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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 13 FEB 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\42
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21 Somebody was shaking him. He opened his eyes and saw Tariya staring down anxiously at him. Then memory kicked in
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22 and he sat up with a jolt. She threw her arms around him. "Oh, God I thought you were dead I pulled you out of the
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23 plane and then it exploded and-" He looked at the plane, which was burning merry hell at the end of a ditch the length
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24 of a football field. They must have hit at just the perfect angle or they'd have been splattered from hell to
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25 breakfast and then some. He must have banged his head, for it surely did hurt.
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26 He was about to say something but was interrupted by a roar and the mechanical stutter of a machine gun from above.
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27 The dirt exploded at his feet. There were a string of tiny explosions leading away from them. He looked up and saw the
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28 fighters circling for another pass.
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29 He jumped up, dragging Tariya to her feet. he pushed her towards a large boulder nearby. "Go! Get under cover! I'll
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30 take care of them!" She started running and he turned his full attention to the fighters.
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31 It took more effort than usual to summon the sword. It crackled ice-blue fire in his hands. They had already turned
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32 and were firing again. He stook completely still as slugs pounded the landscape all around him. He followed the lead
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33 plane with the tip of his blade. As it passed directly overhead, he let fly with a powerbolt.
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34 It was a sight to see. The bolt struck the first ship, pulverizing it. It then branched out, touching the other
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35 four simultaneuosly. Five fireballs trailing black smoke slammed into the earth a quarter mile away. He watched them
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36 burn for a long moment, then turned and called to Tariya, "Okay, you can come out, now. Fun's over."
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37 No response.
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38 A worried frown crossing his face, he started over to the rock. Cresting a slight rise, he saw what looked like a
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39 pile of old rags collapsed in the center of a large red stain ten yards away from the rock.
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40 She hadn't made it.
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41 Letting out a yell of horror and anguish, he ran as fast as he could to her. He dropped down on his knees and
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42 turned her over gently. He almost screamed when he saw the damage. Her blue outfit was stained a deep purple from
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43 waist to shoulders. There was a hole the size of his fist where her stomach should have been. He could actually see
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44 clear through. A thin trickle of crimson ran from one corner of her mouth. Miraculously, she was still
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45 breathing.
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46 Suddenly her eyes opened. They were glazed, unseeing at first, but they finally focused on his face. Her mouth
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47 moved, trying to form words. "Didn't move... fast enough..."
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48 James was tearing himself apart inside. If there had been a hospital handy, she might have a chance. But they were
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49 a hundred miles in the middle of farking nowhere with no transportation or even first aid. There was nothing he could
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50 do but try to make her comfortable and sit there and helplessly watch her die.
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51 Tears streamed freely down his face. She reached up with a trembling hand and touched his cheek. "Please don't..."
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52 she whispered.
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53 Suddenly her face twisted into a horrible grimace of agony and he saw something move inside the wound. It took all
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54 his willpower not to turn around and throw up. The spasm subsided and she spoke again, weaker this time. "Promise
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55 me..."
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56 "Anything, babe, anything." He choked out.
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57 She grasped his hand, her grip as weak as a newborn baby's. "Destroy the Circle. Stop them... or my family will
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58 die..."
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59 "I will." he said softly.
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60 Her breathing was rapid, her eyes filled with fear. "I'm-I'm trying to be brave, just like you, but I'm
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61 scared."
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62 He cradled her in his arms. "Don't be scared. Please. It'll be all right, you'll see."
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63 She rested a long moment, eyes closed. When she opened them again, they were clear and alert. "James?"
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64 "Yeah?"
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65 "I didn't want to say this... until I was sure. I can't wait now." She reached up again and caressed his cheek
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66 tenderly. "I love you."
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67 "I love you, too."
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68 She smiled and closed her eyes. She drew a deep breath, and let it out slowly. She didn't draw another. Her hand
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69 slowly relaxed in his. He placed a hand hesitanly on her heart, and felt no movement. Her pain was over.
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70 He held her lifeless body for a moment, crying pitifully. Sorrow, pain, rage building within until he thought he
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71 might explode. Then he laid her down, lovingly, gently.
