explain, I shall have to relate
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417 what I have gathered from the Robotics Department.
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418 First, an android is very impressionable for the first few hours after
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419 activation. What it sees and hears can have a very strong effect on what it's
|
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420 actions are.
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421 From the evidence, I would say that these three androids were affected by
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422 what they saw in your personal library after the transport vehicle broke down.
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423 Perhaps stronger measures may be taken to prevent such occuring in the future.
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424 The three items that the androids removed (a copy of Alice in Wonderland,
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425 Issue #94 of The Adventures of Bugs Bunny, and your Second-Annual Mr. T's
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426 Super A-Team Coloring Book) have been replaced. Only the small matter of
|
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427 damages to the main archives section remains, the damage of the other two
|
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428 androids being negligible. The total is, sir, $17,393.68. The bill will be
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429 sent to you by the end of next week.
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430
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431 Respectfully yours, 06.
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432 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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433 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^""^"^"^"^"^"
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434 Digitalian
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435 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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436 Chapter 2
|
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437
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438 I drove my selective turbine driven jet pack down to the central station
|
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439 on the space walker....and there was the ride i was waiting for. We rode
|
||
440 into Lynn Kirby XXXX used jets and she was right on the middle turntable...
|
||
441 as beautiful as ever! I stood in awe--open mouthed like I would have stepped
|
||
442 on my new welded grip dentures!
|
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443 Anyway good ole' Lynn walked over <his face red like he just made a 3 million
|
||
444 spectocredit account that flew away like a prehistoric red-breasted robin!
|
||
445 and he said "boy you can't think of how much I'd like to sell you that...but
|
||
446 I don't think you're old enough."
|
||
447 "here's my ID."I said as I waved my digital age unit ion the tip of his nose.
|
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448 "OKAY!!!" I'll tell you he lit up like a torch!!
|
||
449 I hopped in and revved the jets up...and the thing felt so good I wanted to
|
||
450 go right then!!
|
||
451 First I threw my account spector at him and he stuck it on the side of the jet
|
||
452 and poink! the cost was his!
|
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453 OOPS!
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454
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||
455 woooooosssssshhhhh
|
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456
|
||
457 woooooosssssshhhhhhhh
|
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458
|
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459 r-r-r-r-r-r-r-rrb....
|
||
460 BLAM!!!
|
||
461 :::::telecomm bulletin is as follows
|
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462 The year is 3085.
|
||
463 The date is 6/45
|
||
464 <of course the seasons change when in outer space, okay?>
|
||
465 it is summer...as always
|
||
466 and another record has been broken for the dry spell...
|
||
467 305000789 days without rain<or even a sign of it>
|
||
468 It's gonna be a scorcher today:
|
||
469 solar winds up to 7800 MPH
|
||
470 now check your nuclear reactors today..we need weather watchers!
|
||
471 :::::more news as it comes
|
||
472 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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473 DIGITALIAN
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474 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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||
475
|
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476
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477 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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||
478 Neohama
|
||
479 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
|
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480
|
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481
|
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482
|
||
483 Hey Mudge er Sranul er Cat er Zephyr...
|
||
484 I think it's pitiful that you got mad enough at digitalian to call pranks
|
||
485 on his mother (you must be the real low life). It's also pitiful that
|
||
486 when HE called you, you said that
|
||
487 Sysop had delaeted his entry about you. (Which is a FLAT DOWN lie)along with
|
||
488 everything else you say.
|
||
489
|
||
490 You couldn't even admit yoou were Mudge, Zephyr.. etc.
|
||
491 I'm digitalian2 but now have changed my name. Digitalian(1) was Lone
|
||
492 Ranger but will never use that name again. (We can admit it.. you cant)
|
||
493
|
||
494
|
||
495 P.S. (Who ever wrote the first one)...
|
||
496 Please write another TWIT Test.
|
||
497
|
||
498 Yours Truly Neohama (digit2)
|
||
499 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
|
||
500 _<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<
|
||
501 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^
|
||
502 HQave fffuuuunnnn!
|
||
503 <Whoever you are!>
|
||
504 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^
|
||
505 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|
||
506 E A R T H W I N D & F I R E
|
||
507 * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|
||
508 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
|
||
509
|
||
510 Okay people...I'm one of the few
|
||
511 lucky members of Visional Software
|
||
512 group and I am extremely sorry to
|
||
513 tell you that DIGITRON BBS had
|
||
514 to be taken off the air because of
|
||
515 prank phone calls at all hours--
|
||
516 DAY OR NIGHT!
|
||
517 If you were wondering...Don't call
|
||
518 or We'll have your calls traced.
|
||
519 10-q
|
||
520 ttyl
|
||
521 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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||
522 E A R T H W I N D & F I R E
|
||
523 * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|
||
524 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
|
||
525
|
||
526 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
|
||
527 looking over the device quite carefully, so as not to miss any detail,
|
||
528 the depictions on the exterior of the craft found me easily detained as i
|
||
529 would contemplate the possible ramifacations of the scenes before my
|
||
530 startled eyes.
|
||
531 another sneeze came from behind me, the sneeze of discomfort. i turned
|
||
532 to face trainor, asking if there would be anything i could do to make
|
||
533 the unpleasant situation any more bearable.
|
||
534 "nay, i believe i shall have to ride out this storm, whatever the cause
|
||
535 may be. it all seems so confusing"
|
||
536 as i had turned to face trainor, the hooded shawl that covered the entire
|
||
537 upper portion of my body was allowed to fall open in its place. trainors
|
||
538 gaze met with the fine embroidery that decorated my sturdy tunic, there was
|
||
539 the unmistakable image of the standing lion, forward paws outstreched in mid
|
||
540 air. frustraction of the inability to aid him made me turn back to his
|
||
541 splendid machine where i found zephyr.
