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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 24 DEC 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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21 It's lonely at the top...
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22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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23 Brothers, sisters I have none
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24 That man's father is my father's son.
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25
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26
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27 -----> figger' that'n out.
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28 fubar.
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29 P.S. Hello to all of you in the xenix palace.
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30
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31 ################################################################################
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32
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33 answer tomorrow.
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34 ###############################################################################
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35 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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36 On a clear disk you can see forever.....
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37 On a full disk you can't see worth a damn....
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38 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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39 Actually on a clear disk you can *seek* forever!
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40 ____12/25/86__________Leonard_JD 2446790.5547_________17:18:51_PST_________
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41 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0
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42 A pathetic sight was he. A tall, emaciated figure limping and muttering to himself on the dry, baked surface of the
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43 desert. Noontime heatwaves made the horizon shimmer, enforcing the unreality of the situation. Each painful step sent
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44 waves of pain shooting though his guts, and his head spun crazily at the effort each small movement required. He had
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45 pushed himself far past human endurance, now only running on resources far too arcane to be understood by mere
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46 mortals, yet he refused to quit. Vengence burned within him.
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47 His name was James Forster Mandell, and he was dying.
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48 He had jumped blindly from Kadan, and, instead of landing on Nexus as he had planned, he was now stranded on this
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49 unknown desert world. he reserves were now wholly committed to keeping him alive. Escape from this planet was
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50 impossible. All he could do now was bemoan his fate.
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51 "Damn bitch." he muttered under his breath. "Somehow, I don't know how but I'm gonna kill her. She drove me to
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52 this. Damned manipulating fat old-"
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53 After many wearying hours of this I decided I had had enough. It was time to step in.
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54 He stopped and stared up at me painfully. "Who the hell are you? And where did you come from?" He looked around,
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55 seeing nothing but miles of horizon.
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56 "I'm the guy who created you." I said, making my voice echo for effect.
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57 He worked this through his dehydrated brain for a long moment before replying, "God?"
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58 I laughed. "No. The writer."
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59 I made him understand, so as to save time and writing space. "You..." he said with growng realization. "You're the
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60 one responsible for all my troubles."
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61 I smiled conceitedly and nodded.
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62 I didn't think it possible. He still had enough energy to summon that stupid undefeatable sword of his. Blue fire
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63 tore the air as the blade arced for my neck. I raised a hand in its path and the blade shattered on contact. He stared
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64 in horror at the broken hilt in his hand. When he looked at me again I saw that he ws about to cry. He had no idea how
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65 good this made me feel. "Why?" he asked, in a broken voice.
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66 I considered, then decided to tell him the truth. "Because you're a nerd. You could have been great. You had the
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67 potential to become the greatest hero ever seen in electronic communications. But instead you became a pathetic,
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68 angst-ridden wretch. A nobody with a lot of power. Why do you think I sidetracked you? I'm going to bury you on this
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69 nowhere planet, and never let your name be mentioned again. Nonexistance is your fate."
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70 "No." he muttered. Great forces once thought exhausted built within his scrawney frame. Blue power crackled between
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71 his fists. He raised his hands and a bolt of incredible destructive force shot out. Quite predictable, actually. I
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72 raised my hand and the bolt bounced back, striking him down.
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73 I walked over and knelt beside his wheezing form. A great blackened burn covered his chest, which barely moved. His
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74 mouth tried to form words, but he had not the breath to speak.
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75 I smiled down at him, deciding to drive the stake in deeper. "Don't worry about Tariya. Her new husband is keeping
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76 er happy and well satisfied." I chuckled at the shock in his eyes. "More so than you ever could. They're expecting
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77 their first baby any day now. It *has* been about eleven months since you left her. It just took me this long to
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78 ecide what to do with you."
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79 He reached up and grasped my shirt collar with the strength of an infant. Tears of impotent rage ran down his
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80 cheeks. The wimp was actually crying again. I decided to finish it before I got sick.
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81 I tapped his forehead, and that was it. The power drained from his body instantly. Without the power to sustain
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82 him, his heart stopped and he expired quietly. Just a hunk of useless meat, which isn't really all that different from
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83 what he was in life.
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84 I got up and walked away quickly. My task done, I stepped out of the story.
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85 All that remained was a pitiful corpse, left to soon dry and rot away in the barren sands.
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86
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87 James Forster Mandell
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88 \\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\
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89 b. Feb. 17, 1960
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90 d. Dec. 25, 1986
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91 R.I.P.