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72 In the city of Shaikhur, a hundred miles away, the citizens paused in their daily routines for a moment and
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73 listened. They heard a howl, rolling across the land like thunder, and they shivered despite the heat for it was the
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74 sound of a man who had lost his soul.
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75 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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76 THIS IS VERY INTERESTING...BUT WHAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY ??....
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77 .....A NEW READER
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78 Leroy,
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79 ppppppppppdon't encourage him...pppppppppppppppplurkingpppppppppppppppppppppp
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80 ON AnD ON, He just keeps on writing,
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81 ignoring comments that are so biting,
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82 On and on, on and on, on and on.
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83 The story flows, without ending,
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84 Characters are really blending,
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85 On and on, on and on, on and on.
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86 The plot still thins, and things get boring,
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87 What'll happen next, we're all imploring,
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88 On and on, on and on, on and on.
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89 Users cheer on disks with out him,
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90 but he returns, to write again, it's a maxim,
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91 On and on, on and on, on and on.
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92 Someday he'll end, and life will go on,
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93 but in the meantime, DESTROYER will write on,
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94 On and on, on and on, on and on!
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95 +++++++++justforyou++++++++++++++++++++
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96
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97 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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98
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99 I say that since the lurking is officially over (due to the new disk)
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100 that we vote on the best lurk pun.
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101 My vote goes to lurkenstupe. Now that is funny!
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102
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103 [+] EPSILON SIX [+]
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104
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105 hello commodore owners. Call 233-xxxx
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106 Celestial Systems BBS 24 hours a day.
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107 seven days a week. 50-1200 baud. Three
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108 download and one upload drives. IT only
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109 costs $10.00 to be a subscriber. Call the best bbs in town.
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110 Ken Wiseman
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111 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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112 happy rainy, icey, snowy, icky, icky day DAY!!!
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113 morrissey
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114 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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115 #@#@#@#@#$#$#$#$%$%$%$%%^%^%^%^^&^&^&^&&*&*&*&**(*(*(*(()()()())_)_)_)_)_
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116
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Destroyer, I really like your story and ask you to continue.
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117
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@#@#@#@#@#$%$%$%$%$%^&^&^&^&^&^*(*(*(*(* TANK *(*(*(*(*(*()()()()()))_)_)_)
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118 =_______________________________________________________________________________
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119 I REMEMBER WHEN THIS SYSTEM WAS FULL OF THE INTELECTUALS OF COMPUTERS, FILLED
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120 WITH STORIES, AND TALK OF NUCLEAR WAR. AT LEAST THAT WAS INTERESTING.
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121 NOW ALL WE HAVE IS THIS CHILDISH GARBAGE FROM THE MINDLESS 16 YEAR OLDS OF THE
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122 COMPUTER WASTE-LAND. I THINK I AM LEAVING TOO.
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123
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124 FOOLS, YOU ARE FOOLS
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125 =_______________________________________Le petite femme________________________
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126
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127 <<:*******************************************************:>>
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128 Le Petite femme - Good Riddance.
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129
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130 DESTROYER - Superb writing. An outstanding contribution.
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131
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132 Everyone - It's good to be back.
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133
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134 Grand D
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135 <<:******************************************************:>>
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136
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137 The rain had stopped falling just as the gull winged aircraft stopped climbing, and leveled off.
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138 In the distance, towering Cumulus was piled high on the horizon, like puffs of cotton, with golden edges, a halo from
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139 the setting sun behind. Above, a hole appeared, and blue sky showed through for a moment.
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140 Suddenly, shimmering columns of light appeared-descending straight down, and disappearing into the mist shrouded earth.
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141 The cathedral effect, a most magnificent spectacle of nature...
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142
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143 A feeling of exhileration swept over the pilot. He pushed in the throttle and unleashed a thousand thundering horses.
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144 Of the big radial engine. The quiet throbbing broke into a mighty roar as the propellor bit into the air
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145 and the Corsair leapt forward. The pilot swung the eager craft into a graceful chandelle, emulating the lofty
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146 dignity of an Eagle in flight. Leveling off, he executed a series of snap rolls that widened into gentle barrel
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147 rolls, the wings describing spiral arcs through the deserted sky.
