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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 29 JAN 86 *********************
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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 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp mourning pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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21 01/28/86.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.005
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22 01/28/86.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.005
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23
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24 Instructed to sit at the back of the wagon, Miranda watched the
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25 fields of the Italian countryside go by. In these late spring weeks,
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26 the winter's brown and gray had given way to the bright greens of
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27 leaves, multicolored flowers, and fresh, new air. She saw cows grazing
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28 here and there and heard the gentle lowing ebb across the meadows; the
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29 swinging tails reached almost like hands shooing at the flies. Miranda
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30 had been outside the city into the countryside a few times before, but
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31 never in the early spring. The colors, the air, the sounds, they were
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32 all so different than autumn or summer, so much more alive than when her
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33 father would take the household on an excursion.
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34 Had the old hag not been staring at her the whole time, Miranda
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35 would have enjoyed the trip. She was getting away from Milan and going
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36 in the general direction that she wanted to go. When she left her home
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37 she had expected to walk the distance to Venice if she had to, but had
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38 hoped to catch a ride with some farmer in the back of a hay wagon. From
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39 Venice, she planned to find a merchantship going east, at least to
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40 Constantinople. The old city of Ephesus was on the way, and that's
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41 where she was headed.
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42 Ephesus was where she hoped to find Ii Orpyak, her father's old
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43 tutor. Both rumor and legend said that it was a magical, and dangerous,
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44 city, and writings in several of her father's books mentioned people of
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45 Ephesus being 'of power'. Also, Miranda once over heard Gonzalo, an old
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46 council to Prospero, try to tell him not to go there again, as he
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47 thought it was too dangerous for the Duke. The Duke went anyway.
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48
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49 Now, though, Miranda was under the constant surveillance of the
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50 old matriarchal gypsy. The constant stare made Miranda very
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51 uncomfortable; as beautiful as the countryside was, she couldn't enjoy
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52 it under those eyes.
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53 "What does she want?" Miranda asked herself. The stare seemed
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54 to hold her in place on the wagon; Miranda could hardly shift her
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55 posture, and the bumpy road through the solid wagon didn't help matters
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56 where sitting was concerned.
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57 When the gypsies stopped for lunch, Miranda was finally able to
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58 get up and stretch. Most of the morning she had spent sleeping, partly
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59 to escape the stare, but mostly to rebuild more of the strength she
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60 spent the night before. The meal was a modest affair, consisting of
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61 bread, cheese and wine under a small oak. The hag remained on her
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62 horse, and all too soon lunch was finished. With the family back on the
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63 wagon, the ox lurched back into her steady plod.
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64
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65 As the sun was setting on the day, the gypsies stopped for the
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66 night. A campfire was built and a warm rabbit stew was served up on
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67 cracked wooden plates. Miranda listened as the family spoke in it's
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68 native language, with dancing gutterals and sharp consonants. Still the
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69 hag watched, but seemed to have softened her glare.
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70 The meal was finished, and the utensils were put away. The
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71 little boy, who had been practicing his scratchy violin skills most of
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72 the afternoon, presented the violin to his father with great reverence,
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73 and entreated a song. The father grinned to his son, then to his wife,
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74 and began a czardas, to which the mother began to dance.
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75 Miranda was so enthralled by the twists and turns in the music
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76 and dance that she didn't see the hag come to her. So little attention
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77 had been paid to her besides the stare that she jumped when the hag
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78 tapped her shoulder. "Follow me!"
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79 With a torch in hand, the hag led Miranda to the other side of
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80 the wagon, further from the road. They sat with the torch just to the
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81 side, casting bizarre shadows across the hag's face.
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82 "You have magic!" Miranda nodded. "Show me an illusion," the
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83 hag demanded.
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84 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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85 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"~^"~"~"^"^"^"^"^"
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86 HA I THERE PEOPLE,, IN ACASE ANYONE HAS MISSED ME, THIS IIS THE OL'
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87 DIGITALIAN HERE... I'M HOPING TO GET BACK INTO MODEMING HERE FROM
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88 THE SCHOOL COMPUTER . ANY OLD FRIENDS OUT THERE? I REALLY NEED
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89 DSOMEBODY TO FILL ME IN ON WHAT I'VE BEEN MISSING!
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90 TTYL>......
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91 ^"^ ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"~"^"^"
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92 DIGITALIAN
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93 ^"^"^"~"^"^"~"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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94 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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95 another day of school.....1/29/86...........10:37am....morrissey
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96 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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97
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98 S:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS
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99 HELLO, AND GOODBYE.
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100 LADY S.
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101 S:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS
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102
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103 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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104 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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105
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106 "Fellows, we don't know too much about Delta V except what we have read
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107 in the intelligence files. Be on your toes."
