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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* INSTALLED: 3 AUG 87 ****************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$**************************************************************************
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5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' 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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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/03/87 00:24 Msg:524 Call:3402 Lines:4
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20 The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled
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21 saucepan does not reach 212 degrees F.
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22 *********************************************************************
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23
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25 ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^
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26 |= | \/ | /| / |-
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27 | |_ / | / |/ |_= #0gf!$#
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28 ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^
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29 a perverse little nursery rhyme to fill the void between the blanks:
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30
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31 Blabilly dingolwad scoldupence thrupernong
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32 Jimemeny quaker start allready nought
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33 Ark a bald barrelsnort rubbery nugget
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34 Biscuit wife rapeready farthing a port
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35
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36 O commence common sense black market logic
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37 Fairly hurled algebras glossed well and seen
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38 Spinnaker shoelace men tied up for discipline
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39 Commerce is dribbling out of thier spleens
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40
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41 Omnipotent ombudsmen chant static mantras
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42 Dancing through rituals designed to impress
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43 The cattle prod cowboys along crowded sidewalks
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44 Where they are leading them anyones guess
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45
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46 Militant billybents rub against filaments
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47 Spilling the condiments causing a scene
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48 Flatulent slider slimes up a long cider
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49 Dripping the dankness down wetting day dreams
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50
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51 Clairvoyent viruses inform the butchers wife
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52 Telling her all the cuts that will sell best
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53 She risks her precious life avoiding consumer strife
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54 Carving the marrow out discounting the rest
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55
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56 Anonomous sequesterers semaphore cymbals
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57 To signify rythm with none of the means
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58 Taxonomists struggle naming the rubble
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59 One of them labels and one of them cleans
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60
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61 Capital spanish meant all meat had since been sent
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62 Unproved by cover bent scared and freed mean
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63 The old moneys storing the ox is a moron
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64 Some antics are tactics but others obscene
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65
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66 #0gf!$# #0gf!$# #0gf!$# #0gf!$# #0gf!$# #0gf!$# #0gf!$# ^(flying)~
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67 ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^
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004=Usr:31 09/03/87 20:04 Msg:529 Call:3427 Lines:1
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68 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Doclurk
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005=Usr:11 09/04/87 22:38 Msg:530 Call:3446 Lines:2
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69 So, if you are a doctor, why don't you go heal thyself!!!
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70 Take two, and rub it in the morning... Tsk Tsk....
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006=Usr:112 09/04/87 23:05 Msg:531 Call:3448 Lines:14
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71 Hello to all BMS users a friend of mine and fellow computer enthusiast
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72 has got his bulletin board up and running again. Well here goes:
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73 The name is Outer Galaxy BBS System it is three hunded or twelve hundred baud.
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74 It is a commodore based system I believe With over a meg of free downloads
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75 available to commodore users. I own and use a IBM-AT but the message and story
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76 sections really were going reat until it went down three months ago. The phone
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77 number is (503) {portland} 255-xxxx Free! 24 hours a day! Just call and registe
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78 r and sysop will validate. Pretty good bbs for a Commodore based bbs system.
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79 No graphic modes available. 255-xxxx! Whew!
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80 Thank-you for the ad space!
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81 back on-line 09-04-87
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82 9:00 pm
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83 [A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A
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84 ===============================================================================
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007=Usr:128 09/04/87 23:48 Msg:532 Call:3450 Lines:20
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85 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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86 The piper sat crosslegged in the drying bracken, the golden hemp cord
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87 playing between his fingers as he wound it slowly around the lower joint
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88 of the bass drone of his disassembled pipes. Fitting the upper sections
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89 on, he moved it slowly, nodding to see that it fit snugly. It should do.
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90 With a quick half-hitch he secured the end of the cord and bit it off.
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91 The pipes assembled quickly. First the bag into the cover, stocks through
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92 their respective holes. The bass drone on the inside, then the two tenors,
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93 and the blowpipe. Finally he fitted the chanter into the neck of the bag,
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94 twisted it so the finger holes fell naturally under the second joints of his
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95 fingers. Resting the bass drone on his shoulder, he filled the bag with two
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96 deep breaths and started the pipes with a quick pressure of his left hand.
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97 Fingers dancing a merry tune he once more started walking down the seemingly
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98 endless road that streched before him. Behind the road left the past --
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99 heartbreak and comradesip. Before streched the future. Leaves rustled,
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100 unheard, and gold eyes started accusingly from a hiding place. A small cat
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101 looked quite disgruntled at the racket that was ruining her hunting.