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148
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149 It had been a long time since he had known such elation, and the forgotten words of another pilot echoed from
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150 the past. "I have slipped the surly bonds of earth.....reached out and touched the face of God..."
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151 Another pilot..who understood...
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152 Easing out of the last spiralling roll, he climbed steeply, and eased the stick back further and further.
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153 The stall warning indicator chattered intermittently, finally settling to a steady buzz. The plane was
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154 buffeted about, the wind tearing at the wings, and as he closed the throttle, the nose dropped earthward
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155 in a full stall. Holding back the stick, he kicked the right rudder full on.
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156 The big Corsair streaked down in a tailspin, the ground rushing up as the altimiter wound down...
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157
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158 Far below, ant-like figures rushed out, onto the tarmac, looking upward, and chattering excitedly in voices
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159 unheard ten thousand feet above. Someone was counting, echoing the thoughts of the pilot, as the spinning
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160 Corsair plunged earthward...seven...eight...nine...the earth reaching upward to greet it in her final unyeilding grasp.
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161 The one called Fellows yelled "My God, he's gonna crash"; Hal, standing beside him just smiled silently.
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162 Suddenly, the spinning slowed, and the tail began to drop; the pilot had eased the rudder back.
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163
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164 He let go og the stick for a moment, and the well trimmed fighter righted it's self a hundred feet up.
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165 The pilot slammed the throttle forward and a Navy blue shadow streaked down, and across the asphalt.
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166 The propwash whipped the puddles into mist, drenching the cursing men barely thirty feet below.
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167
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168 The pilot whipped into a turn, and greased the plane onto the apron, and taxiied up to the hangar.
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169
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170 As the enging coughed to a stop, Delta Five climbed down, and cheerfully greeted the dripping group.
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171 "Well, there's no one out there. Reckon we'd better get to work..." to be continued
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172 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*]
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173 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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174 "Piper? PIPER!" Bard turned and saw the blood on Piper's hands.
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175 An observer would have seen a large vehicle (resembling a Stepvan with
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176 no wheels) come to a halt in mid air and settle towards the ground. After
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177 which all would have appeared calm. Inside things were quite different.
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178 Bard had helped Piper to one of the bunks and was administering oxygen
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179 while trying to figure out what to do next. He just didn't have the skills
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180 or equipment to handle major lung damage.
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181 Where were those mages and pyschics when you needed them....
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182 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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183 (hint, hint)
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184 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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185 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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186 destroyer: well, ya got what ya wanted, eh? congratulations...
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187 le petite femme: give us a break....
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188 delta v: just a hello for the hell of it....
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189 mark: are you still alive...
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190 HAPPY EARLY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!
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191 ?????????????????????????????morrissey???????????????????????????????
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192 525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525
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193 OH NO, DESTROYER, NOT ANOTHER KILLING!
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194 TO EVERYONE- HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! GO GET YOUR SWEETHEART A ROSE!, OR
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195 CANDY! I'LL BE GETTING ONE FOR MINE TOMORROW, WITH ALL THE RESPECTABLE
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196 LATE-BUYERS. AND, IF YOU HAVE NO SWEET HEART TO BUY FOR, STOP BY HOGGIN
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197 DAS. (PUNNY? PUNNY? PUNS ANYONE?)
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198 52525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252500001TED2525
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199 ========================================================================
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200 Ken Wiseman: What makes your BBS the "best bbs in town." What standards
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201 would you use to measure the "good-ness" of a bbs? Speed? Disk size? what?
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202 Let's hear it.
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203 ============================================ Ima Lurker ================
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204
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205 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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206 From Prometheus
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207 Le Petite Femme, you got it wrong. I'm only fifteen.
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208 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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209
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210 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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211 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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212 Poet: how long did it take you to think that one up?
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213 Everybody else: Thank you for the encouragement. It's hard to continue a project of this size when all I recieve is either
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214 jeers or deafening silence. I do appreciate hearing some kind words once in a while. And for those who are wondering, the
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215 story will end after exactly seven more entries. And the ending will be definite.