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108 "Right. Sometimes I wonder if Ian's intelligence gathering section has
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109 ever been out on the field themselves. Some of the stuff they give us is
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110 absolute crap!"
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111 Agents Parity and Fellows opened the door to the large hanger and
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112 carefully stepped inside. To their immediate left, another door stood partially
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113 open, and light from beyond cast bizarre shadows on the walls in the huge
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114 building. Parity motioned Fellows to move behind the door, and he took a
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115 position to the right of the door. Two-man-entrance, NET operations handbook
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116 page R-33. Both agents had practiced and utilized the procedure many times.
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117 Scant seconds later, they had entered the room, covered all the people inside
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118 the room with their weapons, and sealed off the door they had come through.
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119 "No need for such theatrics Parity. And Fellows, put down the cannon. I
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120 think spilling our own blood is the last thing on anyone's mind here." The
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121 strange greeting came from a man standing in the corner. Parity recognized the
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122 camera the man was wearing on his shoulder, and the half-empty bottle of Bud
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123 he was holding in his hand.
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124 "Why Delphi, or should I say Delta V, what a surprise meeting you here.
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125 That coded message was really quite a trick. I won't ask you how you managed
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126 to tap in to our comm-link system."
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127 "It was nothing. Now if you'll both lower your weapons we have some intro-
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128 ductions to make."
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129 Parity and Fellows holstered their guns. One glance between them and they
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130 knew the situation was safe, at least for the moment. Delta V was not exactly
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131 a close ally, but he was far from a mortal enemy. The two agents took seats
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132 at the card table with the other men who were in the room with Delta V.
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133 "Parity, Fellows, meet George Kellerman and Louis Smithers." The men all
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134 shook hands. "Parity and Fellows work for a company that specializes in
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135 ridding the world of men like Leroy McKane and his followers. We have worked
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136 together even though they don't really know it."
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137 Fellows chuckled. "We didn't know it? You might be surprised to find out
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138 what we do actually know. In fact on our way here Parity and I were talking
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139 about how good our information is on this whole case, with McKane and the
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140 rest."
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141 "Oh you were? That's interesting. Perhaps you would like to fill me in on
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142 what you know?" Delta V had a half-smile on his face, and his eyes twinkled
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143 with interest.
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144 "How about we trade, at the same time." Parity interjected, before Fellows
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145 could reply. "I assume that George and Louis are cleared, if you brought them
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146 here, Delta..."
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147 "Yes, they are clear. Now then, let's get down to business. We all have
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148 information that needs to be pooled. We best get started before it gets..."
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149 Delta V's words were cut off by a deafening explosion. Lou was the first
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150 one up from his chair. "The dock!" was all he said before running out the
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151 door. The other men quickly followed.
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152 The sight that met their eyes was not pleasant. The big Albatross
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153 Amphibian was now a pile of sinking debris. Pieces of hot metal and burning
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154 rubber dotted the runway between the hanger and the dock. Spots of fire
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155 criss-crossed the wooden dock, and smoke rose at least 100 feet in the air. The men's ears were assa
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156 ulted by a sick hissing sound as the remains of the plane sank into the
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157 shallow water near the edge of what remained of the dock. Lou could be seen
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158 running towards the airport's crew-house.
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159 "Parity, someone doesn't like us." Fellows said, still looking at the
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160 spectacle.
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161 "I was beginning to think the same thing. Well Delta V, I think we better
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162 speed up our plans, don't you agree?"
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163
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164 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PARITY PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++lust jurking++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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166 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\38
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167 James was running along the empty streets back the way they came like a madman. Every few seconds he would stop and
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168 look around,as if searching for something. Tariya struggled to keep up but it was a loosing battle. He had a lot of
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169 energy for someone so ill. Finally, winded almost to the point of collapse, she leaned against a wall and gasped,
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170 "Stop! Please! What... what are you doing?"
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171 He did stop for a second, right in front of a parked aircar. "You said that Shaikhur and your mother's palace are
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172 four hundred kilometers from here. I, for one, do not intend to walk that distance. We need transportation." He
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173 slapped the car on the hood. "And this is what I was looking for. A Skymaster 431. I thought we passed one earlier. I
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174 happen to know how to hotwire one of these babies. We'll ride there in style."
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175 "You... you mean steal it? But that's wrong! And what about the poor person who owns that car? Is there nothing you
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176 will stoop to to achieve your own ends?"
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177 "Nope."
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178 He was bent over the doorlock, working at it. If the door on a Skymaster was bumped just right, the lock would
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179 usually spring open. He was trying to remember how that went. His train of thought was interrupted by a gasp and
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180 Tariya suddenly calling in a very anxious voice, "James! Don't move!" At the same time he felt something cold press
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181 against the back of his neck.
