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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 20 DEC 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 thepright 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 :::::::::::O O::::::12/20::::::TOP::::::voyeur::::::::TOP::::::08:21::::O O::::
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21 WHY WOULD ONE WHO OBTAIN SEXUAL GRATIFICATION FROM SEEING SEX ORGANS AND SEXUAL
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22 ACTS GETS TO THE TOP?
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23 not even deserving of a reply...
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24
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25 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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26 RUTHLESS KILLER LOOSE IN NEW YORK CITY
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27 By Franklin Pervis
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28
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29 Muggers, rapists, pickpockets and burglars abound in this bustling metropolis
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30 we call New York City. But none of these people offers the threat to our way
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31 of life as one man does.
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32
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33 That one man, who goes by the name of Delta V, kills not for profit, not for
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34 the good of mankind or any national cause, but simply for the sake of doing it.
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35 He has chosen this profession because he enjoys killing, and cannot be stopped
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36 until he himself is dead.
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37
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38 And my aim is steady and sure... I see Delta V's profile in my sights, the
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39 sights of the proverbial pen. Is the pen still stronger than the sword, or now
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40 I should say, the Walther? I suppose we will find out soon, but the pen is
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41 only mighty when the public unites in a common cause.
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42
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43 I have provided descriptions of the man in previous articles, and below it is
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44 repeated again, along with a police sketch. But he has many faces, and is
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45 extremely dangerous. If you spot him, call this paper. My editor will notify
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46 me, even though I have gone underground, and am in hiding.
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47
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48 Delta V is in a shabby hotel somewhere in this city, and my best information
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49 has it that he is in a disguise of a street person. He is after a man called
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50 McKane. Other agencies are after Delta V, but they cannot impede my efforts at
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51 exposing this threat to our very way of
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52 life.
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53
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54 Delta V... your days are numbered. You may kill one on one, or two on one, but
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55 20 million people will overwhelm you, and rush your lifeless body into the
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56 sewers where it belongs.
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57
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58 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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59
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60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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61 RIPPLE, WHERE ARE YOU?++++++++++++++000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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62 """"""""""""""""""SOLI
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63 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\29
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64 Tariya was startled. "Who I am? You know my name."
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65 "And that's just about all I know."
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66 "But why would you want to know about me?"
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67 "I just do. You have some reason for hiding your past?"
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68 She looked down at her hands. "No. Not really."
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69 "Then tell me."
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70 "All right." she said. "My mother, Marannon Qoasis xennon-Silmarilyn, is the ruler of Shai-Kahn, and has been for
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71 the last thirteen years since my father was assasinated. I have five sisters and four brothers, all older than me.
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72 Since I am female, and youngest, there is very little chance that I will inherit the throne. Hence, the royal tutors
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73 have wasted very little time with me except for the standard education every child gets. If I was called upon to rule
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74 the province any time soon, I would be totally incapable. Though nobody has ever said so, I am considered
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75 expendable."
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76 "Jeez." James said. "I'm sorry. That's awful."
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77 "I've had seventeen years to get used to it." she smiled, a little sadly. "When I turn eighteen, the plan is to
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78 marry me off to some prince of another province who hasn't even been selected yet. This is done to strengthen
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79 relations between provinces."
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80 "And that's why you really took off, right?"
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81 "No. After all, the man I marry might be quite handsome. There are worse fates. I have an aptitude for the mystic
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82 arts. Since I was five, I have been training to become a sorceress. One day, not long ago, for some reason I still
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83 don't understand, I became bored. I wanted to see something of this universe before I commited my life to casting
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84 spells or having babies. That is really strange because I really had no desire to do anything like this before. It's
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85 almost like somebody else decided for me."
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86 Maybe somebody did, James thought. He had a naturally suspicious mind, anyway. "What about this bunch that I'm
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87 supposed to destroy."
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88 "I hope you're not to destroy the circle, for the whole government would soon collapse. There are twelve inhabited
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89 provinces on Kadan. The leaders all meet regularly at a secret, neutral location to attend to planetwide and offplanet
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90 matters. This is the Circle of Twelve. All the leaders of the provinces are accomplished conjurers, and very
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91 powerful."
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92 After a couple hours of strategic questioning he had a fairly good idea what Kadan was like. He was amazed. It
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93 didn't sound like the boring place that she had mentioned when they first met. Finally he asked, "Do you plan on going
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94 back?"