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92
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93 Merry Christmas
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94 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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95 Woops! Not quite a perfect upload. Oh, well...
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96
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97
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98 WHO CARES?
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99 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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100 Huh! How Surrealist. I've no idea what it all means, though. The next entry
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101 should be interesting.
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102 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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103 *********************************************************************
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104 Winter rains and shorted phone lines.... sigh....
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105 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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106 #####################################################################
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107 The Innkeeper rode a dark and lonely road. The rain made a slippery
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108 mess of the road, and his well shod steed occasionally slippy in the
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109 water filled ruts. But on the Innkeeper rode. It would do no good to
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110 stop, there was no place really to stop. The rain drank up the light
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111 of his lantern, and what little it gave back was reflected at crazy
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112 angles making it very difficult to see. Sometimes a traveler could be
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113 seen passing in the opposite direction as evidenced by their own lights,
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114 But identification was not possible. Indeed, the very light from that
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115 same lantern often would blind the Innkeeper making it difficult to even
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116 see his own path. Cautiously he continued on, steering his steed to avoid
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117 the worse of the water filled ruts. It would be good to get home from
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118 the east mountain valley. This inceasent rain was dampening his spirits.
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119 He followed the river most of the way, passing through the port town
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120 on the bank of a small stream that feed the river, and soon he had
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121 passed through the town and moved on the familar road to home and the
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122 Inn. Easing his stead into the stables, he bedded him down for the night,
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123 and sloughed his weiry way to his rooms. Laying the packages down on a
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124 convient table, he sank into his favorite chair to ease his bones from
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125 the strenuous trip and soon was fast asleep.
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126 ######################### The Innkeeper ################################
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127 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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128 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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129
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130 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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131
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132 exerpt form "Sargent in sneakers"
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133
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134 The small bsand stood boldly on the
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135 delete
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136 The small band stood boldly at
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137 the top of a lush canion sorounded by
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138
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139 deaan ocean of dead valcanic rock.
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140 An endless sky displayed it's
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141 most vabrilient shade of blue like a
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142 bird in the spring. The tall white
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143 clowds raced like schoners from
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144 horizon.
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145
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146 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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147 look, I doubt that anyone would dis-
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148 agree that this story needs work, so
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149 I'll put it on paper nexti time before
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150 I put it on Backwater (or the Blue
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151 Parrot) and save you all some space.
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152
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153 ------<* Ashamed *>-------
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154 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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155 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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156
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157 goodby
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158
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159
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160
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161
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162 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
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163
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164 I HAVE ONLY THIS........
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165
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166 *****----------
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167 *****----------
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168 *****----------
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169 *****----------
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170 *****----------
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171 ---------------
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172 ---------------
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173 ---------------
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174
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175 GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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176
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177
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178
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179
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181 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
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182
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183 ------------------------------------
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184
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185 HEY, SKATER DUDE. YEA YOU!
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186
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187 HOW DO YOU GET TO THE POWER ROOM
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188 IN ADVENT X-5. EVERYWHERE I GO
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189 IT IS TOO DARK TO SEE.
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190
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191
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192 HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP.
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193
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194 A MAN CALLED GUMBY.
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195
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196 ------------------------------------
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197
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198 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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199 Security Strike (words: Cecilia A. Eng & Andrew Nisbet III,
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200 music: Barges)
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201
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202 Outside our cabins, listening in the hall
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203 We can hear the Captain's security call.
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204 Commanders wear gold, security wears red
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205 And we've noticed which ones wind up dead!
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206 Chorus: Captain, we don't want to go with you!
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207 Won't you choose some others from the crew?
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208 Captain, there is too much we can lose
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209 And we've got the Landing-Party Blues.
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210 Outside our cabins, listening in the hall
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211 We can hear the Captain's security call.
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212 Captain, you say that you're our only friend
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213 But we won't believe that line again!
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214 Chorus
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215 Outside our cabins, listening in the hall
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216 We can hear the Captain's security call.
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217 We think that we'd look good in Science-Blue
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218 And our transfer's on it's way to you.
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219 Chorus
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220 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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221 Captain Kirk: "Beam down a landing party. Spock, McCoy, myself, and
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222 three victims.... oops I mean Security."
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223 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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224 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
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225
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226 WELL IM BACKK
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227 TO A MAN CALLED GUMBY:
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228 HEY... HAVE YOU TRIED "ENTER"ING
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229 THE ELEVATOR ...