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182 Letting discretion be the better part of valor (for once) he turned around very slowly. Standing there was a
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183 balding, overweight gentleman wearing simple clothes and holding an automatic rifle with an incredibly large bore that
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184 was now pointed at his sternum. In a rough, angry voice, he spoke. "And just what in the hell do you think you are
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185 doing with my car?"
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186 His car? Oh, boy. James said, "Hello sir. I am with the DEQ and was in the neighborhood checking exhaust emissions.
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187 Did you know this vehicle is emitting twelve times the allowable level of carbon monixide?" The man with the rifle
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188 stared at him like he was an idiot. James didn't blame him one bit.
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189 Again he demanded, "What are you doing with my car?!" To punctuate his statement he threw the bolt on the rifle.
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190 James groaned when he realized the gun had been uncocked 'til now.
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191 Time to try something really stupid. "Okay, okay. You see, me and my companion-" He pointed to Tariya, who was
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192 safely out of the potential line of fire. The man, apparently not too bright, actually turned to look at her. As soon
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193 as he did, James grabbed the barrel of he gun, moving it away from his innards. Startled, the man pulled the trigger.
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194 The gun roared three times, blowing impressive holes in the wall behind him. Tariya screamed and ran towards them.
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195 James brought a boot up into the man's groin. He sank to the ground, losing all interest in the gun, which was now in
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196 James' control. He placed the muzzle in the center of the man's bald spot and growled, "Looks like the shoe's on the
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197 other hand now."
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198 And then there was a second of unearthly silence, which was broken by a sound that chilled James to the bone. It
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199 was the distictive sound of a rifle bolt being cocked, repeated not once, but three dozen times, and coming from every
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200 direction. Looking around warily, he saw that every window on the block was now occupied by mean looking men, women,
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201 and even children, all holding even meaner looking guns. Tariya finally reached him and he threw a protective arm
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202 around her. "You know," he remarked, "I've heard of neighborhood watch programs, but this is ridiculous."
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203 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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204 well done, creator.
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205
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206 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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207 JUGGLER: My apologies. I won't offer any excuses; my batting average for
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208 keeping details straight runs about .002 or so.
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209 ++++++++++hold while I think of something to write++++ Milchar, 7:29pm 29 Jan 86
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210 ______________________________JD 2446460.6606____________________________
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211 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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212 The fujmes from the hearth may have annoyed otherws, but they litmerally were
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213 batterinog my sense of smell. ThThis was the kind of scent I hated most of all.
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214 The kind that stayed in your nostrils for days after the slightest sniff.
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215 However, despite the smell, my attention was focused on where the Innkeeper had
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216 dissappeared to.....
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217 :::::== ==:::::
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218 Juggler: On your "person count" of the I~nn, you seemed to have middssed }me. Oh
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219 Well....
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220 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====::::: =====:::::=====
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221 (Blame rerrors on line noise.)
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222 :::::=====:::::
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223 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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224 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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225 A Plus To Yesterday's Tragic Accident:
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226 Maybe Mr. Reagan will think twice about the technology that he
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227 would put into space for his SDI. When we can't predict and control
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228 *everything* we design and use and lose seven precious lives to a simple
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229 ('scuse me, read "simple" with quotes for expressive purposes) space
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230 mission, how can we entrust the lives of possible the whole planet to
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231 the proposed missile defence system? Who will be around to read the
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232 core dump after an "accident"? Would there be any core dump to read?
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233 thoughtfully,
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234 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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235 The same stout young man who had helped close the door for the dottering old man strode to the bar and drew a
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236 flagon of ale. He approached the table where sat the old man, and tendered the refreshment. He spoke to the newcomer.
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237 "And who migh' be ye, stranger" He stood, towering over the decrepit figure, who took up the book from the table.
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238 He pushed back the hood oof his coat, revealing his features to the onlookers, silently observing...
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239 The old man raised the book for all to see in the smoky darkness. He spoke. "The Phoenix Egg, friends" "That which
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240 some search for. I bring news of things past, and of things to be, for those who would hear..."
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241 *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* Lysias *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=*
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242 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
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243 Juggler : yep I'm here. I should have something ready by morning.
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244 (((*)))((( Ripple )))
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245 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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246 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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247 Head count time! Who's here at the inn? Who's going to try to rescue the
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248 vanished inkeeper?
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249 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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250 The piper finished coughing -- deep anguished coughs as his body sought
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251 to rid itself of the noxious fumes that he had inadvertently inhaled.
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252 Through a blur of tears he looked around at the blurred figures that
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253 surrounded the hearth, looking for the absent innkeeper. He spoke with a
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254 deep sigh.
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255 "We'd better hope that that's not the atmosphere where the inkeeper went!