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95 "Eventually. I'll have to settle down some day. This adventuring isn't nearly as much fun as I thought it'd
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96 be."
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97 "Not with me it ain't. I'm a well-known screwup. Hang around with me and Murphy's law is gonna getcha sooner or
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98 later."
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99 "Murphy's law?"
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100 "'Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, and at the worst possible time' I could probably add a few extra details to
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101 it."
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102 "Oh. So could I. Anyway, I've told you my story, now it's your turn."
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103 "Huh?"
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104 "Fair's fair. I want to know just exactly who YOU are."
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105 James groaned.
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106 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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107
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108 quit
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109
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110 ||||||||||||||||| Lurking... ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME ||||
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111 ______________________________________________________________________________
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112 But PEN NAME, I thought you were leaving. Anyways, good luck in your move, and
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113 may you find (with a big bow to the B52's) your own Private Idaho.
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114 French Toast
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115 ______________________________________________________________________________
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116
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117 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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118 As I sit in the chair before this gleaming green screen, listening to my
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119 brother's radio and pondering the words spun out before me, my mind races thru
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120 its own little contemplations...
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121 I wish that I had been here to read more of Pen Name's work, now that he
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122 is reading and I will never have the chance.
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123 I wonder what the piper has been up to in the last 6 months, for he men-
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124 tions names I have not heard and weeps for friends I did not know were gone.
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125 I try to guess what the NET has been up to in the past half-year, and who
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126 the heck this Delta V is.
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127 (I hate not looking while I type:line 5 should read is leaving. Imaklutz.)
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128 In the next 2 weeks before I leave for Academia, I shall endeavor to add a
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129 little extra glow to this slowly moving Inn conversation by adding a little of
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130 my own work, or that of my growing pile of friends' works. Someone has to keep
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131 Mikey busy...
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132 HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE SATURDAY!!
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133 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\(anyAnTiransoutthere?)/\/\/
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134
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135 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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136 NEOHAMA
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137 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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138 #968
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139
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140 I'm a number in a crowd. Number 968 to be exact. Nobody cares about what
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141 might happen to me. Nobody cares about what might happen to anybody. "Just get
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142 the work done," says the teacher. Each quater he makes out the schedules for
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143 each kid, not caring about their interests. He hates kids who do badly. He has
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144 to try and help them. He won't flunk people, it's too much trouble. It goes on
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145 and on this way, with only one way to solve it, CLICK BANG......................
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146
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147 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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148 AND YOU ALL THOUGHT I WAS GONE WELL THE GRIZZLY HAS STE STEPPED OUT OF THE LURK
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149 SORR BUT THIS VERSION OF AE STINKS.
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150 THE GRIZZLY IS BACK FO ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
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151 BUY
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152 THE GRIZZLY
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153 HAVE A NICE DAY
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154 ||||||| Border thieves! |||||| Too much time on my hands... |||||| PEN NAME |||
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155 """"""""""""""""""
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156 Pen Name: Well, you know what they say about imitation... I'll be sorry to
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157 see you go, I rather liked what little you wrote. Gotta run, time for Miami
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158 Vice...
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159 """"""""""""""""""SOLI
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160 ______________________________JD 2446420.1676______________________________
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161 If you don't like bo(A)rder thieves, then create a unique border that no one
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162 but a real klutz would be cheap enough to 'steal', and be secure in knowing
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163 that it is yours, and is identified by the recognizable content, and not the
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164 usually rambling vaccuousness of boardborrowers. [*=*] [*=*]
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165 It was warm in Tucson, and the peace and quiet of the Hilton on Miracle Mile
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166 was a pleasant change from the open hostility of everything that was NewYork Cit
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167 y. He had had a very enjoyable day, visiting old haunts like the BumSteer on
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168 North Stone Ave, and the University area, the old Merlins Pub, a college crowd
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169 place. He reflected all this, and the events in NewYork. He remembered, almost
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170 verbatum, the words of his instructors at 'spy schol'. "People who have worked
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171 in banks for a while become indifferent to handling large amounts of cash."
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172 "It is the same with salesmen in jewellery stores;wen it's time to close,
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173 all they want to do is go home after a long day." They take the items from the
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174 display windows like men unloading bags of cement. If you miss one, thats the
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175 way it goes"
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176 "It may take a few days, but eventually, you will find that a careless clerk has
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177 left a very valuable item in the window. Passersby don't notice this, because
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178 they expect the windows to be empty..."