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230 TELL ME IF THAT IS YOUR YOUR PROBLEM.
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231
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232 WELL I GOT A NEW BOARD...
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233 ITS KILLER ... ITS A POWELL...
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234 ITS BLUE ...ITS A PER WENDILER...
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235
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236 I KNOW I KNOW... YOUVE NEVER HEARD OF
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237 IT...
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238 AND I GOT NEW TRUCKS TOO...
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239 THUNDER TRUCKS...
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240 SILVER....
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241 AND FOR CHRISTMAS I GOT BEARINGS...
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242 'SW' BEARINGS ...
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243 AND GRIP TAPE....
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244 BLACK....
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245 CUT UP AND PASTED ALL OVER MY BOARD...
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246 \_________
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247 O O
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248
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249 ......LATER.......
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250 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()())()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()SKATER DUDE(
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251
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252
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253
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254
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255 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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256 MIKEY - Welcome back to you and the Inn. I was almost frantic for a
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257 little while.
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258
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259 Carl/Cindi - Stop taking shots at the MMPI. It is a very good diagnostic
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260 tool, but has very little to say about writing being a
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261 sublimation of sexuality. If you are interested in more
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262 about the MMPI, contact me, as I have several excellent
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263 lay referneces on the subject, as well as a software
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264 package for administrarion and scoring of same.
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265
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266 All - Help !! Urgent need !!
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267 This is a serious inquiry. Have any of you out there had an
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268 OOBE ? Would you be willing to discuss it ? Is there a
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269 Parapsychology group on the system ? Serious request for
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270 help.
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271
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272 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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273
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274 ========================================
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275 SKATER DUDE is soooo cool. I love that
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276 boy. I wish I could grow up and be cool
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277 like him. I wish, I wish, I wish.
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278
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279 Billy Bob
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280 ========================================
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281 Due to the internal organisation of the musical work, the act of listening to
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282 it immobilizes passing time; it catches and unfolds it as one catches and
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283 enfolds a cloth flapping in the wind. It folllows that by listening to music,
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284 and while we are listening to it, we enter a kind of immortality.
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285 ----------------------------------------
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286 OOBE - Out Of Body Experience?
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287 ----------------------------------------
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288 ONCE I DIPT INTO THE FUTURE FAR AS HUMAN EYE COULD SEE,
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289 AND I SAW THE CHIEF FORECASTER, DEAD AS ANY ONE CAN BE--
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290 DEAD AND DAMNED AND SHUT IN HADES AS A LIAR FORM HIS BIRTH,
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291 WITH A RECORD OF UNREASON SELDOM PARALLELED ON EARTH.
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292 WHILE I LOOKED HE REAREDHIM SOLEMNLY, THAT INCADESCENT YOUTH,
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293 FROM THE COALS THAT HE'D PREFERRED TO THE ADVANTAGES OF TRUTH,
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294 HE CAST HIS EYES ABOUT HIM AND ABOVE HIM; THEN HE WROTE
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295 ON A SLAB OF THIN ASBESTOS WHAT I VENTURE HERE TO QUOTE-
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296 FOR I READ IT IN THE ROSE LIGHT OF THE EVERLASTING GLOW-
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297 "CLOUDY; VARIABLE WINDS, WITH LOCAL SHOWERS; COOLER; SNOW."
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298
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299 THE PHILOSOPHER-
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300 ******************************************************************************
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301 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.
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302 HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO
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303 WELL, I GOT MOST OF YOU.
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304 BUT THE REST ARE SOON TO FOLLOW.
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305 YOU WONT KNOW HOW.
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306 YOU WONT KNOW WHEN.
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307 BUT SANTAS STILL COMIN
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308 TO MAKE YOUR NEW YEAR,
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309 YOUR LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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310
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311 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO YOU ALL!
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312
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313 MAY YOUR STOMACH COME OUT NEXT
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314 TIME YOU SIT ON THE POT.=
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315
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316 BURN!!!!!!!
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317
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318 SANTA CLAUS.
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319 HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH
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320 another bright kid from the university doing research?
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321 hahahahahahahahahahahahar!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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322 Whether you're doing the shopping or falling madly in love - The Art Of Noise
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323 makes it all just that much more special!
