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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 31 AUG 85 **********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ****************************************************************
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19
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20 L'homme: OK, I hope you make it this time. We are going to do a mailing to
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21 some selected users groups as soon as we can get them. Also, there was some
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22 interest expressed in the graphics program, you might want to bring it a long
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23 assuming that you have any interest in the possiblity there.
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24 ****************************** CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
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25
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26 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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27 ... and topping off today's disk, grinning and giggling as he is writing
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28 this short exortation, is me, otherwise known as
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29 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu!!
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30 Leonard and ZEBbie adventurers: Please excuse a minor typing error that
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31 results in a major logic error. In my last story entrance, I wrote
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32 a group of assertions and a conclusion. Unfortunately, I mistyped
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33 that conclusion. If you look at the repeat written to Leonard, the
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34 conclusion is correct. It should read W => !P. P must be negated
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35 for the conclusion to be true. (Someday I'll have download abilities
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36 and be able to check my typing before I post it...)
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37 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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39 Those of you with long memories may remember that we left dear Doctor
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40 Frankenstupe in the hands of an obscure Mid-East terrorist group. Never
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41 fear, Frankenstupe fans (all two of you), the Doctor has been rescued and
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42 now sits in his room at the Sunnyvale Rest Home with his good friend and
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43 mentor, Sigmund...
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44
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45 "Doctor, what is all this?" Sigmund asked. He waved his hand at a
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46 twisted contraption of wires, tubes, and flashing lights. "It looks like
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47 something from a Rube Goldberg nightmare."
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48 "Impressive, isn't it?" the Doctor said. "It's my latest invention."
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49 He puffed his chest out proudly.
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50 "Er... it certainly looks complicated. What does it do?"
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51 "Well, it seems that many of the Innhabitants are currently examining
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52 their own psyches. Perhaps I should follow the trend. This machine will
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53 allow me to journey within my own subconscious."
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54 "Are you sure it's safe?" Sigmund asked.
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55 "Why of course." The Doctor held out an electrode-studded headband.
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56 "Would you like to try it?"
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57 "No, no... and I wonder if you should either. Doctor, you've been in
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58 the midst of a personal crisis recently. I'm not sure a side trip into
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59 your subconscious would be wise at the moment."
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60 "Phooey! Sigmund, you worry too much. This is just the thing I need
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61 right now." Frankenstupe slipped the metal band onto his head. "Hmmm...
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62 now do I turn on switch A first, or was that switch B? No matter," the
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63 Doctor continued to mumble under his breath as he twisted dials and flipped
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64 toggle switches.
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65 "Doctor, wait..." Sigmund said.
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66 "I can't now, as my Daddy used to say: 'No guts, no glory'." The
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67 machine began to hum ominously. Fly wheels turned. Grey smoke drifted to
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68 the ceiling. "Oh, Sigmund, one thing..."
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69 "Yes?"
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70 "If that red light goes on..." The Doctor pointed to a large red
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71 light on top of the contraption. "It means there is a minor problem with
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72 the system. Nothing to worry about actually, but it's vital that you..."
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73 The air shimmered and Doctor Frankenstupe was gone.
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74 "I must what?" Sigmund called out. The red light began to blink
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75 furiously. There was no reply.
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76
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77 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
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78
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79 Can't say that I was on the edge of my seat when I read that last entry....
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80 what's the deal?
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81
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82
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83
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84 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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85 Small I may be, but I can still write, a~d in the immortal words of Lazarus
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86 Long.....
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87 Writing is not a sin, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards..
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88 I shall see you all in the truffle patch.
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89 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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90 p.s.: Trainor, adventurers, et all.: I am sorry for the things that have
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91 been said by me. My head has cleared since then, and it seems that all I
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92 really needed was a truffle and a 1 month vacation......
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93 See you soon...
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94 :::::=====
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95 ^\/^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^?
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96 To the SysOp (Cistop?) How long does it take for a message to recycle on this system?
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97 I am from Eugene, and although I called not to long ago, my message, and all traces
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98 have disappeared. Just wondering.
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99 ^\/^\/^\/ Darth Trader \/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\
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100 Darth: if the people in the Inn have something to talk about the disks might
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101 not even take a week before they are gone totally, drive B and everything!