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179 It took two days. The store was in lower Manhattan, not that far from the
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180 wineodom of the Bowery.
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181 No one in Manhattan 'sees' anything. When Delta Five parked the stolen painters
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182 truck, and placed the ladder against the wall, no one noticed.
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183 He climbed up to the alarm bell, and squirted the cans of packaging foam inside
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184 the steel box. It hardened in seconds. The bell was silenced. He put the ladder
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185 back on the truck, and went off for a beer;killing time till it was darker.
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186 After a Budweiser or two, he went back. They were still there, 5 rings in a
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187 tray, left in the window. He took the hammer and smashed the window, and snatche
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188 d the rings. The timing was perfect. The firecrackes he had taped to the windows
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189 of several nearby stores with cigarette fuses had gone off, and, breaking the
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190 glass, set off the alarms. The cops would be busy...
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191 Trotting around the corner, he quickly reversed his jacket so it was now bright
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192 red, instead of Navy blue. Walking quickly, he put the rings in the cigarette
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193 pack, with the brown paper wrapped around it, and the stamps in place, and
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194 dropped it in a mailbox.
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195 Two days later, it was in the Postoffice box he had rented a few days before
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196 and after visiting his friend in Brooklyn again, he had 35 thousand bucks
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197 in his pocket.
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198 He lay back and sipped his Budweiser, and wondered how the "City of New York"
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199 would react to his 'deal': "This guy Pervis seems to think 20 million NewYorkers
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200 are out to get me. "Well, Mr. Koch, If that many people want to kill me, then
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201 why shouldn't I kill all of them?"
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202 "The information you now have will prove conclusively that if I arrange to
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203 expose the 'good citizens' of NewYork to the botulisms I have in my posession,
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204 I can do exactly that. Let us see if Mr. Pervis wants me bad enough to kill
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205 20 million innocent people" In other words, this guy Pervis is about to committ
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206 genocide. Dead people can not vote, Mr. Mayor. " Should I hear from Mr. Pervis
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207 again, then you know what to expect"
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208
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209 Delta V slept peacefully that night.
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210 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DV [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*]
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211
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212 MCKANE UPDATE MSCANE UPDATE MACKANE UPDATE MCKANE
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213 PERVIS IS UNDERGROUND. HE HAS ACCUSED DELTA OF KILLING HIS SON. DELTA DOES NOT
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214 KNOW THIS. PERVIS DOES NOT KNOW THAT DELTA HAS TWO CANNISTERS OF 'NERVE GAS'
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215 THAT HE GOT FROM TWO OF MCKANES OPERATIVES, AND THAT TO SAVE HIS LIFE, DELTA
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216 WOULD USE THEM. OR IS HE BLUFFING?. WASSIR FINALLY MET DELTA A YEAR AFTER DELTA
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217 SUNK HIS 2MILLION $ YACHT. THIS WAS IN SWITZERLAND.WHEN THEY MET. WASSIR SET UP
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218 DELTA AND HUMILIATED HIM IN A BAR IN AFRICA. NET AGENTS L'HOMME SANS PARITY
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219 (!) AND FELLOWS HAVE BEEN INACTIVE, FELLOWS UNDERGOING DREAM THERAPY, AND
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220 L'HOMME , NO ONE KNOWS. (HINT). DELTA WANTS TO JOIN FORCES WITH WASSIR TO DEFEAT
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221 MCKANE,AND HAS (?) PROVEN THAT MCKANE DESTROYED WASSIRS TOILET PLUNGER FACTORY.
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222 IAN MCHINERY IS KEEPING A (CHARACTERISTIC)LOW PROFILE. MISS NOMER HAS BEEN ON
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223 VACATION OR SOMETHING. NEW CHARACTERS ARE WELCOME A LONG AS THEY FIT IN, AND
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224 CYSTOP MIKEY DOESN'T 86 ME FOR MONOPOLIZING THE BOARD. [*=*]
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225 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
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226 +++++++++0000001TED : I'm here I also left you a message on the 646
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227 number you gave me.
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228 (((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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229 (((*)))((( yepanotherAnTiranhere )))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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230 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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231 Hello, Zepher! Just to let you know my ear is better. No, my modem is still
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232 not working, but I am at my cousins for the evening, and I am using his.
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233 A call is invited. I haven't been rude, just sick.