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102 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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103
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008=Usr:67 09/05/87 01:32 Msg:533 Call:3452 Lines:4
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105 &)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)
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106 IN THE BEGINING THERE WAS NOTHING. NOW TELL ME WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
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107 WE ALL END UP WITH NOTHING AND MOST OF US HAVE NOTHING.
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108 &)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&))&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&))&&)&)&))&)&)&)&)&)&))
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009=Usr:67 09/05/87 13:41 Msg:534 Call:3464 Lines:5
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109 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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110 DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY WHEN EVER YOU SPEND A LITTLE TIME WAITING
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111 FOR SOMEONE TO GET OFF OF A SYSTEM YOU LOG ON AND THERE ARE NO NEW
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112 MESSAGES?
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113 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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010=Usr:130 09/05/87 23:30 Msg:535 Call:3482 Lines:94
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114 <o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o>
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115 When did it start? I'm not sure exactly. I remember seeing her a
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116 few times, another face in the crowd. But something about her caused me
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117 to remember her, and the next time I saw her I remembered that I had
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118 seen her before. Not unusual, but not normal either.
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119 There was something about her that interested me. I saw her a few
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120 more times, then one day I found myself standing behind her as she stood
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121 between conversations at a gathering. On an impulse I quietly said
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122 "Boo..." She jumped slightly, then turned around to see who had intruded
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123 on her thoughts. I smiled and introduced myself.
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124 "I've seen you around these places before," I said. "I just thought
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125 I'd introduce myself and say hi." With that I stood there wondering at
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126 her response. Would she snub me? Would she laugh at me? Would she
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127 turn away?
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128 "Oh hi! Yes, aren't these things boring? I sometimes wonder why I
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129 come to them."
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130 Now I was caught off gaurd, I was not expecting to receive a warm
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131 response. I'm not sure why. I found myself at a loss for words to
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132 respond. She seemed interested enough to want to talk, and I found
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133 myself even more interested in her. I hate these things, I never know
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134 what to say, and usually I seem to end up saying something that leaves a
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135 bad impression.
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136 Somehow I managed to stumble my way past the first few seconds
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137 without turning her off completely. After a few minutes we moved over
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138 to a couch and sat down. We talked on for a couple of hours finding
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139 great enjoyment in the conversation. In the end we parted company as
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140 friends.
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141 A few weeks later I met her again. This time it went easier as we
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142 both knew each other and didn't worry about finding each other borish.
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143 We talked into the night not realizing the passage of time. Reluctantly
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144 we parted company again.
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145 The next couple of times we didn't talk as long, maybe being afraid
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146 of being embarassed about not being aware of the time. Finally there
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147 came a time when I asked if I could see her under less formal
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148 conditions. She declined saying that she had a live-in friend and
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149 didn't want to disturb that relationship...I was crushed.
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150 I felt like I had just run off a cliff and now I was just waiting
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151 for gravity to recognise that I had done so and pull me crashing to
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152 earth.
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153 I then did what I later realized to be the wrong thing, I pushed
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154 for the meeting anyway. In time she allowed it to happen. I don't know
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155 if it was that she found me interesting enough to want to communicate at
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156 a closer level, or if she just gave in to my constant pressure.
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157 We began to meet after work in a quiet little cafe'. I enjoyed
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158 those times we shared greatly. In time I found myself falling in love
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159 with her. One day I confessed my feelings to her.
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160 At first she just passed it off as unimportant. Then when she
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161 realized that I was serious, she told me not to love her because she
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162 could never love me. She enjoyed the friendship, but that was it.
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163 That was the beginning of the end. After that she became more
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164 distant and unresponsive. I found myself placing pressure on her to
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165 return to the degree of friendship and closness that we had before, but
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166 it only distanced her farther.
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167 Anger began to slip into our conversations. I could see what was
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168 happening and where it was going. I didn't want it to go that way, but
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169 I became less and less able to do anything to stop it. The breakup was
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170 gathering its own speed about it. It was only a matter of time.
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171 Finally it came to a time that no matter what I said she took it as
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172 a negative offense to her, and the conversations began to end in a
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173 shouting match. A few weeks later she said that she was not going to
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174 meet me anymore, that it was getting to difficult for her to handle the
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175 negativeness of it all. I said that I understood. Logically I
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176 understood, but deep down inside I didn't. Why was this happening?