|
||
542 "it is very much a shame that we won't be able to take along this fine
|
||
543 animal," i commented to the crowd in general. "i find it to be so...
|
||
544 so very beautiful. do you know, zephyr my dear, that you have the smoothest
|
||
545 pelt that i have ever felt?"
|
||
546 "oh thank you very, very, very much fine lady! i pride myself in the
|
||
547 grooming of my fur, appearances are everything to us smaller creatures,
|
||
548 you know!" the exclaimation uttered from the rabbit very happily as it
|
||
549 twiched its warm ears.
|
||
550 "yes, very much a shame..." i placed the rabbit with great care back
|
||
551 down on the solid earth. just then a strong gust of wind blew over the
|
||
552 the crowd that had gathered outside the inn. my shawl had been waved by
|
||
553 this wind and had turned inside out. the reason for its being so warm for
|
||
554 me was no longer hidden as a look of panic filled the gleam in zephyr's
|
||
555 tiny eyes, the inside of my shawl lined with the skins of his brothers.
|
||
556 yes, it was so very warm now, even in this breeze.
|
||
557 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& the scarlet lion &&&&&&&
|
||
558
|
||
559 ***********************************************************************
|
||
560 I'm back to spy from a long absence. I mourn for Kosta. Jack and Kosta
|
||
561 now have tennis partners at the great court in the sky.
|
||
562 **************************************************************kathyd****
|
||
563
|
||
564 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
565 The piper, keeping his eyes averted from some scenes that he found personally
|
||
566 rather too graphic (after all, shouldn't some things in life be left as
|
||
567 mysteries?), walked over to Trainor who seemed to be recovering from his fit
|
||
568 of sneezing.
|
||
569 "Isn't it about time we got going?" the piper asked. "Your machine seems
|
||
570 to be attracting attention -- and one of the major things I have learned on
|
||
571 my adventures is that attention usually brings an unpleasant aftermath."
|
||
572 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
573 :::::=====:::::=====
|
||
574 Scarlet Lion: *gasp!*
|
||
575 Scarlet Lion: (again) But I thougxht I was coming. Trainor'Ss not
|
||
576 allergic to me, it's my truffles. I threw them away and he stopped
|
||
577 sneezing. That was a while ago!
|
||
578 Piper: I'm game.
|
||
579 Trainor: *resting on your sshoulder*
|
||
580 Let's GO!
|
||
581 :::::=====:::::=====
|
||
582 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
|
||
583 Digitalian
|
||
584 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
|
||
585 Oh jes' thoughtI I might mention that
|
||
586 EARTH WIND & FIRE is the team name
|
||
587 for me & Neo, Otay?
|
||
588
|
||
589 Now to leave upon the pedistal another mark
|
||
590 ^"^"^"^
|
||
591 CHAPTER 3
|
||
592
|
||
593 "It's all yours,"he said in a dreary grim voice...I didn't know what was up,
|
||
594 but something was fishy.
|
||
595 I really got worryied about him!
|
||
596 Anyway, I went home to sprite:1.
|
||
597 ">click< >r-r-r< What's up Digit?"he squeaked
|
||
598 His small but husky body wiggling as his Laser Discs flew in and out of place.
|
||
599 "You look discouraged"he said
|
||
600 I looked at him. He was a MESS!
|
||
601 "What happened to you, Sprite:1?" I asked.
|
||
602 He sat for a minute and clicked.
|
||
603 ">R-R-R-R< uhh...uhh..>click< he-he well...ummm"
|
||
604 He had guilt written all over his transistors...So I ran into the kitchen.
|
||
605 ***ARRGHHH***
|
||
606 Here laid all the instant spaghetti capsuls....EVERYWHERE!!!
|
||
607 ">blip< >r-r-r< >CLICK!< He-he...I uhh...my robotic food processor mechanism
|
||
608 went what you call 'bananas?'"he squeaked in a very low voice.
|
||
609 :::::telecomm bulletin is as follows
|
||
610 OOPS...no news today!!
|
||
611 It's a habit...sorry!
|
||
612 :::::no news if it doesn't come!
|
||
613 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
|
||
614 Digitalian
|
||
615 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
|
||
616 *%_#@*_)%*@#_)%*@#)_*%_@#)*%_@#)*_)&^_)*@#)_@#)_^&#@_%(@#_)%*@#_)*%^@_#&^_@*@_#
|
||
617 TOP to BOTTOM...
|
||
618 Mikey: Will you be at the PCS meeting tomorrow? Will you be bringing CL disks
|
||
619 and/or Archive disks?
|
||
620 Piper: I'll probably be trying to contact you Thursday afternoon or Friday. I
|
||
621 am getting through some tests right now and I am putting most of my energy
|
||
622 into their completion. Until then...
|
||
623 Leonard: I hope to see you there.
|
||
624 Voyeur: You too I hope. I will have the disks that we have spoken of before.
|
||
625 Milch: Any further word on Honors stuff?
|
||
626 Kosta: Yes we will miss you. Say 'hi' to Jack, if indeed you and he are at
|
||
627 the same resting place. How strange both men met their fate by the hands of
|
||
628 a woman. Something to ponder this day-in-age.
|
||
629 *_%#*@_)%*_%)*_@#)%*@_)*%@_#%*@ L'homme sans Parity %*_*%_#@)*%_#)@%*_@#)*%@#_
|
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|
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