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234 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]***RHD inc.***]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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235
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236 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+-
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237 """"""""""""""""""SOLI
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238 ______________________________JD 2446420.6084______________________________
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239 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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240 ||||||| Final entry...adios |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME ||||
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241 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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242 Just a number in the croud... You have more to life than just school!
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243 Sure we all have to get the work done, a lot of people have teachers that
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244 couldn't care if you were there or not, deadlines make the world go 'round.
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245 But what about all of the things that you do while you are not at school or
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246 doing home-work? What about all of the people that you know. All of the
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247 fun times that you have had and all that are to come. If you pull the plug
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248 now you will be cutting something short that was meant to continue, live on.
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249 This isn't the time to end, it's the time to be merry. Go out and do something
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250 nice for yourself! Go see a show, go dancing, meet new people, find some new
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251 freinds. I know it's easier said than done, but if you don't try it can never
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252 be. SO TRY! Play a little game with yourself. Say that you will meet 3 new
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253 people every day. And every day smile or say hi to as many people as possible.
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254 You'll find out that people will say hi and smile back. Just TRY for a while.
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255 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Mark,`,`,`
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256 Wow, it sure has been dead for a while, except forthat Delta five guy!
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257 help
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258
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259
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260
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261
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262 off
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263 Just a thought...The Grizzly is back, look at all of the people jumping up and
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264 down with joy of his return. I wish I knew him, I would be a popular guy too!
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265 And when I entered in a message people who have been calling in before would
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266 stop leaving messages. Ah, what a life. It's a shame that only a few people
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267 have the opportunity to be soo great. What is this world comming to?
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268 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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269 And we could all write in UPPER CASE ALL OF THE TIME!!!
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270 IF ONLY WE COULD BE SO...
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271 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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272 FAH-LA-LA-LA-LA. IN THE MOOD, JIM.
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273 --00-- --00-- --00-- --00-- EPIPHONY --OO-- --OO-- --OO-- --OO--
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274 OBNONOXIOSNESS IS EVIL
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275 PERVERSION IS A MATTER OF TASTE
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276 --00-- --00-- --00-- --00-- EPIPHONY --OO-- --OO-- --OO-- --OO--
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277 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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278 UPPER CASE, YOU SAY? ITIS NOT BY CHOICE THAT I AM STUCK IN THIS "#$%& FORMAT!
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279 ++++++++++++++00000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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280 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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281 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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282
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283 One Long Saturday...
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284 (Part 1)
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285
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286 10 AM Saturday morning. Jim Miller's head felt like somebody had set off an M-80 in it and the room kept slowly
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287 spinning but he knew that if he didn't get up and get something in his stomach, he'd be ruined for the rest of the day.
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288 That must have been some party. He wished he could remember it.
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289 He shuffled into the kitchen of his small, one-bedroom house, trying to make as little noise as possible. Thank
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290 god he didn't have to go to work today. He couldn't have imagined anything worse than having to run the car-crusher in
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291 his present condition.
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292 He pulled out a loaf of bread to make toast. Well, it was a start. He reached into the bag and pulled out a piece.
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293 It looked raw but felt suspiciously hard. How old was this stuff? He rapped the piece of bread on the counter and
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294 stared at the chip it had taken out of the linoleum. It was so stale he could hammer nails with it. If not for the
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295 preservatives it would have been a nice shade of fuzzy green by now. Jim's stomach recoiled at the image so he quit
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296 thinking about it.
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297 Disgusted, he flung the piece over his shoulder. The sound of breaking glass made him turn around. He had tossed
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298 it a bit too hard, and instead of hitting the garbage can it had gone through the window. This was shaping up to be a
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299 real swell day.
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300 There was something strange, and Jim had to do a double-take before he could figure out what it was. Through the
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301 window, which faced the field that passed for his back yard, he saw part of something made of gray metal. It looked
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302 like someone had parked a car in his back there. He hadn't been that drunk, had he?
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303 Wincing at the bright sunlight, he stared out for a better view of the thing. His jaw suddenly dropped. No. It
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304 couldn't be. Pulling open the back door, he ran out to confront the apparition.
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305 It was a flying saucer.
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306 It was about forty feet across, all made of silver metal, and stood on three legs, just like the one in 'Lost In
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307 Space'. There was a ramp exending from the bottom of the ship, and by bending down and looking, he could see inside the
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308 thing.
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309 "Greetings, sentient."
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310 Jim jumped so violently he cracked his head against the rim of the spaceship. Next thing he knew, he was lying on
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311 his back, blinking away stars, and trying to think past a headache that had suddenly grown far too large for his skull
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312 to contain. By the time he could see again, he almost wished he couldn't.