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102 But now that school is going to start very soon I would expect the entries to
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103 slow down a little bit. Just this morning this disk was started and so far
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104 it's only gone to here....
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105 ^\^/^\^/^\^/^\^/^\^/^\^/^\^/^\^/^
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106 ((( Riple )))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
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107
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108 "Hmmm, if I add just a bit more over here and a little more over...
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109 No No No not what I wanted at all." Dissatisfied with the drawing I wiped
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110 my sandy slate smooth, clearing the path for a new feeling or thought.
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111 Grasping my twig like an artist would hold his brush, the beginning
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112 of a idea came forth. After some carefull thought the image finally began.
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113 Three long broad vertical lines crossed at the top and sharply pointed at
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114 the bottom were the first to appear. A line down the center below the cross
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115 and ending at the point gave each of the swords the distingtion it needed.
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116 Beneath the blades a suit if armor laying prone began to take shape.
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117 Nearing the end of my illustrated thought, I sensed someone approaching
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118 . Laying down the twig, I raised my head to see who it may be. Making eye
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119 contact, I motioned to him to join me. Quietly he approached and lightly
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120 settled down into a comfortable position on the ground. His eyes left mine
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121 looking down at the many lines in the sand then back up again as if to ask
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122 what meaning lye within them. With a reasurring glance, I again picked up
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123 my twig and finised the image hoping thOto give him a better understanding.
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124 Upon finishing the sleeping armor the thought was finnished off with
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125 another sword, horizontal this time, was drawn under the still figure.
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126
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127 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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128 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
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129 Juggler: sorry about the typos, I don't think I did very well but
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130 I tried, I suppose that is what counts.
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131 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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132 Ack!
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133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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134 I In the long, sleepless watches of the night,
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135 a gentle face -the face of one long dead-
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136 looks at me from the wall, where round its head
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137 the night-lamp casts a halo of pale light.
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138 Here in this room she died; and soul more white
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139 never through martyrdom of fire was led
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140 to its repose; nor can in books be read
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141 the legend of a life more benedight.
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142 There is a mountain in the distant west
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143 that, sun-defying, in its deep ravines
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144 displays a cross of snow upon its side.
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145 Such is the cross I wear upon my breast
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146 these eighteen years, through all the changing scenes
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147 and seasons, changeless since the day she died.
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148
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149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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150 10 print"hi"
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151 20 goto 10
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152 TO DARTH TRADER:
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153
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I left you a message last week, but guess it got scrubbed before you saw it.
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154
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Yes, there are DP jobs in Portland, but you've got to be on the scene here.
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155
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What's your background? Any IBM experience? Leave me a message soon before
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156
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this gets wiped off.
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157
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Griffin in Oak Grove
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158 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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159
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TO: SYSOP
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160
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Why does my message come out double spaced, even though I am only single
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161
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spacing the input???
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162
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Griffin
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163
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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164
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print
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165
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bottom
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166 Stop putting you'r own linefeeds onto the end of each line bone-head!
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167 YEAH, BONE HEAD!
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168 By the way - type 'OFF' before leaving the system!!!!
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169 .,-=-,.,-=-,.,-=-,.,-=-,.,-=-,.,-=-,.
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170 K.I.S. Net
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171 503-777-xxxx
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172 24hrs
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173 Sysop : Kevin Summers
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174 .,-=-,.,-=-,.,-=-,.,-=-,.,-=-,.,-0=-,.
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175 I AM DISTRESSED AT THE QUALITY O OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES HERE IN DEMINSTRATED/WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OVERWHELMING CONCERNS
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176 BYE
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177 OFF
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178 LOGOFF
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179 SO LONG
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180 GOOD BYE
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181 If you believe in your heart & confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord you shall be saved/////////////
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182 This is more TRUTH than all the other nonsense combined//////
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183
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184 there for repent & return to the GOD of your fathers
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185
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186 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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187
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188 FFF
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189 ................................................................
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190 Return to the GOD of your rodents...
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191 ................................................................
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192 Does it really matter what we believe in as long as we are happy
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193 with who we are? Do we have to base what we believe in by what
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194 other people believe in... Inposing what one person believes in
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195 on other people who might not believe in the same thing is realy
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196 defeating it's purpose.