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324 &&&& With lyrics like "I'll count those bars on the window.... One, Two, Three,
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325 Sleep." :-) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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326 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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327 OOBE <=> Out of Body Experience
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328 [][][][][][][][] F. [][][][[][[][]
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329 ###############################################################
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330 Friar:
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331
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332 Everyone knows that the MMPI is an anthropological dinosaur. I
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333 can't believe you bought a program to score it. The only reason
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334 it hasn't been declared obsolete is power psychiatric fuddy
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335 duddys desperately cling to it rather than learn anything new.
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336
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337 Even before the MMPI became obsolete it was of questionable
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338 value. Its norms are all based on mental patients which makes
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339 it virtually useless with a normal population. Why don't you
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340 look into the California Psychological Inventory (CPI); it's
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341 norms are at least based on the thinking of normal people.
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342
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343 I think it's time you got your thinking out of the dark ages.
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344 The next thing you know you'll be telling me that you actually
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345 believe it's significant if you fear catching germs off of
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346 door nobs. Hey, kiddo, that's where some of the best germ
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347 are gonna be found.
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348
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349 Cindi
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350 ############################################################
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351 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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352 If today is the first day of the rest of your life then
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353 what does that make tomorrow? ponder...think...ponder..
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354 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\Merlin/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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355
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356 ---------------------
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357 | |
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358 | |
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359 | What is brown |
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360 | and sounds like |
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361 | a bell? |
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362 | |
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363 | DUNG! |
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364 -----------------------
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365 BSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSA
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366 Let the Boy Scouts of America live long! True idealism
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367 at it's best, Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly,
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368 Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave,
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369 Clean, and Reverent.
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370 BSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSA
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371 <------------------------------------------------------------------------->
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372 THE KNIGHT'S CODE
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373
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374 "BE ALWAYS READY with your armor on, except when you are taking
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375 your rest at night.
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376 Defend the poor, and help them that cannot defend themselves.
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377 Do nothing to hurt or offend anyone else.
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378 Be prepared to fight in the defense of your country.
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379 At whatever you are working, try to win honor and a name for honesty.
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380 Never break your promise.
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381 Maintain the honor of your country with your life.
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382 Rather die honestly than live shamelessly.
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383 Chivalry requireth that youth should be trained to preform the most
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384 laborious and humble offices with cheerfulness and grace;
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385 and to do good unto others."
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386 <---------------------------The True Knight------------------------------->
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387 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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388 For Sale: Wizardry I, Proving
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389 Grounds of the Mad Overlord;
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390 for Apple //'s; legal copy;
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391 all documentation included;
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392 $35.00;originally paid $50.00;
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393 will also throw in The Serpent's
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394 Star, a graphics/text adventure
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395 game, excellant graphics, an
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396 adventure to find a fabelled
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397 monastery in Tibet...
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398 Leave a msg. here or on
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399 the following BBS's:
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400 Applephilia
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401 PSG Portland_Fido
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402 Sean McKay
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403 ----------
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404 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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405 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-%%%%%%**%%%%%%%%e%%%%%%%%%%%%%**
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406 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
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407
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408 AMEN TO THE BOY SCOUT.
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409 THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT BOY SCOUTS
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410 SHOULD REREAD THAT MESSAGE.
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411 IT TELLS ALOT ABOUT AMERICA.
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412
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413
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414
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415
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416 *****----------
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417 *****----------
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418 *****----------
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419 *****----------
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420 ---------------
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421 ---------------
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422 ---------------
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423
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424 A TRUE AMERICAN
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426 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
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427 ----------------------------------------------------------
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428 The Story of Jasmine
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429 Crossing an old bridge the wandering maiden sesssm
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430 miss, but too late. She is startled by the sudden appaac f
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431 They bark out a rude greeting which she ignores. Withotrso
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432 ckens her pace.
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433 "Abit unfriendly, ain't you now?" one man remarsflo
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434 "But were real friendly"... He pulls off her cloakwtav
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435 rk. She wheels aud defiantly and with proper indignaincmad
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436 "Unhand me, you scum!"
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437 The two cutthroats are taken aback and do not conceal hi u
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438 "Why, she's a blinkin' lady -- VARY particular."
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439 "... and rude!" The other adds.
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440 "Just leave me alone." she snaps and begins a ure
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441 e plant themselves in her path and mock her as she trist o
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442 "What's the matter, your worship, don't you wan oas
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443 ith the likes of us?" They grab her and shove her off h an
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444 "Why are you doing this?"she cries as rough hand aeh
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445 "Soft skin -- she's never had to work a day i e ie
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446 His companion winked, "She'll work tonight thog!