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313 Standing next to him was what had to be one of the saucer's passengers. It was about three feet tall, and had
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314 steely grey skin. It had two arms and legs and might have looked human except for the fact that it's head bulged
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315 grotesquely above the eyes and it had no chin, making it look like a light bulb. The creature wore a skintight blue
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316 uniform and was completely hairless, as far as Jim could see. All thoughts of a possible practical joke faded away.
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317 Either that booze last night was a helluva lot stronger that he thought and he was having D.T.s, or he was about to
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318 have a close encounter of the worst kind. He didn't know which hypothesis he preferred.
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319 He sat up and gasped when he saw that there were more of them. Six, to be precise. As he stared around, the one
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320 closest to him spoke again in unaccented english. "Are you injured? You became still so suddenly we feared you might
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321 have terminated your life force."
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322 Jim felt the bump on his head and said, "Uh, no. I'm all right. Who or what are you?"
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323 The creature executed a complicated bow and declared, "Please accept our apologies for bad manners. We know very
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324 little of earth culture. My designation is Amogo." it (he?) gestured around at the others. "These are my shipmates
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325 Genis, Helak, Fodon, Sejit, and Mogon."
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326 And I used to look forward to Saturdays, Jim thought wearily. "Well, let me extend greetings on behalf of planet
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327 earth." He held out a hand and the little alien gravely shook it. His skin was cold, just like metal. "Let me guess,
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328 you're here to give us the secrets of the universe, right?"
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329 "Oh, no no no." protested Amogo. "We are an advance scout."
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330 "Scout for what?" Jim asked, a little warily.
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331 "Depending on the content of the report we return with, our empire intends to conquer and enslave this planet."
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332
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333 (To Be Continued...)
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334
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335 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J.D. SILVERMAN $#$#$#$#$#$
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336 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)
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337 This is an upload test. This is only a test.
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338 If this had been an actual upload you would
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339 have self destruted before you gt this far.
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340 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)
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341 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)
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342 This is an upload test. This is only a test.
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343 If this had been an actual upload you would
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344 have self destruted before you gt this far.
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345 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)
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346 EN
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347
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348
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349 PRI
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350 X
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351 THIS IS TEST #999
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352 ---- beeeeeeeeeeeeeee "click"
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353
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354 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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355 L'homme: congrats!!
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356 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>...psu-cs!nelsons<><><><><><><><><>
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357 Luingil: There are only three forms of "gainful employment" in Reno:
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358 (1) Gambler
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359 (2) Card Dealer
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360 (3) Prostitute
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361 Which were you?
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362
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363 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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364
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365 I love you P. J.
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366
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367 **********************************************************************
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368
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369 *HEY, SCUZZBAG*
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370 *IF YOU OPEN THIS PACKAGE, YOU AGREE*
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371 *TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS*
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372
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373 1. We (the vendor) provide this program for use on a single
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374 machine, insofar as it may be used on any machine at all.
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375
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376 2. We do not warrant that this program will perform the function
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377 or functions it is advertised to perform, that it will perform
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378 any function at all, that the documentation is correct, or that
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379 there is even a diskette and/or documentation (program materials)
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380 in the box. The purchaser assumes all responsibility for
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381 determining whether he or she got rooked or not.
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382
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383 3. This product is provided "as is", without warranty of any
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384 kind, including but not limited to the implied warranties of
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385 merchantability and fitness for a given purpose. Should the
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386 product prove defective, it is up to the purchaser to determine
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387 that the program is defective and provide to the vendor the
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388 source code changes necessary to ensure that the program
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389 functions correctly.
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390
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391 4. In respect of condition 3, the vendor will not furnish any
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392 source code to the purchaser even should the purchaser be willing
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393 to repair program materials at his/her own cost.
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394
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395 5. The vendor agrees to provide techincal support at a scale of
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396 fees to be determined once the vendor has written the software.
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397 Such technical support shall consist of telephone support
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398 conducted from an unlisted number in Malawi. The vendor does not
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399 warrant that such support will be responsive, or that any advice
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400 furnished to the purchaser shall be correct, complete, or even
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401 vaguely useful.
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402
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403 6. This agreement shall remain in force until the vendor gets
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404 tired of it. At the termination of the agreement, the purchaser
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405 agrees to destroy all program materials, and to give to the
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406 vendor the results of all use of said program materials. The
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407 vendor may choose to give or sell such results to any person, but
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408 assumes no liability for the correctness or usefulness of such
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409 results; all liability remains with the original purchaser.