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197 -------------------------------------inmo.
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198 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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199 The young lady who had called herself ZEB moved slightly under the piper'
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200 touch. Her thin shoulders seemed rather frail to support the load that seemed
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201 ppppppppppppppppppppppp
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202 Mikey -- you might want to keep an eye on line noise.
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203 I've been blown out of the water this morning. I don't know if its my
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204 line or yours. I finally got a little bit typed here, but can't
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205 get on with story.
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206 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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207 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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208 money talks! HI GUYS!!! I'm knew to your neighborhood, but I think you'll
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209 like me! I'm a Gaurdian of the HOLY GEL. SERIOUSLY!!! The HOLY GEL is, as
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210 many DRAMA jocks know, the new religion of the 80's!!! Everyone, and I mean
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211 EVERYONE is joining. If you like THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY,
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212 MONTY PYTHON, and other types of humor, the HOLY GEL is for YOU!!!
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213 JUST CALL
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214
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215 *DOUGIE*
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216
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217 AT
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218
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219
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220 645-xxxx
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221
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222 THANKS AND BYE!!!
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223
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224 3M
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225
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226 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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227
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228 I know about free advertising but REALLY NOW! A new religion ?
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229 Excuse me? Oregon already has enough of 'em!
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230
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231 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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232 -->>>-->>>-->>>____________________DESIDERATA_____________<<<--<<<--<<<--
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233
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234 Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be
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235 in silence. As far a possible without surrender be on good terms with all
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236 persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even
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237 the dull and ignorant; they to have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive
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238 persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with
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239 others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and
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240 lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
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241 Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession
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242 in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs;
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243 for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue
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244 there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full
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245 of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be
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246 cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is
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247 perennial as the grass. Take kindly the council of the years, gracefully
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248 surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of sporot to shield you
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249 in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many
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250 fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be
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251 gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees
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252 and the stars; you have the right to be here. And whether you conceive Him to be
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253 and whatever your labors and asporations, in the noisy confusion of life keep
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254 peace with you soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is
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255 still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
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256
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257 ---------
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258 for ___c,d,f,G,-h.
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259
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260 -->>>-->>>-->>>_____________________________________________<<<--<<<--<<<--
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261 -->>>-->>> sporot should bue spirit <<<--<<<--
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262 -->>> Mikey... why doesn't it seem to always pay attention to back space
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263 notice the line before this in entermode it was fixed to
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264 read be but it came out bue. I don't understand. <<<--
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265 [/] THE TIN MAN [/]
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266 (((*)))(((*)))
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267 *****************************************************************************
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268 I gave you the earth, the stars, the anamals, the plants, brains, curiosity,
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269 science, love, damn near everything I could think of....
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270
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271 SO WHY DO YOU KEEP BOTHERING ME? THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE, PLANETS, PLACES!
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272 GIVE ME A BREAK!
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273
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274 I feel better now, thanks for listening.
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275 Sorry I shouted.
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276 GOD
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277 *******************************************************************************
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278 Tin Man: Don't hold down the backspace key... in fact, don't even type them
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279 too fast. BW 'echoes' backspace as 'backspace space backspace' (because not
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280 all terminals erase upon backspacing). If you send them too fast, the space
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281 can get 'lost' leaving your cursor farther back than it 'really' is.
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282 ___________________________Leonard_________________________________________
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283 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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284 Tin Man: I think you should have given Leonard Nimoy his due on that one.
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285 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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286
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287 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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288
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289 ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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290 ONCE AGAIN IT IS NIGHT. THIS IS WHEN IT HITS THE HARDEST, THE PAIN I FEEL WHEN I THINK OF HER ABSENCE.