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216 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\mark\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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217 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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218 In everyone's life comes a moment when we really face our own mortality.
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219 Have you faced yours yet? Have you stood still, frightened as a field mouse
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220 on a clear snowy night when the shadow of a prowling owl obscures the shining
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221 moon, scant seconds before the final act of your life? We live, love and
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222 act throughout most of our lives as though we are invulnerable and immortal.
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223 We make decisions (or fail to make decisions) assuming that we are an integral
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224 part (and an important part) of the universe. But for each of us there comes
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225 a diamond-edged moment when we stand on the brink of the big dark and know
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226 -- know with a terrible certainity -- that not only *CAN* it happen to us,
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227 but that it *WILL*, and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it.
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228 Oh, some do go into the big dark unconcious. An unfaced death can claim
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229 a victim without his or her knowlege -- but what a waste. To really live,
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230 you must know what not to live entails. To really love life, you must face
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231 its loss.
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232 The most common reaction to impending death is denial. "NO! There must be
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233 some mistake. You can't mean ME!"
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234 The piper felt all this, and a deep betrayal. His loyal body, that fleshy
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235 vehicle that had carried the essential *I* was letting him down. Each
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236 struggled, bubbling breath was a miniature victory. His concentration was
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237 total, not even noticing the bard who lead him to a bunk and lay him down.
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238 "Bard"
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239 "Yes, piper"
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240 "If I don't make it..."
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241 "Just relax and keep breathing the oxygen."
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242 "Bard ... It's been nice knowing you. Have an ale for me."
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243 Another fit of coughing spewed carmine foam over the clear plastic of the
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244 oxygen mask. It felt almost good as the darkness gathered around the edges
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245 of the pipers vision. He reached up and touched the strong warm hands that
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246 were holding his shaking shoulders, covered one with one hand and squeezed
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247 it, then relaxed. The darkness was closing in faster and faster now. He
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248 heard a giant rushing sound filling him, the last bit of vision was a bright
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249 spot like a scene seen through the wrong end of a telescope.
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250 The piper's body shuddered and he dropped unconcious on the bunk, a stream
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251 of bright red blood pouring from the side of his lax mouth.
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252 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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253
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254 Grand D:
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255 Nice to see you back. (Frank, are you out there somewhere, too?)
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256 This place has been oh so boring without you. It might be worth your while
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257 to check out the Blue Parrot at 253-xxxx. You might even recognize the
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258 sysop's name <heh, heh>.
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259 Dr. Frankenstupe
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260 (or was that lurkenstupe?)
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261 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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262
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263 **************************************************************
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264 Boring? Boring? how can you say that? the Piper is dying for
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265 cripes sake.(exclamation point)
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266 ********miffed*************kathyD*********************************
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267 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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268 Cragmore? Milchar? Will _somebody_ *please* link up with Piper & Bard?
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269 ************* PLEASE *********************
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270 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446476.4573____________________________
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271 Frank/Lurk/en/stupe : Thank you for alleviating the wonder of what our
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272 existance here on this board means to the cosmos. Boring. Without Grand
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273 D and Frank we are nothing. Boring. One man fight the grief of death
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274 while another man knocks upon death's doorstep. A woman visits a hallway
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275 of life's passageways, opening one door at a time and exploring what
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276 happens beyond. Other men continue to fight the never-ending battle of
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277 good against evil, battling a nemesis that seems bigger than life. A
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278 young woman still learning her own powers meets up with an experienced
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279 woman who will teach her new skills and spells. Still another man fights
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280 the takeover of his own body by a parasite. One man searches for another
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281 on the plain of an alien landscape, mental power being his only guide.
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282 Many others read and enjoy the stories told around the eternal fire
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283 that is Backwater. And you use one word. Boring. How could you?
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284 French Toast.