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410
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411 7. The following actions, or similar, shall result in immediate
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412 termination of this agreement, as provided under condition 6:
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413 unauthorized duplication of the software (even for backup
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414 purposes); possession of any program whose purpose is to defeat
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415 copy-protection mechanisms; advocacy of so-called "consumer
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416 protection" legislation, which restricts the freedoms of software
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417 vendors; any public or private utterance which disparages the
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418 vendor, the program materials, any other products marketed by or
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419 endorsed by the vendor, or the software industry in general.
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420
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421 8. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic
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422 of Albania, and by the philosophy of its famous citizen Mohamad
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423 Wassier.
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424
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425
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426 By reading this far, you have already consented to this
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427 agreement. It's too late now sucker!
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428
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429 ************************************************************************
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430 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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431 Very good. That unlisted number is actually in Fort Worth, though. Wassir, you
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432 rascal, where are you hiding?
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433 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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434
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435 Hmmmmm..... I would really like to take credit for the above entry; but
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436 alas it is not mine. To whomever entered it..... keep it up. Good stuff.
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437
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438 Mohammed Wassir
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439 <The Hibernating Albanian>
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440 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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441
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442 ********************************************************************
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443 Just a note to say "Happy Holidays's" from Ontho, Leo and Alex.
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444 **************************kathyD**************************************
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||
445 ______________________________JD 2446421.7570______________________________
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446 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Happy Holiday's Everyone )))(((*)))((( ripple ))
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447 Happy holidays from Lake Oswego! Don't drink and drive for all of us out here!
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448 --> "Life isn't a test; it's an actual emergency." Don't remember who
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449 said it. <--
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450 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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451 John decided the spy biz wwas pure hell.
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452 NEXUS had demoted him to field agent several weeks ago, and he'd been in
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453 the retraining program ever since. Yesterday, he finished. NEXUS promptly
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||
454 assigned him to the Delta V/NET affair- the last thing on earth he wanted to
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455 be assigned to.
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456 At least he still had his toolkit. John had been allowed to keep it since
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457 he had proven his skill with electronics long ago. His masterpiece had been
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458 the FD-78, the only completely self-motivated vehicle. It had called itself
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459 Fred.
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460 The memory summoned up other thoughts that rose as ghosts would from their
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461 graves. If only UNDERGROUND hadn't found it necessary to sell it. If only-
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462 Damn that Farley! The louse probably had run it off a cliff by now.
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463 John composed himself, then looked out over the country he was passing over.
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||
464 He could just make out the glow from New York's lights. Soon the plane would
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465 land. Then, to find out what was so important about Delta V. NET was
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466 mixed in it somehow- maybe Parity, Fellows, and Farley. John searched through
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467 his toolkit and pulled out the modified welding laser. Only two shots, then
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468 back to projectile weapons. I'll make do.
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469 Farley was gonna suffer the world's first case of fatal heartburn.
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470 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ O'Hara [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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471 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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472 Memories:
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473 "See the lightbulbs, on the console, blink a bright red, not green..."
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474 "Though their brains are half corroded, fa la la, fa la la, fa, la, la..."
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||
475 My best wishes and love to those Innhabitants who remember these, aand also
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||
476 to those who don't. Merry Christmas!
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||
477 ++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++ Only 2,9255 minutes 'till Santa
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||
478 ++++++++++++++++++++++ aargh, make that 2,955- oops, 2,954. ++++++++++++++++
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479 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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||