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291 'WHY DID SHE GO' SAYS MY HEART, MY BRAIN KNOWS THE ANSWER, BUT THIS WONT MAKE IT EASIER TO BEAR. SHE
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292 WENT BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO GO, BECAUSE HER CAREER WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO HER THAN ME RIGHT NOW. THIS IS
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293 HARD TO STARE IN THE FACE, SO I TRY TO MAKE UP LITTLE LIES TO DISGUISE IT. BUT IN THE END, THESE
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294 CRUMBLE AWAY AND THE TRUTH STANDS BEFORE ME. WILL SHE AND I EVER HAVE A FUTURE TOGETHER? I WONDER. I
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295 HOPE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL BE FOUR YEARS BEFORE SHE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ROOM FOR ME IN HER LIFE. IF
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296 EVER. THE ARMY DOES A WONDERFUL JOB OF BRAINWASHING YOU INTO PUTTING IT FIRST IN YOUR LIFE, AND IT
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297 SETS UP LITTLE BLOCKS TO MAKE IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ANYONE ELSE IMPORTANT. SHE IS MARRIED
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298 TO THE ARMY NOW, AND I HATE AND CURSE IT BECAUSE OF THIS. DANM THEM! WHO ARE THEY TO COMPLETLY TAKE
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299 OVER A LIFE. I WILL DESTROY THEM IF IT TAKES MY WHOLE LIFE TO DO IT. THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT IS
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300 NOTHING BUT A PARISITE ON THIS SOCIETY. I CAN TOLERATE IT WASTING 25% OF MY TAX MONEY BUT IT IS
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301 UNFORGIVEABLE WHEN IT TAKES AWAY THE HEART OF MY DEAR GIRLFRIEND. DAMN THEM! I HATE THEM! I HATE THEM!
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302 THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE DECENCY TO KEEP THEIR CONTRACTUAL WORD EITHER. FOR THE LAST MONTH I HAVE
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303 WAITED FOR A HALF WEEK OF FREE TIME THAT SHE COULD SEE ME, AND NOW IT IS TAKEN AWAY AT THE LAST MINUTE
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304 BECAUSE SOME BASE COMMANDER WANTS TO ENHANCE HIS OWN PRESTIGE. WELL, DAMN HIM!
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305 I AM CRYING NOW. I WANT TO SEE HER.
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306 ))))))))))))))))))))))((((((((((((000001TED(((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))
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307 {*}{*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}{*}
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308 &_)#%_)!*_)!@*%_)*_)!*%)_+!*)%&!)_%&@#_)&@)_&^)_@#_&_*!+!*%!)*%)_*%_)!*%!_%*_)*^_$&^_)*_@#&^_*!_%&_^&
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309 Mikey:Sorry about last week. I will be at USD Tuesday without fail. Things-to-do-list: #1-Give you
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310 final (haha) copies of adventures. #2-Get the LNW information you have. #3-Get those adventure ideas
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311 you spoke about, if you have them available. #3-Bring graphics program for you to see again. #4-Ask
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312 questions about AMODEM. #5-Get help wit MEX. Yes, I am trying to install MEX on the LNW, and I seem
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313 to be having a little bit of trouble speaking to the UART from within the overlay. The overlay I
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314 am going from is for a Lobo MAX-80 with is memory mapped instead of port mapped, so it is more
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315 involved than modifying AMODEM. Can you help? #6-Give you address of Tandy group. Looks like a full
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316 schedule, see you then!
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317 -+- Juggler -+-:See what I mean^.
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318 TIN MAN:I too am red, I don't know Rick's last name. I hang my head in shame.
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319 Leonard:I will be starting in on your archives very soon.
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320 *%_)$*%@_#)*_@)^@#)_^*_)*@#)_^*@_)^*_)*^@_)^ L'homme sans Parity *%@_)#*%_*%_@)*%_)*_@*%@_%_@)#*%_*%@_
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321
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322 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*==*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Guru of Bliss*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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323 Freedom of thought is a GOD given right
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324 Propiganda is a moral outrage
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325 the 7493 is what realy counts
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326
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327 (did you know; that by removing the boring drivel it is possible to print
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328 out an entire disk on a single page...
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329 Beleave iT or NoT !
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330 (tnx drivlrs; for saving me paper))
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331 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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332 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (partners in dispair)
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333 000001TED - Were it not for your return, I might have just been so very tempted
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334 to have said something along those very same lines. I, on the other hand, do
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335 not see defense as a parasite. I admit it, I'm brainwashed (@%_#@**! I HATE
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336 that word!) as well as my fair, departed damsel of yesterday.
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337 It would seem that there are plenty of us here, that I know of, that can
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338 say we have lost our precious ones to another way of thinking. Yet however
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339 slowly the days go by I know, and she knows that I will be waiting for our
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340 reunion. However lonely the waiting may be, I won't turn my back on intuition.