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285 ___________________________________________________________________________
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286 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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287
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288 It's been so long since I learned from Sanderman, Fellows leaned back in
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289 his chair and reminisced. Parity, Delta V, George, and Hal were busy briefing
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290 each other on what they knew of the current McKane situation. Fellows pretended
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291 he was listening, but his mind was far from the green felt-covered table
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292 sitting in a cold hanger outside of Juneau Alaska.
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293 I remember everything he said so well. His words stick in my mind as if
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294 they were spoken yesterday.
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295 "You must have deep commitment. You can not survive if you don't commit
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296 yourself. You will always be able to win because 100 percent is not enough.
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297 Anything less means failure, which is usually a precursor to death in our
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298 line of business." His words carved deep marks in Fellows memory.
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299 "I'll try my best." Fellows had replied.
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300 "No, try not, do, or do not, there is no try." Sanderman said looking
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301 straight into Fellows' eyes. "If all you do is try, that will make you fail."
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302 "I understand...."
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303 "Do you understand Fellows?" Fellows snapped his attention to the men at
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304 the table.
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305 "Yes, of course" he replied.
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306 "Good." Delta V went on. "As you know, some of McKane's former top-level
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307 aids have taken the remnants of the organization and trimmed the operation to
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308 a more manageable level. That is one reason McKane was always a thorn but
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309 never a sword. He had his hands in too many things."
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310 Delta, I'm surprised at you. Calling McKane a 'thorn', considering what he
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311 did to your family?" Parity focused on his counterpart's face.
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312 "I never said thorns couldn't hurt." Delta said quickly, with no visible
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313 reaction to Parity's question. "Anyway, it appears a new leader has emerged
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314 from the ashes, after a long a brutal power struggle. We don't have a name or
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315 a picture yet, but our surveillance has revealed his existence and his careful
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316 plan at taking on the rest of the McKane elite and coming out on top."
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317 Parity opened another folder. "Our intelligence, bless Ian's soul, reveal
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318 pretty much the same thing. This new person is deep though, because we haven't
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319 been able to get close."
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320 "Well that will change now." George sat smiling across from Delta. "We
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321 have the team that can crack their security and get after this 'son-of-a-
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322 McKane and break up the operation once and for all."
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323 "You can't ever eradicate evil." Fellows spoke up.
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324 "No," George replied, "you right. But we CAN cut away at it so it doesn't
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325 hurt so much."
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326 Parity touched Fellows' coat sleeve. "I would like to talk to you after
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327 the meeting. OK?"
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328 "Sure Parity."
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329 The meeting went on. Parity and Delta V continued to share information.
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330 George continued to contribute. Hal continued to listen. And Fellows continued
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331 to remember the past, as vivid as the present, in his current state of mind.
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332
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333 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT FELLOWS TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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334 How about 'long aND brutal', "you'RE right", and no more typo's, please?
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335 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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336 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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337 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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338 Morrissey: I'm still around. A lot of things going on, I haven't had time
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339 to write before now. I'll try to get in touch with you later, sometime
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340 before the end of this week hopefully.
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341 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Mark,`
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342 << "Thorn"? Indeed! Utterly preposterous. - Monsieur D'Autun >>
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343
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344 DESTROYER, it took me approximately the
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345 same amount of time to make up that
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346 poem as it took you to think up that
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347 ridiculous things you call a plot.
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348 ++++++++++++justforyou++++++++++++++++++
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349
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350 EAT ME.......
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351
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352
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353 BOGUS FISHHEADS IN HELL, PART ONE......
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354 JONNY FROG SPOKE QUITE LOUDLY TO MOTHER HEN. HE JUST WOULDNT NOT LEAVE THE POOR
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355 OLD LASS ALONE. MOTHER HEN WAS BECOMING QUITE FED UP WITH THE FROG. "SHUT UP FROG", DECLARED
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356 SHE. JONNY REFUSED. OLD FATHER FROG CAME OUT WITH A TWO BY FOUR AND PROCEEDED
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357 TO BEAT JOHNNY FIRST SENSELESS, THEN TO DEATH. MORAL: DONT TALK WHEN MOTHER HEN SAYS NOT TO,
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358 ELSE YOUVE HAD IT..........