480 THE THIN WISP OF SMOKE AGINST THE BACKDROP OF EVERGREENS WAS THE ONLY INDICATION
|
||
481 OF TROUBLE THAT AMAHL COULD SEE. YET, IT WAS ENOUGH FOR HIM TO TURN HIS FLOATER
|
||
482 TOWARDS THE FOREST. AS HE CAME OVER THE RISE, HE COULD JUST MAKE OUT THE IMAGE
|
||
483 OF TWISTED METAL AT THE EDGE OF THE TREES. THE FLOATER RUMBLED AS HE POURED ON
|
||
484 POWER FOR A QUICK PASS OVER THE WRECK. IT WOULD NOT BE HEALTHY TO LINGER NEAR A
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||
485 FRESH WRECK, WHATEVER CAUSED IT MIGHT VERY WELL DECIDE TO DO THE SAME TO HIM.
|
||
486 THE COMPUTER TRACKED CAMERAS WOULD TELL HIM JUST WHAT HAPPENED ANYWAY.
|
||
487 SWEEPING OVER AT A COOL 450MPH, HE PASSED OVER THE WRECK AND A JET OF FLAME
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||
488 SPOUTED AFTER HIM, FOILED BY HIS SPEED. WELL, WHATEVER WAS DOWN THERE WASN'T
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||
489 IT JUST MIGHT NEED A FEW GAS BOMBS TO QUIET IT DOWN. OH WELL, WHY BOTHER? A
|
||
490 LOOK AT THE CAMERAS TOLD HIM THAT A FIRE PLANT HAD SNAGGED SOME KIND OF SMALL
|
||
491 FLOATER, PROBABLY SOME YOUNG GUYS SOUPED UP RIG. FIREPLANTS OPERATED ON A
|
||
492 COMPLEX PLUMBING ASSORTMENT IN SYMBOSIS WITH DECAY ORGANISMS. TRIGGERED BY
|
||
493 MOTION, THEY SHOT A METHANE PRESSURIZED JET OF ALCOHOL, IGNITED BY SOME KIND OF
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||
494 REACTION AT THE PLANTS TIP. ANYTHING MOVING NEAR A BIG ONE WAS IN FOR A HOT TIME
|
||
495 OF IT. HE WOULD GO BACK IN THE EVENING, WHEN THE PLANT HAD QUIETED DOWN.
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||
496 +++++++++++00000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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||
497 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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||
498 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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||
499 Great dred fills my heart as I step cautiously upon the
|
||
500 small foot bridge. The worn boards creak softly beneath my step.
|
||
501 The worn timbers belied their inner strength. Though they lacked
|
||
502 the external beauty of newly cut wood, their strength was drawn
|
||
503 from the winter hardened woods of the highlands. They had
|
||
504 withstood the years of many feet, and would stand for many more.
|
||
505 I stopped at the railing. How long ago had it been since
|
||
506 last I stood here? It seems like an eternity. It has been in many
|
||
507 ways. How many friends have come this way? How many have gone?
|
||
508 The wind ripples the water, shattering the pure reflection
|
||
509 of the moon as it shattered my thoughts. I once met a friend in
|
||
510 this place while lost in the great dark forests. But where is
|
||
511 that friend now? The warm glow from the nearby Inn momentarily
|
||
512 shines upon the ground as a noisy group of patrons stumble out
|
||
513 the door.
|
||
514 Releasing the railing, I moved in the direction of the Inn,
|
||
515 stoping at the sturdy oak tree outside the Inn, I admire how well
|
||
516 it has grown in the time I had last seen it. Though its leaves
|
||
517 were gone in it's winter state, it still stood firm and proud.
|
||
518 And there next to the oak... the ever present Rowan tree
|
||
519 stood tall and firm. Ah the memories it brought out. Quickly
|
||
520 moving to the Inn to avoid the tears that were welling up in my
|
||
521 eyes. I swung open the door to be greeted by a gust of warm air
|
||
522 from within the Inn laden with smells and noise of the people
|
||
523 within. Firming my resolve, I step inside to see what has become
|
||
524 of this place since last I had been here.
|
||
525 Of the Inn itself, nothing had really changed. Some of it
|
||
526 the worse for wear, but largely still the Inn. But the people and
|
||
527 the atmosphere, there does seem a change there. No familar faces
|
||
528 appeared in the crowd, and the happy friendly feeling of
|
||
529 companionship seems to be gone. It is as if the Inn now catered
|
||
530 to mercenaries instead of adventurers.
|
||
531 The air seems heavy and dark. Where are the bright happy
|
||
532 faces redened by the glow of the fire that I once knew?
|
||
533 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX O Tarn O XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
|
||
534
|
||
535 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
|
||
536 Mikey : I should see you today
|
||
537 Juggler : Let me know if Friday will work
|
||
538 L'homme : congrats, go ahead and sent it anyway
|
||
539 Ted : talk to you on PCS
|
||
540 <><><>< : call ok?
|
||
541 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
542 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
|
||
543 "Eleventh Floor. Weapons, armor, traps, bombs, thermonuclear devices." The
|
||
544 cool, sexless voice of the elevator chased Parity's daydream away, forcing his
|
||
545 attention to the now open sliding door, and the brightly lit hallway beyond.