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341 There's one chance to save her, and I know she'll return the favor. I know
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342 that what helps her make it through is the knowledge that I will be here. And
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343 she is all I live for, or so it seems. So here I wait, (almost) silently.
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344 L'homme - Did I ever tell you that I found that book you told me to get? It's
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345 been so long, I just wanted to make sure you knew that I remember Franz K.
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346 I've had the book for a long time now, and haven't gotten around to reading
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347 quite yet. Maybe I'll start to read it as soon as Tin Man gets his XT...
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348 so - Well, you wanted it. Now you've got it. But if I'm to do anything
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349 relavent I'll have to get some more material from L'homme before I should
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350 continue... There's so much more to be done and I can't remember where I
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351 left off. I've lost the direction and the inspiration for it...
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352 Guru(s) - There is more importance to drivle than you may perceive. But to
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353 save paper is above all the most important thing of all, isn't it?
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354 Might the apprentice be around here somewhere? I thought I saw his markings
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355 near here not all that long ago. Hmm, perhaps I was mistaken.
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356 Max - Pray tell, just how did you enter those remarkable lines?
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357
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358 Dear Doctor - I do believe you have forgotten how to count! Either that or
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359 you must have been interupted... yes, that sounds about right.
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360 Oh, you're gone.
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361 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 245:04
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362 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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363 (trying again -- let's see if it'll stay in ENTER mode today)
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364 The young lady who had called herself ZEB moved slightly under the piper's
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365 touch. Her thin shoulders seemed rather frail to support the load that seemed
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366 to be loading them. The slight quiver spoke directly to the piper's heart,
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367 warmed by (perhaps an excess of) compassion, and he pulled her into a gentle
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368 embrace for a long moment. He spoke softly.
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369 "Let me help. I need information."
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370 For a long moment she relaxed against him. "You can think of this as a
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371 meta-reality," she said. "It is an area that partakes of aspects of two,
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372 nearly opposite realities, and makes the interface between the two nearly
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373 comprehensible. One is nearly an inverse of the other."
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374 "In what way?" asked the piper.
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375 "In nearly every way. The dark, hard surface beneath us represents your
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376 home reality band. The darkness and solidity represent lack of life. The
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377 points of light that are visible throughout this lightless solid represent
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378 the bits of vital force that differentiate living things from the non-living."
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379 She turned and stepped out of his embrace. With a sweep of her hand she
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380 indicated the sofly glowing space above and around them.
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381 "Above us are the realities that I used to inhabit. Space itself is alive,
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382 but look closely."
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383 The piper followed the path of her pointing finger. Suspended in the "air"
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384 before her was a tiny black speck. Once aware of the darkness suspended in
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385 the light, the piper looked closely, and saw the inverse of the light patterns
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386 picked out in darkness in the glowing space about them.
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387 "But how...?" the piper asked.
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388 "We are beyond our original realities here," she answered. "This is the
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389 junction -- the shear plane that separates the two types of reality. Just
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390 as the yin-yang symbol contains seeds of the other within each of the opposites
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391 that comprise the whole, these two types of reality contain portions of the
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392 other making up the meta-reality where we now stand."
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393 The piper stood for a moment lost in thought.
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394 "Even the fundamental laws of our realities are nearly in opposition," she
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395 continued. "The arrows of time and entropy point in opposite directions."
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396 "But," the piper interrupted, "that means..."
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397 "Yes," she continued. "While for you the natural tendency is for things to
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398 move from a state of order to disorder, for us the universe tends to impose
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399 order where none existed before. You proceed from birth to death while we
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400 come into existence at death and proceed inexorably toward birth. You seek
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401 education to gain knowledge, while we attend school to remove it. For you,
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402 the span of your life from birth to NOW remains in your mind as the past. You
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403 have no knowlege of what is to come before your death. We remember the
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404 other way -- I know of my life between NOW and my death, but the past is closed
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405 to me."
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406 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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407 ^^^^^^: I didn't realize thing were that strong. Sorry for being in the
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408 way so much.........Blue
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409 ::::::::::::::::::: Piper: I'm glad you finally uploaded the story - it's good!