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359 FICTION BY DONALD SUTHERLAND
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360 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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361 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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362 Poet: Then your mind works a lot slower than I thought.
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364
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365 Yipes! I seem to have let my fingers out type my brain. Now if you'll
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366 excuse me, I'll go and try to pull my foot out of my mouth.
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367 Dr. Frankenstupe
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368 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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369
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370 -----------------------------------------
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371 BE ALURK....THE WORLD NEEDS MORE LURKS.
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372
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373 (SORRY, I COULDN'T HELP IT)
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374 -------------------BRIAN-----------------
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375 Brian : pull you'r head out!
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376 ______________________________JD 2446477.4610______________________________
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377 :::::::O O:::::::::::02/15:::::::::::::::::::::::::15:21::::::::O O::::::::::::
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378 Archivists: I just ran my archives thru a little program to total the file size
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379 reports from doing DIR, and I came up with 14,144,714 bytes total. This is with
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380 my files which have had the line numbers, first 19 lines, and trainling spaces
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381 removed. It is actually a little less than the reported figure, since I didn't
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382 always use the /A copy option. This works out to 34,166/file, by the way.
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383 :::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::
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384 To KathyD and French Toast,
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385 Perhaps I should explain myself a little more fully. My 'boring'
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386 comment was in no way meant to disparage the Inn, the stories or the
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387 writers here. I have nothing but the highest regard for all of them. It
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388 was meant to indicate more my own state of mind and lack of direction in
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389 my writing. I had meant to welcome the return of an old friend (and
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390 adversary), but obviously chose the wrong words. Those who know me (both
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391 friend and foe) know that I am not reluctant to venture my opinion or
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392 take issue with opinions of others.... but I hope they also realize that
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393 I do not put down the style of efforts of others.
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394 Since I'm in hot water already, I may as well turn up the temperature
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395 a little. KathyD and I have disagreed on several issues, but our dis-
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396 agreements have always been above board. She has called me to task, but
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397 also has been big enough to sign her name to her comments. That earns my
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398 respect. But some here delight in attempting to belittle the work of
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399 others and remain cloaked in anonymity. You know what I mean, the cutesy
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400 one-liner.... the snide comments. To me that is the lowest of low. Those
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401 attacks show absolutely no class at all. Alas, too many beginning writers
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402 have been discouraged by that type of treatment, and have disappeared from
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403 the Inn. It is the loss of all of us.
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404 Hmmmm.... now that I've again earned the title of second-most hated
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405 man at the Inn.... I think it's time to return to a deep-lurk mode.
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406 Dr. Frankenstupe
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407 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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408 ______________________________JD 2446477.8280______________________________
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409 !##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!
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410
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411 Dr. Frankenstupe: If you go back into your deep-lurk mode the Inn will be back
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412 to its normal state of being narrow minded. People's one liners will always
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413 remain unless people like you who are out spoken enough to eliminate them by
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414 introducing different points of view. By letting people know that the only way
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415 to communticate what you want to say is not by one liners. People who have
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416 opinions should be able to back them up. I'm not saying that everyone HAS to
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417 believe what is being said, they should only listen.
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418 -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=-
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419 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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420 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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421 Well, the piper is unconcious, so I can speak for a moment.
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422 I fully support Dr. Frakenstupe's comments about "clever one-liners."
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423 A clever one-liner is nice, but very few end up being clever. Most tend to
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424 reveal the mental deficiency of the poster.
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425 If you have been considering trying to write here or anywhere else, I
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426 offer my encouragement. It's common to wait with bated breath for all the
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427 comments, after all you put your heart and soul into it, didn't you? You
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428 won't get any, unless you've already established contact with others on the
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429 board (then you may get some folks in active encouragement mode).
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430 -- Oops! orgainization problem with on-line entering in ENTER ONLY --
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431 -- Insert the next sentence between "encouragement." and "It's" --
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432 Write something and put it up.
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433 -- end of insert--
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434 New writers in this mode are particularly vulnerable to those who reveal
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435 their own mental and moral deficiencies by sniping from hiding. Like cowardly
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436 jackals, they try to pull down a person who attempts to rise above them.