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256 If it is, he's beyond hope now. Who saw just what activated the gate that
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257 he went through?"
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258 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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259 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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260 Ah, a-hem. I guess I'm here, if it's a head count your looking for. Sounds
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261 like the beginnings of an adventure. Lets figure out who, what and where
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262 before we go flying off pell-mell. :-)
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263 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] [/]
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264 ^"^"N^"N^"^"^"^"^"\^"^"~"^ "
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265 DDIIGIT@LALIAL
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266 OOPS LOOKS LIKE I'M RUNNIING ON THE W_ORST TERM ON EARTH...
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267 THIS CSCHOOL TERMINAL REALLY SUCKS.......I NEED SO
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268 SOME NEW BBS #S, SO IF SOMEONE NWOULDD BE SO GKIND..>..
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269 ~"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"N"^"
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270 THE BLA D@IGITALIAN
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271 N"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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272 Emu: You have the situation exactly *backwards*. Under the current system we
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273 are in great danger of an 'oops' (like those chip failures in the NORAD
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274 computers) triggering a war.
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275 The SDI system could only make two types of mistakes:
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276 1. fail to stop incoming missiles (in which case we are no worse off than
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277 we are now, we'd still get blown to hell).
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278 2. attack a 'normal' space launch. This could cause a lot of problems, maybe
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279 even a war. And it could kill people if it was a manned shot.
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280 Please note that *NONE* of the proposed SDI weapons can attack anything on
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281 the ground. Some of them *might* be able to attack high altitude aircraft.
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282 Right now we are depending on Mutual Assured Destruction. Which boils
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283 down to "if you attack us we'll kill everybody". Under SDI, if it works we
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284 will have a lot of damage (nobody *seriously* suggests that it will stop
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285 100% of incoming missiles). If it doesn't work, we'll get clobbered and
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286 the attacker may not get hurt much. At least *somebody* will be around!
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287 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446461.2783______________________________
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288 And that someone will be the Ruskies, right? M.A.D. has one good point in its
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289 favor, it matches the psychological profiles the leaders of the two superpowers
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290 have when it comes to discussions on the future of the human race.
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291 _____________________________JD *unknown*__________________________________
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292
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293 PsIpSiPsi...
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294 Piper, you can count me in. Perhaps my skills can be of some help. Besides,
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295 there is someone I need to talk to in this group, unfortunately I haven't
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296 figured out who that is yet, the signals are still too cloudy, and this smoke
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297 seems to be as much as a mental block as it is a visual one.
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298 CRAGMORE
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299 PsIpSiPsiPsIpSi...
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300 Ps: I agree with Tim Man. Let's not run off pell-mell or we may end up waking
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301 up that big bully 'Goth' again. :-)
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302 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsI...
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303
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304 .............................................................................
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305 I don't want to promote paranoia or hysteria. I don't want to give the Soviets
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306 undue credit which they might not deserve. But the authorities should also look
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307 into the direction of Cuba for the cause of the downing of the Challenger.
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308 On one of the demo of the capabilities of SDI conducted by the U.S., a metal
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309 cylinder pressurized was disintegrated by shooting a laser beam into it. The
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310 metal cylinder was pressurized using inert gas. I just thought that should
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311 they've used hydrogen in the metal cylinder, the effect would be similar to
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312 what happened to the shuttle lunch. Shooting laser or any charged-particle
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313 beam from the direction of Cuba would probably destroy a shuttle launch.
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314 just a thought from Carlos Murphy, CIA, KGB, RGB, DOS
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315 TNT,CBS,NBC,ETC
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316 ...............................................................................
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317 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==marker::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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318 Could you possibly think of any thing that is more stupid than the above? They
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319 would only do an act like that to provoke the US into something they couldn't
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320 handle. Denying it wouldn't work, the beam would be traced to where it came
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321 from and then we would illiminate it. No more of the Mr Nice guy stuff, bomb
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322 the stuffin out of it
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323 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
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324 i know there's a lot involved in this politic "stuff" and it's not
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325 really possible; but wouldn't it be nice if everyone could just get
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326 along...sigh...
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327 i'm TRYING to get to the inn i just haven't figured out how....
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328 morrissey
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329 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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330
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331 """"""""""""""""""Well, this time I didn't miss one. Soli...
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332 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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333 "Head count? Well, I'll try, but thiese fumes aren't helping... Boy, will
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334 the DEQ be mad. Ok, if I squint hard, I can make out myself, Piper, Ripple,
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335 JUGGLER, Zephyr(, Cragmore, and someone else sitting at a back table."
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336 "Is that everyone?" someone asked.
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337 "I can't be sure. Someone else may have walked in...and the list I rattled off
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338 may be fifty percent hallucination. Good thing this gas is dissipating. What
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339 I can be REALLY sure of is that I'm here. I think."