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410 ===============================================================
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411 I've seen fire and I've seen rain,
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412 I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
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413 I've seen lonly times when I could not find a friend.
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414 But I always thought I'd see you again.
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415 ===============================fred============================
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416
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417 **********************************************************************
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418 L'homme: OK, see you there. does sound like a lot of ground to be covered.
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419 Still looking for the adventure info, as is usual, it is always kicking
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420 around under foot until you want it, then it goes and hides....
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421 Leonard: I now have *ALL* BW archieves in MSDOS format. Are you still interested
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422 in the first disk that you asked about?
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423 **************************** CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
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424 *_)*@#)_%*@)_%*@_)%*@#)%*_@)%*!_)%*!_)*%_)!%*!_)%*%_!)*%_)!*%_)!*%_!)&%)_!*%_!)@&%_!)%&!_)%&_)%@#_^&
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425 Mikey:OK, see you then.
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426 the Guardian: Very clever fellow. But sometimes the most dangerous thing of all can be jealous
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427 neighbors. Very clever indeed.
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428 Guru: of bliss you say? I could think of another term that would suit much better.
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429 *%_#)*%_@)%*_@)^&@)#&_)@&^_)@#*_@#)&*@#_)&@^ L'homme sans Parity %*_@#)*%_@#)%*@_)#%*_)@*%@_#)%*
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430
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431 <o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>
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432
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433 Mirrors
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434
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435 The mirrors surround me with their reflections
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436 Laughing faces look out on me
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437 The fractured surfaces reflect my shattered thoughts
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438
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439 The faces of my friends, my enemies
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440 All are there
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441 Their voices echoing in soundless laughter
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442
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443 And there facing me no matter where I turn
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444 Is my own image contorted in glee
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445 Laughing the hardest of all
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446
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447 BH
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448
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449 <o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>
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450
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451 ************
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452 prometheus: how did you know about the teenage mutant turtles? Oh i left out the ninga! are you
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453 a comic collector like me?
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454 ******************kathyd**************
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455 Mikey: Yes, I am interested. Thursday?
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456 ________________________________Leonard__________________________________
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457 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (profiles not shown)
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458 L'homme - Now that your working your little fingers to the bone on getting
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459 things to look picture perfect, I just comment that truth may indeed be
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460 clever, the truth also hurts. Can you say the Five Words without wincing?
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461 I didn't think so. Oh, and do you happen to remember that piece of synchro-
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462 nicity we had going there for awhile? It seems that member in our community
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463 has been matching thought cycles here again as well... I can only re-write
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464 a story just so many times! Be sure to leave a message before you go
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465 running off to see her majesty, the Queen. Or is that the queens?
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466 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 245:16
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467 :::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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468 L'Homme: I regret to confirm your archive list. (almost). My MS-DOS versions
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469 are also lacking 22 Mar 83, 16 Jun 83, 03 July 83, 06 July 83, 09 July 83,
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470 12 July 83, 15 Sept 83, 10 Nov 83, 12 Nov 83, 13 Nov 83, 16 Nov 83,
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471 14 Jan 84, 16 Jan 84, 18 Jan 84, 19 Jan 84, 28 Jan 84, 29 Jan 84,
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472 30 Jan 84, 02 Mar 84, 04 Mar 84, 14 Jun 84, 15 Jun 84, 18 Jun 84,
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473 (oops, scratch those last three in June). I do have the 84 June 14,15,18,20,
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474 22 & 24 block that you are missing. More interestingly, I do Not have
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475 that mysterious 22 July 84 that you found, but I DO have 17 Aug 84, which you
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476 don't. Since THE LIST only goes up to July 84, I don't know how accurate our
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477 lists are after then. All the missing files exist in my Model 1 set, though.
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478 (Unless we get them from Mikey again, I'll have to copy them over to single
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479 sided for your LNW, then give them to you to use your xfer program on to get
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480 them to MS-DOS so I can get them back... sigh. I thought we were done with
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481 this nonsense?)
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482 Mikey: as you can see, our archives are slightly out of sync. Do you suppose
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483 you could supply us with a master list of archive file dates, so we can get
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484 reorganized? Danka.