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447 ther, they begin to peel off her clothes and laugh at e eb
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448 free herself. In desperation, she tightly clasps thepuho
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449 petals around her neck. Their sadistic cat and mouse gm es
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450 the black ring of Emeth captures their attention...
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451 he fascination of the glowing ring leaves her tormentr plb
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452 al moments. Although terrified, the half-naked maiden ezst
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453 oppurtunity to compose herself.
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454 "What's this?" They ask themselves, the blue luse ft
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455 gleaming in their greedy eyes.
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456 "It's your death!" She replies boldly. She brek h
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457 puch around her neck and thrusts it towards them,
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458 "touch me again and you and your wickedness wil r i
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459 the contents of this purse!..."
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460 But she'd found her courage too late. Calling her bluf,te
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461 apart the small purse, allowing a rain of white petal ofl
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462 With a quick blow, a laughing head falls from its shoudr n
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463 t. The same swing buries the battle-axe in the chest o i o
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464 With a grim expression, a dwarf wields his weapon agai n i
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465 ng up from the decapitated bodies, the warrior-dwarf rgrst
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466 face of the maiden.
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467 "Well -- who do you belong to Speak up, lass!"
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468 He is perturbed: "What are you -- bull-headed, or justpans
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469 Either way it don't matter. The wilderness is NOpaef
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470 O, I had hlaf a mind to let them rape and kill yu..
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471 glances back at him but says nothing.
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472 continues his ranting: "If that's all the thanks I ge .Il
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473 way..."
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474 He wipes the blood off the blade of his axe. Next, he erhs
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475 luables. In the dim light of the setting sun, he is unue u
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476 pear brittle and withered as if severely burned.
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477 Remembering her last words, he grow wary of her.
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478 "Who ARE you?" He asks, keeping a firm grip on hswao
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479 a witch.
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480 e answers in a soft whisper, "Jasmine."
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481 ----------------------------------------------------------
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482 Bitch! Sorry folks, it didn't download right... Oh well,
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483 I'll try it again later... sorry!
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484 (The Dwarf)
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485 TDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTD
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486 DONT CUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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487 DONT CUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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488
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489 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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490 It had been a long time since she had visited the Inn, but the rain
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491 outside began whipping people, and she hoped for still waters. It had
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492 changed some but was still the same. She hid herself in her dark cloak
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493 and the hood was up to protect her from strangers. True, the Inn was
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494 filled with strangers. Not a single face remembered. "Strangers?",
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495 she wondered, "or new costumes?" She couldn't tell. "They must be
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496 strangers." She turned around slowly. "At least to me."
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497 Politics raged in one corner, patriarchs. She moved away. She took
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498 a drink and went over to the fire, noticing a stool that had once been
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499 occupied by a true friend. The chair had once seated a piper now seat a
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500 boy scout? Not even the old guard was resting, while scribbling notes in
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501 a corner. What of he that tried to weave dark with light?
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502 She nursed her drink. The fire crackled with life. "Flames do not
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503 die like people," she mumbled to herself, "they burn into our memories
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504 good and bad. Like this one, jumping and sparkling, casting an array
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505 of shadows about the room. Celebrating life, even when all I know is
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506 gone. I should dance with it." But she did not. She only glanced
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507 around the room with tired eyes, as if she had grown old.
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508 Pegs on the wall for clothing. No coats she recognized. She looked
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509 down at her feet. Faint stains of blood could be seen beneath her shoes.
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510 An old friend. "I guess it's time we get moving," she said to her feet.
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511 She stood to leave. Gave one last look around... maybe even the ghost
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512 of one other friend. They hadn't seen each other for a long time. Perhaps
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513 the woman was gone. Sure enough, she was...
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514 As she was leaving, she looked down to see the Innkeeper fast asleep in
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515 a great chair. She could hardly contain her delight. How had she missed
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516 him? "Well," she said to the unconscious man, not expecting him to answer,
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517 "it has been along time!"
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518 The Innkeeper stirred in his sleep, but did not wake. She thought
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519 about nudging him, then realizing how rude that would be and how tired he
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520 looked, decided against it. She turned to leave, then stopped and sat
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521 back in the shadows to wait for him.
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522 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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523 ___________________________________
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524 | |
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525 | How many ethiopians |
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526
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527 | can you put in a |
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528 | bathtub? |
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529 |
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530 | nobody knows, they keep |
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531 | going down the drain... |
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532 | |
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533 |_________________________________|
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534
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536 | o |
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543 o o
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544 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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545 R.P.G. enthusiasts...