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340 Someone grumbled about "that's not a lot of help" but Milchar swed no sign of
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341 hearing it.
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342 Instead, he thought about what he had seen. A transportal of some sort,
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343 triggered by something the Innkeeper had done...what was it? Milchar strained
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344 to remember in exact detail what had happened . He had reached up...
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345 At that moment Milchar's "train of thought was suddenly derailed by an
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346 announcement from the rear table.
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347 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++ 8:41pm, 30 Jan 86 +++
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348 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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349 Leonard: But if SDI were to act up and falsely detect a missile, who
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350 knows what hot-shot boot camp grad would follow computer orders
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351 and return fire? (Irealize that this is far-fetched, but so was
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352 Tuesday's accident...)
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353 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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354 People seem to think that an all out nuclear exchange would wipe out everyone in the U.S. Not so. We know how many
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355 warheads they have, and it amounts to (avereged out) one point something for every county of the 48 states. Given that
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356 some will be shot down, some will never even get off the ground, some will malfunction in flight, and not reach the
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357 target, and given that there are a number of targets that will have a number of warheads aimed at them(Boulder City
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358 Co., Omaha, New York, D.C., SAC bases, Naval bases, ships at sea, etc, there wont be enough for a "saturation" bombing.
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359 There will be areas that are untouched. Most of the radioactivity will fall to earth within the first 48 hours. 90
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360 % within two weeks (or so says the Office of Emergency management). Life will go on. Perhaps Dr. Sagans theory of
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361 a "nuclear winter" is correct. In which case, we will all die. Perhaps not. I for one, want to be around to see. [*=*]
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362 DELTA FIVE [*=*]
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363 Morrissey: Try walking in and ordering an ale.
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364 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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365 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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366 WHAT IF BOB AND DOUG MCKENZIE HOSTED A RADIO SHOW?
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367 (Well, you might hear something like this on your radio...)
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368 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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369 Bob: "Good day. And welcome to radio station KHSR, station 1750 on your AM dial. I'm Bob McKenzie and this is my
|
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370 brother Doug-"
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371 Doug: "How's it goin', eh?"
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372 Bob: "-and welcome to our show. Before we start, we would like to about our contest again-"
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373 Doug: "It was his idea."
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374 Bob: "Take off! It was the station manager's idea!"
|
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375 Doug: "Nice goin', hosehead! You're gonna get us fired if you keep sayin' that."
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376 Bob: "Okay, okay. It was, like, Doug's idea-"
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377 Doug: "Take off! Was not!"
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378 Bob: "-that we were gonna give away free a complete collection of our albums-"
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379 Doug: "One album. Some collection."
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380 Bob: "-to the 1750th caller. Lesse, we started this contest-"
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381 Doug: "Seven weeks ago Thursday."
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382 Bob: "Right. And so far we've had-"
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383 Doug: "Thirty-nine calls."
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384 Bob: "-and we're beginnin' to think you guys ain't tryin'. But we would like to thank Mr. Andrew Reznik for callin'
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385 in twenty-four times."
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386 Doug: "That's right. You can, like, call in as many times as you want."
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387 Bob: "So pick up your phone and dial 55-HOSER right now. Remember, 1750th caller gets the album."
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388 Doug: "I think we'll be waitin' awhile, eh?"
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389 Bob: "And now for our first record of the day-"
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390 Doug: "Buuurrrppp!"
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391 Bob: "Jeez, Doug! We're on radio here! Aw, cripes, I think you got some on me!"
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392 Doug: "Pretty powerful stuff, eh?"
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393 Bob: "I'll say. Whew! Smells like the Elsinore brewery in here now. Oh, Jeez, look at this. All the labels just
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394 peeled off the records. I don't know what's what now."
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395 Doug: "Well, you better put somethin' on, quick. I think I see the manager comin' and he looks pissed!"
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396 Bob: "Okay, okay, I'll put this one on. Turn the knob-"
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397 Sound: "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"
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398 Doug: "Holy smokes!! What are you tryin' to do, kill my ears?"
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399 Bob: "I'm sorry! All the labels fell off the control panel, too!"
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400 Doug: "Well, when the manager comes in here I'm gonna tell him you screwed up and you'll get fired and I'll get a
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401 raise!"
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402 Bob: "Take off! You will not! It's YOUR fault!"
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403 Doug: "He's gonna fire us both if you don't do somethin."
|
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404 Bob: "All right. I'll try this switch-"
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405 Sound: "*click*"
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406 Doug: "Well? Is it workin'?"
|
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407 Bob: "The record's turnin'. But I don't hear anything."