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485 :::::::0902:::::O O:::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::O O::::18:59:::::::::::::
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486
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487 (((*)))(((*)))((( just checking in )))((( Ripple )))
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488 .-.-.-.-.-.-.Emulurk
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489 (-)_(-)_(-)Join the fun - lurk for a while!(-)_(-)_(-)LurkMark(-)_(-)_(-)
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490
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491 :-> :-) :-] :-}
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492
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493 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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494
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495 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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496 do you mean that i can't even spell a backspace right? gosh guys!
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497 the two movie experts bluffed at once. i don't believe it. and on a
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498 name that is in TWO films, lets not forget Fade to Black. how about cagney's
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499 name in White Heat? now there is an easy one.
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500 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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501 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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502 The piper looked for a long time at the slight figure facing him.
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503 "I begin to understand," he said gently. "Perhaps not fully, but somewhat."
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504 Looking at the tears still coursing down her face, he asked, "Tell me this.
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505 If your set of realities is a mirror image of mine, would not all I find as
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506 good you find as evil, and so forth? What brings me sorrow should bring you
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507 joy, and I should delight in things that would trouble you."
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508 A slight and brief smile passed over her face.
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509 "I did NOT say that our realities were mirror images of each other," she
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510 said firmly. "The only mirroring is in the very rough physical sense."
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511 She turned and stepped, bringing a wash of light from the black pavement
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512 beneath her feet.
|
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513 "That light," began the piper.
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514 Her face fell. "Come here and look closely."
|
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515 She knelt down on the black pavement, the piper came and knelt beside her,
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516 each of his movements bringing a wash of light from the pavement.
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517 "Watch closely now," her fingertip traced the black pavement slowly,
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||
518 leaving a faint luminous trail until it reached one of the glowing points
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519 that filled the transparent blackness of the pavement. A flare of light
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||
520 filled the piper's eyes and for a long moment he was elsewhere.
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||
521
|
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522 He was clinging to a cliff face, filled with the awful knowledge that
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523 this time he had tempted fate once too often. He had always been strong
|
||
524 and skillful, and this knowlege had made him careless. He was alone now,
|
||
525 his companions had fallen long ago. His skill and strength had served
|
||
526 only to prolong the inevetable. The cliff shuddered, a reminder of the
|
||
527 quake that had torn his companions from their holds and shaken them from
|
||
528 the rock face like fleas from a mangy dog. Another quiver, the hot
|
||
529 mineral smell of fractured rock, and the cliff face to which he was
|
||
530 clinging collapsed. Long, unbelieving moments of falling, a painful grazing
|
||
531 impact, with the sick inner knowlege of serious damage to the body,
|
||
532 then a brief moment of total pain.
|
||
533
|
||
534 The piper sat up, apalled.
|
||
535 "You see," the tears rolled down her cheeks, "We live here only through
|
||
536 the death of others." She straightened up, erect but on her knees facing
|
||
537 the piper. "How can I justify my own existence with this as a result?"
|
||
538 The piper reached for her, and she came into his embrace like an injured
|
||
539 child seeking comfort.
|
||
540 "How can I go on?" Her thin body was shaking in his embrace. "How can
|
||
541 I endure this? How can I change what is happening?"
|
||
542 The piper moved slightly, bringing a wash of light from the pavement.
|
||
543 He sat back, weeping figure in his arms, seeing with newly sensitized eyes
|
||
544 some of the causes of the light. He sat on an immense battlefield, watching
|
||
545 giant machines reap men's lives like stalks of ripe wheat. With the
|
||
546 sobbing body of ZEB in his arms, he stalked the avenues of death watching
|
||
547 the humble to the heroic, feeling the pang of loss even as the loss of
|
||
548 life gave him strength on the meta-plane of reality he inhabited.
|
||
549 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
550 ---------QUESTION?
|
||
551 WHY IS ALOHA CBBS - ALSO CALLED CONJUGAL BBS ????????????????????????????????????
|
||
552 JUST WON DERIN' ----------------------------------------------
|
||
553 A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A=3
|
||
554 The power of the circle incomplete redefines attraction and dominion. The
|
||
555 compelling force for completion can compete with most other forces in this
|
||
556 universe. Unfortunately, a power from outside the universe acted as impediment
|
||
557 towards the forces of completion. ZEB grew, ZEB counteracted, ZEB withdrew,
|
||
558 as the power of the group grew, and then, withdrew.