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546 Are you interested in playing a capaign of Traveller? If so please
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547 leave a message here or on The Blue Parrot.
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548 Merlin *
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549
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550 Wolvrerines in the heart of the winter chill . . .
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551
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552 of darkness to arrive,
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553 and for the feast to begin......
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554 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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555 .-.-.-.-.Happy.New.Year.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.EmuLurk
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556 As he approached the Inn, he felt a familar aura. A true lady, obviously,
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557 but which? Pam? She had long been absent. D? She had been absent even
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558 longer. He couldn't quite make it out. Only one remedy! He opened the door.
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559 ..............................the apprentice...............................
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560 ########################################################################
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561 The Innkeeper stired in his sleep. The warmth of the Inn's fire felt good
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562 after such a long and tiring trip. As consiousness slowly returned, he
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563 felt a pressure in the back of his head ever so slight. Someone was
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564 watching him from the shadows. Not for any foul deed, no it didn't feel
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565 that way...no, just the opposite...a friend, one I know...wakefulness
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566 comes finally, and with it the loss of 'sense'. But the knowledge
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567 remains. Opening his eyes, he looks about but doesn't see anything.
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568 Hmmm could I be wrong? Stretching, he works the kinks out of muscles and
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569 joints to the accomplement of various pops and snaps. Finishing it all
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570 off with a long sigh.... But the presense is still there. How he knew he
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571 was wasn't sure, maybe he could hear a slight movement, or the slight
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572 sound of breathing. Turning sharply he moved in the direction of the
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573 feeling. "Aha!" He cries out. "So it is you." Welcome to this humble
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574 establishment we call the Inn. What can I serve you?"
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575 ######################### The Innkeeper ##################################
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576 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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577 That feeling ? There it is. The Rowan tree was shaking ever so
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578 slightly in the heavy rain. More a sensation than a movement. I
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579 will wait and see on that, but this other requires a response.
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580
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581 Cindi - The MMPI is out of date, but the methods used to generate the
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582 normative curves are not quite as you have heard. The 'normal' people
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583 were friends and relatives of the patients, not the patients. The
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584 abberations were of the patients, and were statistically valid.
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585 Point the second - I did not purchase, but rather have developed a
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586 scoring module. One must earn a living to support nights of revelry
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587 in the Inn.
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588
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589 All - again my serious plea about OOBEs. (Although, on introspection
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590 I feel that coming here is really a sort of OOBE. What do you think,
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591 Mr. Inkkeper?)
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592
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593 Another B&B Mr. Innkeeper, as I must savor it until Mr. Rayguns imperiousness
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594 has priced it beyond my reach. (200 percent tariff indeed. If the
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595 colonists hated taxation without representation, they should have seen it
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596 with)
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597
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598 Happy or sad new year to all, as you wish.
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599
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600 [][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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601
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602 Can you tell me the purpose of this BBS? I found the number in the
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603 PC World listing?
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604
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605 #########################################################################
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606 A slight rumbling could be felt in the floor boards of the Inn.
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607 A high pitch whine emitted from behind a ragged curtain in the back
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608 of the Inn. Disturbed, several patrons hurried to the curtain that
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609 covered the now well know metal door in the back of the Inn. Pulling it
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610 aside, they could see a change had occured. The door had turned color
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611 to a light brown. But most disturbing was that cracks had appeared
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612 around the edges of the door and light could be seen shinning through
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613 them, a white light unlike any had seen before. The openings of course
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614 also allowed the noises that had been going on behind the door to increase
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615 to a louder volume. This caused much concern and gave the patrons
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616 much to talk about. "An interesting way to start the new year" bard was
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617 heard to say. "But how?" said another, "What does it mean?"
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618 ########################## The Innkeeper ################################
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619 And to all of you, the very best to you in the year ahead. Mikey
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620 ************************************************************************
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621 [][][][][][][][][][][][][]][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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622 My drink was forgotten in my hand as the floor rumbled. A couple
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623 of patrons looked at me for help. (They did not know that I was
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624 a friar of agnostics, not christians.) I assured them that they
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625 should save themselves. Over the excitement, I could still feel a
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626 creeping sensation in the air, that someone was there that had been
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627 before. Maybe I was wrong.
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628 We all sat down to welcome in the new year. It being my third new
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629 year at the inn. How many have there been for others ? [][] Friar [][]
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TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 629
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