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408 Doug: "Jeez, you're so stupid! You're not supposed to hear anything on this end."
|
||
409 Bob: "But-"
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410 Doug: "But nothin'. They're listenin' to music right now. Don't mess with it."
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411 Bob: "All right. Hey, you know, this is an LP."
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412 Doug: "So?"
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413 Bob: "So that gives us about thirty minutes with nothin' to do. We still got a half case in the van, don't we?"
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||
414 Doug: "Sure do. You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?"
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415 Bob: "Let's go!"
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416 Doug: "Last one there's a-"
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417 Sound: "Slam."
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418 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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419 Just, like, thought this place could use a few laughs.
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420 Maybe I was wrong, eh?
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||
421 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J.D. HOSER #$#$#$#$#$#$#:)
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422 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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423 Milchar: No offense intended. And I know what you mean about averages....
|
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424 But heck! Remember when Reagan was running for office back in 1980?
|
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425 What kind of an average did he have then?
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426 "My fellow Americans... I wasn't wrong, simply misinformed." Right. :-)
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427 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- m.a. -1- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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428 -+- -JUGGLER- -+-
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429 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
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430 The piper looked at the stunned faces around him. Could this be the intrepid
|
||
431 adventurers that had braved the horrors of the unknown? The brave souls that
|
||
432 had adventured into the Ruby Valley, braved the black plane between bands of
|
||
433 reality, traveled up the Kulumbia?
|
||
434 "Milchar -- what if the inkeeper needs our help NOW? We don't know that he's
|
||
435 in trouble -- but we don't know that he doesn't, either. Can we spend the time
|
||
436 waiting and discussing it?"
|
||
437 The piper strode to a dust-covered table near the back of the room and picked
|
||
438 up his pipes. Swinging them to his shoulder as he moved back to the hearth,
|
||
439 he puffed air into the limp bag.
|
||
440 Bagpipes are a strange mixture of simplicity and complexity. Three drones,
|
||
441 simple jointed tubes with a reed at the bottom end are tied into an air
|
||
442 resevoir, another tube with finger holes and a double reed forms the chanter.
|
||
443 The piper blew into the bag, the moisture in his breath condensing and causing
|
||
444 the reeds to swell and soften -- changing with temperature and moisture.
|
||
445 Whenever pipes have not been played for a while they change. Whenever they
|
||
446 are played they change. The piper is always trying to manage these changes
|
||
447 in such a manner that the four horns play in unison and in tune. Almost
|
||
448 never will a stand of pipes that has been inactive for a time sound anything
|
||
449 like they should -- they skirl, squawk, squeak, and in general make a most
|
||
450 unnerving racket.
|
||
451 The piper ignored the pained looks on the faces of the assembled patrons
|
||
452 of the inn as he vainly attempted to balance the pipes. One drone was
|
||
453 completely quiet, the other two beating fiercely as he reached the hearth.
|
||
454 Holding the chanter in his left hand, he moved the blowpipe to a more
|
||
455 comfortable position in his mouth and reached for the carved lion's head
|
||
456 that supported the mantle. It moved easily under his hand, with a silky
|
||
457 oiled smoothness that belied the grit of dust under his fingers. As it
|
||
458 swung toward the horizontal, he released it and his fingers danced over the
|
||
459 chanter. The assembled patrons could recognize only the first few bars of
|
||
460 "Scotland the Brave" that quickly dopplered into the distance as the piper
|
||
461 disappeared into a recurrance of the stinging green gas. For a long moment,
|
||
462 the tortured sound of the out-of-tune pipes rang accompniment to the
|
||
463 coughs of the unbeleiving patrons.
|
||
464 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
465 ?
|
||
466 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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467 Delta Five: Apparently you've never seen a map of the fallout patterns for
|
||
468 major strike on the US. 90% of the country is in the danger zones of one
|
||
469 or more fallout plumes. Plus, without SDI there will be *no* missiles shot
|
||
470 down by our side. We never built the ABM site we were allowed by the treaty
|
||
471 The USSR built theirs to protect a missile site (as required by the treaty)
|
||
472 of course the missile site is just outside Moscow....
|
||
473 As for someone 'following computer orders' to launch an attack, that will
|
||
474 be no more likely than it currently is. The SDI suystem
|
||
475 (oops) system is not 'connected' with the missiles & bombers & subs. Heck,
|
||
476 even now a Trident or Polaris commander could launch on his own authority
|
||
477 and there wouldn't be any way to stop him... (we could always court martial
|
||
478 him if we were around to do so....)
|
||
479 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446462.5698____________________________
|
||
|
||
480 But then we all know how accurate those maps of fallout zones are. There is
|
||
481 no way to actually test the data that compiled the maps. Every nuclear
|
||
482 explosion is different, even on similar models of bombs. Fallout pattern
|
||
483 maps are for post-nuclear living planners. Let them believe in it. Let them
|
||
484 move to the 10% that isn't in one of your so called danger zones. They
|
||
485 won't be around long enough to worry about the mistakes they made in their
|
||
486 figures.