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437 There is only one armor that can shield a would-be writer from these cowardly
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438 attacks -- the knowlege that those opinions are worth less than the paucity
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439 of intellegence that their posting reveals of the writer. Know this, really
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440 know this in your heart, and you'll be able to brave that first posting.
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441 Please don't expect a lot of comment the first time or two. Most of us
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442 have only a limited time to spend here -- we've got a lot to get out in just
|
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443 a short time. By your third or fourth posting, you'll probably get some
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444 feedback. Remember, we see a lot of folks that post one or two things and
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||
445 never come back.
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446 Join us. It really gets easier after a while, and we do welcome new folks.
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447 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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448 ############################################################################
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449 Well, it doesn't look very interesting around here, nothing but this stupid
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||
450 yellow fog they call an atmosphere. You got any ideas? #Yes, do you hear that
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451 hum in the distance?# Yeah, so what about it? #It's new, it wasn't there before.
|
||
452 And in fact, it sounds distinctly like the hum from a interdemensional
|
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453 transport.# A what? #Oh never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway. Let's
|
||
454 just head in that direction OK?# Alright, but why do we want to go in that
|
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455 direction? #Sigh... because, that hum means transportation. A way off this
|
||
456 miserable ball of bleach.# Oh... What if they aren't friendly? #We'll deal
|
||
457 with that when we get there. Would you rather be couped up on this poor
|
||
458 excuse for a planet the rest of your life?# Well... ah, no. So what are we
|
||
459 waiting for, what's the best way to go? #See that yellow slime on the
|
||
460 ground? just follow it.# Hmmm... that brings something to mind, But I can't
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461 think of what it is.... What made that slime trail anyway? #Oh some local
|
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462 life form, all stomach, and no brain.# Yuck, I hope we don't meet up with
|
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463 him. Oh well, off we go then. Follow the yellow slime road eh? #Yes, follow
|
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464 the yellow slime road.# Bleah, I think I'll call this planet "Ooze" You
|
||
465 really want to follow this yellow slime road? #Yes, it is the easiest way,
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||
466 better then trying to fight through the plants that like to gobble up
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||
467 passers by. So follow the yellow slime road.# Now I remember! "Follow the
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468 yellow slime road. Follow the yellow slime road. Follow, follow, follow,
|
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469 follow, follow the yellow slime road! We're off to see the gizzard, the
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470 horrible gizard of Ooze." #Groan... why me?#
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471 ############################## The Innkeeper ##############################
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472 ______________________________JD 2446478.4169______________________________
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473 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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474 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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475 OK, I see what you mean. And I promise never to leave a cutsie one liner again.
|
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476 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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||
477 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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478 The horrible gizard of ooze? Argh! .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
|
||
479 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
480 Omigosh, here everyone is expecting me to enter something intelligible, with
|
||
481 midterms tearing, chewing, and swallowing whole large chunks of my time.
|
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482 Haven't been on for several days, all the hints for naught. Well, to write:
|
||
483 +++++++++++++++++++
|
||
484 A hop, skip, and a jump later (actually, these were the Hop, Skip, and Jump
|
||
485 spells, designed to allow a mage to move atthree times the distance he would
|
||
486 under normal circumstances), Milchar found the souce of the low, slightly
|
||
487 irritating hum he had been following. It came from a large shiny (as much as
|
||
488 anything could shine on this dismal planet) transport, made by a rather
|
||
489 advanced technology. Milchar admonished himself for forgetting to use an
|
||
490 electro-magnetic finding-spell before. Too late to think of that now, he
|
||
491 thought, and had a minute or so to wonder if the occupant(s) were friendly
|
||
492 before the pain hit him.
|
||
493 A sharp pain dulling to a throbbing ache made itself felt in the mage's lung,
|
||
494 causing him trecheck the spell of protection. When he was sure that it
|
||
495 continued to operate, however feebly (since he had not concentrated on it for
|
||
496 quite some time now), he directed his attention again toward the transport.
|
||
497 Had the pain been some sort of attack? A paranoid view, Milchar thought, but
|
||
498 thoughts such as that belonged to people who survived. Still, it was a
|
||
499 possibility.