|
||
559 Cragmore broke concentration. "I... am sorry. We can't do it. My vision,
|
||
560 our vision was blocked by something from within the void. Piper is no longer
|
||
561 where he was. He has moved from our space to another space. Our circle is
|
||
562 not complete, and our friend is lost."
|
||
563 Trainor moved from the control panel to the room where the others were now
|
||
564 just coming out of various trances. "What do you mean lost? He is out there,
|
||
565 isn't he? Even in this place people don't just disappear."
|
||
566 Cragmore's brow darkened, and getting up, he motioned Trainor back into the
|
||
567 other room. "Listen, I wasn't sure I should say anything in front of the
|
||
568 others now, but I think Piper did not want to come back. Remember the impressions
|
||
569 I felt when I tried to contact him before? They were much stronger this time.
|
||
570 Our circle should have overcome anything...anything except the will of the
|
||
571 object we wish to complete the circle with. Piper is a very strong-willed
|
||
572 person, and that coupled with the singular aspects of this void made union
|
||
573 impossible. He is lost my friend, lost from this reality and all other
|
||
574 realities we are familiar with."
|
||
575 "What do you suggest?" Trainor was visibly upset over the whole ordeal.
|
||
576 "I suggest we tell the others, and then combine our kwledge. Perhaps then
|
||
577 a plan, or even a direction, will make itself clear. We must get piper back,
|
||
578 but we must also destroy this thing that has destroyed your home and will most
|
||
579 certainly wreck havoc in all the realities."
|
||
580
|
||
581 Trainor and Cragmore repeated all that had gone on between them for the
|
||
582 others. A grim silence shrouded the entire Pell-mell, which was now set to
|
||
583 drift in the path of the creature from ZEB, following the leading point of
|
||
584 the ZEB by several R-distances.
|
||
585 "I have known piper so long." Bard said with a heavy heart. "I can't believe
|
||
586 he is gone."
|
||
587 The others followed with similar sentiments, but Trainor would have none of
|
||
588 it.
|
||
589 "Do not equate his absence with death! Never make the mistake of giving up!
|
||
590 Piper is not with us, but since when does that mean death? Remember who we are
|
||
591 speaking of. Piper can take care of himself. The fact that we found no trace
|
||
592 of him means he is not in this reality universe anymore, but it certainly
|
||
593 doesn't mean he has met his final fate, and left his physical body forever. On
|
||
594 my planet, we fight death constantly. We love life to such a degree that death
|
||
595 is totally repulsive, and we resist it until there is nothing left. We never
|
||
596 never give up, and neither should you. ZEB has destroyed that life-loving
|
||
597 people already, we must never forget that.
|
||
598 "you are right, of course" said lady tayree. "we must not give up. we must
|
||
599 find piper and destroy this ZEB before is does any more harm."
|
||
600 "Yes, that's the spirit. We have the sentiment, now we must have the plan!"
|
||
601 Trainor hoped that with the combined knowledge and skill of the people he had
|
||
602 assembled, tayree's and his words would not be empty ones.
|
||
603
|
||
604 A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A=3
|
||
605
|
||
606 ch /kwledge/knowledge/ - darn line hits
|
||
607
|
||
608 _____________________________________________________________________________
|
||
609 Roses are red,
|
||
610 Violets are pink,
|
||
611 My color TV
|
||
612 Is on the blink.
|
||
613
|
||
614 Did you hear what happened to poor Pinocchio? He was left out in the rain and
|
||
615 wound up with a warped mind.....
|
||
616
|
||
617 It was reported today by UPI that Salvador Dali was knighted Sir Real.
|
||
618
|
||
619 THE THREE BIG LIES
|
||
620 1) Of course I'll love you in the morning!
|
||
621 2) The check is in the mail.
|
||
622 3) I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.
|
||
623
|
||
624 A bummer- Driving behind a pack of Hell's Angels and having your horn lock on.
|
||
625
|
||
626 There was a young man of St. Bee's
|
||
627 Who was stung in the arm by a wasp.
|
||
628 When asked if it hurt
|
||
629 He said 'Yes it does, I'm so glad it wasn't a hornet.'
|
||
|
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