|
||
487 ______________________________JD unknown_________________________________
|
||
488 Leonard: The area of the U.S. is about 3.6 E6 sq. miles. 10% of that is Texas + Utah. That's a lot of real estate.
|
||
489 Generally speaking, the western U.S. has less targets than the east and midwest. So the west will be less saturated
|
||
490 than the other parts of the country. The prevailing winds (if I remember right) blow west to east. One more reason
|
||
491 why there are areas that will not be directly affected. (Perhaps this is one reason that hard core survivalists have
|
||
492 holed up in Oregon. They may be crazy, but not stupid.) Unless "the Russians" bomb the Pacific Ocean, there won't
|
||
493 be much fallout blowing in from Astoria. There will be survivors, and unless Dr. Sagan is right, and unless the axis
|
||
494 of the Earth is shifted enough for it's nutation to increase enough to throw this planet out of it's orbit, then life
|
||
495 will go on. I think 'they' know that, which is why they have chosen non-military targets such as New York City (nancial
|
||
496 records; the United Nations HQ), Portland (the Port of Portland), and etc. [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*]
|
||
497 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
498 I finally get to this place, The Inn, that I have heard so much about
|
||
499 and people are slowly dissapearing in a cloud of green smoke. I have had
|
||
500 problems with a similar type of smoke and really would not like to engage
|
||
501 in those problems again. All around me are faces in a state of confusion.
|
||
502 I looked up at my friend The Juggler, "What is to happen now?". He just
|
||
503 shook his head as he tried to hold back a chuckle as he watched me trying
|
||
504 to climb into a chair close to the fire. I looked back at him with a small
|
||
505 smile when I finally succeded mounting my perch. I know I should be concerned
|
||
506 with the problem at hand but right now the first thing on my mind is the
|
||
507 warmth of the fire and trying to figure out how to obtain a glass of ale.
|
||
508 Now where did I put 'my' mug? Juggler looked over at me asking " What are
|
||
509 you doing? You look a bit confused." "Oh I'm just trying to find my mug"
|
||
510 "Mine can hold just as much as one of those tankards you use but the out side
|
||
511 is much smaller, besides I am afraid that if I try ti use one of those large
|
||
512 ones I may just fall in. Ahhhh here it is... I set a small pixie sized
|
||
513 mug on the table and instantly a strange look came over the Juggler's face.
|
||
514 With a bit of disbelief and a chuckle he said "You mean to say you are going
|
||
515 to pour all of this into there?". "Sure" I said. "No problem well one problem,
|
||
516 would you be so kind as to help me pour it in?"
|
||
517 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
518
|
||
519 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
||
520 Ripple, do you mean to say you have a TARDIS mug? :-)
|
||
521 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
522 Milchar listened to the fading 'music' of Piper's bagpipes and was hesitant.
|
||
523 After a few moments of indecision, he fumbled in his robes for his packet of
|
||
524 3x5 cards. He hoped that they were still in order. After some searching, a
|
||
525 worn card, yellow with age, caught his eye. Milchar quickly recited the runes
|
||
526 on it as he stepped toward the fireplace. It was now enveloped in the noxious
|
||
527 yellow gas; the head supporting the mantel was almost completely concealed.
|
||
528 Milchar gave it a twist as he had seen the Innkeeper and Piper do, and at
|
||
529 once was sucked into the portal. Milchar hardly had time to wonder about the
|
||
530 environment on the other side, and if his spell would hold out long against it.
|
||
531 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, 12:00pm, 1 Feb 86 ++++++cough, wheeze, sniff
|
||
532 :*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
|
||
533 Nick Danger was here!!
|
||
534 :*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
|
||
535 JD *unknown*: After looking at the ash deposition patterns for Mt. Saint
|
||
536 Helens, I'm pretty sure that those maps are accurate enough.
|
||
537 As for Texas & Utah being equal to 10% of the country, that's fine. But
|
||
538 those 'safe' areas aren't going to be in one big chunk.
|
||
539 More to 'JD': Are you now trying to say that we *don't* have to worry about
|
||
540 a major nuclear strike? If so, don't bother replying to any of my msgs in
|
||
541 the future. There's no point talking with someone who is *that* far out of
|
||
542 touch with reality.