|
||
500 Milchar dug about in his robe , again for his pack of cards. An empathy-spell
|
||
501 was called for. A few short words effected it, and Milchar scanned the vessel.
|
||
502 Worry...and pain! Again pain hflowed into Milchar, iruining his concentration
|
||
503 and the spell. But this time, for a brief moment, Milchar had touched the
|
||
504 minds within. And recognised them.
|
||
505 Piper was dying.
|
||
506 Milchar shouted a word, and silver fire swept him away. He hadn't even
|
||
507 bothered with the portion of the casting that dealt with protection from the
|
||
508 flames- he had just yelled the essentials.
|
||
509 And so he arrived singed, his robe smoking slightly, one corner burning
|
||
510 brightly. He swatted at the flame, speaking not a word to Bard as he saw
|
||
511 Piper's blood seeping under a breathing mask.
|
||
512 "I hope I remember as much of the heal lore as think I do," he muttered
|
||
513 worriedly as he lay his hands upon Piper's chest.
|
||
514 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, 16 Feb 86 @ 11:24pm +++++++++++++++++
|
||
515 ++++arrgh, still beset by line noise. mayhap it is my modem?k++++++++++Milch+
|
||
516 I think it is more likely your fingers!
|
||
517 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One Line Cutsie <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
518 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
519 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\lways plays to the insiders? )
|
||
564
|
||
565 (Bill Broonzy)
|
||
566
|
||
567 **************************************************************
|
||
568
|
||
569 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
|
||
570
|
||
571 Just catching up on some back-logged work.
|
||
572 Backwater lurk?
|
||
573 Just being a smart alurk.
|
||
574 You'll have to forgive me.
|
||
575 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPALURK O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
|
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576
|
||
577 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
||
578 #$#$#$#$%^%^%^%^&*&*&*&*()()()() TANK-A-LURK #$#$#$#$%^%^%^%^&*&*&*&*())()()()
|
||
579 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
||
580 !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!j!*!*!*!*!*!*!*
|
||
581 Delta Five and J.L: Surely what you said about "not breathing" and "lethal"
|
||
582 was just a joke... right? Gulp.
|
||
583 !*!*!*!*!*!*!Sundog!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!
|
||
584 !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*
|
||
585 ______________________________JD 2446474.5753______________________________
|
||
586 ARGHH! THE DAY WILL COME WHEN I FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THOSE NUMBERS.
|
||
587 2446474.5753<--CAN THIS BE DECODED? DOES IT CORRESPOND TO A 'REAL' DATE
|
||
588 AND TIME? ONLY THE SHADOWLURK KNOWS.
|
||
589
|
||
590
|
||
591 I think that you don't think.
|
||
592 Therefore, I am and you are not.
|
||
593 Rene Descarteslurk
|
||
594 -----
|
||
595 To be is to be perceived.
|
||
596 I don't perceive you.
|
||
597 Therefore, you got a problem.
|
||
598 Berkelurk
|
||
599 -----
|
||
600 An unexamined life is not worth living.
|
||
601 (Go take a test or kill yourself)
|
||
602 Slurkates
|
||
603 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*
|
||
604
|
||
605 ???????????????????new jerselurk?????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
606 just saying hello?
|
||
607 morrissey........ps. where IS delta v
|
||
608 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
609 Good God, what have I started here? ?Slurkates? Morrissey- Delta V will be back after
|
||
610 mid-terms.
|
||
611 Msr. D'Atun- I thought you were in France, buying a sausage factory. Or was it a bagle
|
||
612 factory in Kuwait? Hey- Wassir is in town... [*=] DELTA FIVE [*=*]
|
||
613 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.I'll stick with.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emulurk
|
||
614 5252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525
|
||
6egonian. I like junk mail. If it is something I want to read, great. If
|
||
568 it is really junk, then I can use it for one of the afore mentioned needs.
|
||
569 French Toast
|
||
570 I hope it's been five happy months> it has been for me
|
||
571
|
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572 off
|
||
573 end
|
||
|
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