|
||
546 "Please observe all safety precations." The door slid shut just as Parity
|
||
547 stepped out into the hall. Strategically placed signs pointed the way to the
|
||
548 various offices and laboratories on the 11th floor, but Parity ignored their
|
||
549 direction. He already knew which way he needed to go. Ian's instructions had
|
||
550 been clear enough. '...after discussing the reorganization with me, go to the
|
||
551 11th floor and wait for Agent Fellows. He will meet you at 1130 hours...'
|
||
552 Ian was always succint and to the point. Sometimes he was too succint.
|
||
553 Parity tore his gaze from the floor and stopped walking. He was standing
|
||
554 before an unmarked orange door. He took a key from his right front pocket,
|
||
555 unlocked and opened the door, and stepped inside. The door closed without
|
||
556 assistance. Parity replaced the key in his pocket and sat down in one of the
|
||
557 three chairs that occupied the otherwise sparse room. Parity looked up at
|
||
558 an electronic clock on the wall. It's LED readout said 9:30AM. He had two
|
||
559 hours to wait for agent Fellows. He knew the time would pass quickly.
|
||
560 N N PARITY N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
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||
561
|
||
562 _____________________________________________________________________
|
||
563 Luingil: Welcome home, even if it is for a few days only. I have a
|
||
564 sneaking suspicion that others from the past will soon be making a
|
||
565 show of themselves also. Is that sheep dip I smell? Hmmmm.
|
||
566 French Toast
|
||
567 _____________________________________________________________________
|
||
568
|
||
569 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ILOS
|
||
570 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++M++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
571 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
|
||
572 To All And Sundry: Hello there! It's nice to see my name in print again.
|
||
573 Ripple: Greeting to ye! Has anything interesting happened in An Tir
|
||
574 since the War? That was the last thing I attended.
|
||
575 About Reno: My "gainful" employment was that of Change Person; I was
|
||
576 catering to gamblers, envying the card dealers, and watching
|
||
577 the prostitutes. I came home broke, but with bills paid.
|
||
578 I have seen a lot of old friends poke their heads into the Inn lately,
|
||
579 and it is fun to see what they have to say and what they've been doing.
|
||
580 (Sheep dip indeed...) This is my favorite way to spend an evening...
|
||
581 968: When I was in high school, I felt the same way you do (or did when
|
||
582 you wrote). It took me 3 years on my own and a second try at college to
|
||
583 show me that there really are people out there that think the way you do
|
||
584 and appreciate the same things you do. Never give up on anything - even
|
||
585 yourself - just because no one seems to care. You are you, or whateveritis
|
||
586 is special to you, and if other people can't appreciate that, #$@%&* them.
|
||
587
|
||
588 M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S T O A L L ! ! ! !
|
||
589
|
||
590 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/(wannasupportacollegekid?)/\/\
|
||
591
|
||
592 ______________________________JD 2446422.8641______________________________
|
||
593 """"""""""""""""""SOLI
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||
594
|
||
595
|
||
596 [*=*} [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DELTA vIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=z]
|
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597
|
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598
|
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599
|
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600
|
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601
|
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602 Upload test from VipWrir to Color Com E to transmit buffer to BWMS.
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||
603 With lower case conversion, and multiple files.End.
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604 K
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605
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606
|
||
WELCOME TO BWMS (BACKWATER MESSAGE SYSTEM)
|
||
|
||
607 TYPE 'HELP' OZ 'LIST' TO SEE MSGS
|
||
|
||
608
|
||
609
|
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>LIST
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610 FILE ON
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611 MARGIN IS 80
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612 STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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613 NUMBER OF LINES: 593
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614 Sorry for the wasted space,still have some bugs in this program. DV.
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615 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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616 .-.-.-.-.-.Merry Christmas!!.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emulurk
|
||
617 And supposing I'm a Jew?
|
||
618 Then happy hannuka. Don't be such a grouch!
|
||
619
|
||
620 """"""""""""""""""SOLI
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621 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
|
||
622 Glad to see that I am not the only Bugs fan around here!!!
|
||
623 (((*)))(((*)))
|
||
624 <><><><> : Give me a call and we can try to get Copylink up and flying ok?
|
||
625 +++0TED1 : Thanks.
|
||
626 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
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627 I'm glad this is the bottom since it's my first time here and I'm trying to
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628 figure out how to enter some of my thoughts on this system. I would'nt want
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