|
||
543 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446463.5000____________________________
|
||
|
||
544
|
||
545 TO: L'homme etal
|
||
546 RE: Message
|
||
547
|
||
548 Received. Plan 2-6-86 19:00hrs PST. Here..amongst the horses.
|
||
549 Advise usual operatives. Will contact you by 2-4-86 at 3031 or 0296
|
||
550 to confirm T&D&V. If yunable to advise. I will check here for N.L. 04
|
||
551
|
||
552
|
||
553 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
|
||
554
|
||
durinng the early sixties... at one point... the soviets were resting
|
||
555 on either their laurals or something obscene... we... the americans found
|
||
556 that we could annhilatee the soviets... for a loss of only ten million...
|
||
557 or so... american citizens...
|
||
558 there was no war... sanity reigned over the joint chiefs and the chief
|
||
559 executive... in short... no one is insane enough... not even the generals
|
||
560 and admirals left over from the era of ike... to detonate a nuclear war...
|
||
561 or even a final skirmish...
|
||
562 which is why i simply dont worry.... waiting for my acceptance into the
|
||
563 foreign service... since there are more pressing matters than the position
|
||
564 of the american trident defense system... or the sdi...
|
||
|
||
565 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
|
||
566
|
||
567 Dear Ann Landers,
|
||
568 I am writing to see if you can offer some glimmer of hope into my rather unfortunate life.
|
||
569 It all started a year ago, when the lumberyard burned down. It seems that my partmer didn't like me.
|
||
570 He renewed the insurance in his name, and then hired an arsonist. You wouldn't believe how it burned.
|
||
571 Well, now he's lying on a beach somewhere watching the native girls, and sipping something exotic from
|
||
572 a hollowed out Pineapple, and I'm here, in this place. By the way, please excuse the crayon.
|
||
573 They don't allow us to have anything sharp here. Well, that wasn't so bad, but I had just left the doctors office.
|
||
574 I learned that I have cancer of the brain, spleen, and Achilles tendon. Also, the heartbreak of Psoriasis.
|
||
575 On the way home, I was involved in a three car accident. Well, the other two cars were Poice vehicles.
|
||
576 I had to put up my house for bail. When I finally did get home, I discovered that my wife had run away.
|
||
577 With a Bulgarian dentist from South El Monte, of all people. They took the kids, too. Not only that, but my
|
||
578 Mother in law had moved in, and immediately started to bad mouth me, accusing me of mistreating her daughter.
|
||
579 Well, I just couldn't take any more. I got out my Walther, pointed it at my head, said a short prayer, and fired.
|
||
580 Oh, Ann, wouldn't you know it. I missed. And hit-you guessed it- my mother in law. The Police said I did it on purpose.
|
||
581 Well, the jury believed me, and set me free. I was so happy! I thought I could live out the few months
|
||
582 the Doctor said I had left, in peace and quiet, but when I got home, more police were waiting for me.
|
||
583 Ann, it's against the law to try to committ suicide here. The judge was very stern, and not very nice to me.
|
||
584 He said I was a menace to society, and sent me here, the Snickering Sycamores Rest Home.
|
||
585 There's this battle axe nurse that makes me weave baskets all day, and tomorrow the doctor is going to
|
||
586 give me something called a lobotomy. I don't know what that is, but it scares me terribly.
|
||
587 Is there anything you can say that might cheer me up, Ann?
|
||
588 Yours Truly, Mixed up Michael.
|
||
589 (And you thought you had problems) [*=*]
|
||
590 Leonard: It was I who mentioned Texas and Utah, andall that. I am *not* saying we have nothing to fear from a nuclear
|
||
591 xchange, and I am *not* out of touch with reality. What I am saying is that a nuclear war would not kill everyone
|
||
592 in the U.S. A 25MT device, exploded at optimum altitude would cause total destruction of about 300 sq. miles.
|
||
593 To totally destroy the U.S. would take about 12,000 25 Megaton devices, all detonated at the right altitude, and all
|
||
594 detonated in a pattern of one per every 300 sq. miles. The 'Russians' don't have that many bombs, and many of the
|
||
595 ones they do are not that big. (25MT is a *big* bomb). Some of these are aimed at Western Europe, and other places.
|
||
596 We are not the *only* target, you know. (Or do you?). Even if 99% got launched, didn't explode on the launching pad
|
||
597 and hit their targets exactly right, that still leaves a lot af area. Agreed, there will not be any winners, but there
|
||
598 will be people left alive. [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*]
|
||
599 """"""""""""""""""Soli...
|
||
600 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
601 Well it's not quite that big inside
|
||
602 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
603 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
|
||
604 Nope, just a mug-of-holding... eh?
|
||
605 -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+-
|
||
606 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
607 Yep something like that.
|
||
608 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
609 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
610 Really ?
|
||
611 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!nochioP!!!
|
||
612 ***********************
|
||
613 elcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
|
||
614 ***********************************************.**********
|
||
615 NERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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||
616 PLACED ON THIS sYSTEM.
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617 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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618 d operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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619 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 619
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