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177 I left feeling depressed and lonely. A part of me had been ripped
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178 out of my gut, leaving me empty and without purpose. Gravity had
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179 finally achieved its goal and slammed me into the earth.
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180 I met her a few times after that. But finally she came no more, I
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181 asked around, but she was gone. Then one last day I was walking by the
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182 little cafe'... and there she was. I went in.
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183 She had been waiting for me, hoping I would pass by and see her.
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184 We talked a bit, and she told me that she had moved. Things had gotten
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185 to difficult for her and she was unable to deal with them anymore so she
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186 moved away.
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187 She said she would like to continue the friendship, and even went
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188 so far as to make plans on how to do so, but nothing ever came of it.
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189 I guess I'm not all that surprised. It was always like her to make
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190 promises that she would never keep.
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191 I haven't seen or heard from her since, and I doubt that I will.
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192 She has moved on to a different life. I still think about her now and
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193 then. I wonder if things had been different if it would have worked
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194 out. And secretly deep inside there are times when I still hope that
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195 she will change her mind, that she will let me see her again.
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196 Soemtimes I wake up in the middle of the night, looking into the
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197 darkness, and I wonder if she even remembers me. I wonder if she even
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198 cares.
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199 I roll over, pull the covers closer about me, and try to go back to
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200 sleep. But sleep is elusive tonight. The darkness crowds about me,
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201 echoing and amplifying my loneliness. Can I ever accept that she is
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202 gone? Will I ever be able to put her behind me? Will I ever be able to
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203 find the love I feel for her in someone else? Will I ever feel the joy
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204 that I felt with her again?
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205 Sleep comes in ragged gasps, and finally it is light... morning...
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206 time to get up and go on living.
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207 <o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o>
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011=Usr:67 09/06/87 03:22 Msg:536 Call:3486 Lines:17
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208 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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209 THE THUNDER OF HIS HEARTBEAT IN MY EARS
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210 THE LINES OF HIS BODY SO FINE
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211 THE TEASING, DARK CURL OF HIS MANE
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212 THE FLASH OF HIS EYES ON MINE.
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213
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214 A TWIST OF VULNERABILITY AND STRENGTH
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215 A LITTLE STRANGE, BUT CHARMING
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216 ANGER THAT FREEZES, TEARS THAT BURN
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217 A SMILE OF LOVE, SO DISARMING.
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218
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219 INTELLIGIENCE TEMPERED BY IGNORANCE
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220 A WINK FULL OF PLAYFUL MYSTERY
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221 PASSION TO A PERFECT FLAW
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222 A LOOK THAT'S JUST FOR ME
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223
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224 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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012=Usr:23 09/06/87 21:37 Msg:537 Call:3504 Lines:97
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225 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
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226 Grann emerged from the Playful Porpoise with mixed feelings.
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227 The feeling that Milchar was nearby haunted him. He moved among the
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228 villagers that hurried home in the fading sunlight, until at last he
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229 came upon a small secluded clearing outside of the village where he
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230 could concentrate without distraction.
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231 The spell came easily, expanding Grann's awareness at an
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232 exponential rate. Auras welled up from his surroundings, identifying
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233 the source of Grann's trepidation.
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234 Milchar.
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235 He stood nearby, facing the gnome. His bright blue robes
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236 sparkled in the sunset. Even when viewed through the Sorceror's
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237 Sight spell Grann had cast, Milchar was transparent. He did not
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238 speak, but at last communicated.
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239 #Hello, Grann.# Milchar's features expressed sadness, dispair.
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240 "Master...I was told you may be..."
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241 #Never mind me, Grann. I am not important any more, a part of
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242 a period that shall never return. I came to warn you, before it is too
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243 late...#
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244 "Late for what, master? I do not understand."
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245 #The muliverse is restructuring itself. The reality that was
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246 known as Innisfall is no more, and worlds move to fill the gap. The
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247 shuffling is creating Ether Eddies, Convolutions, and worse. Entire
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248 time lines are being rebuilt. This is the largest disturbance to occur
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249 in millennia. It will spread until it spends itself upon the infinite
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250 reaches of space and time, and you must flee the effects.#
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251 "To where? I am lost, master... and the Razor's Edge is no
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252 longer able to sail."
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253 Suddenly, A blinding surge of energy poured into the clearing,
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254 blinding Grann's enhanced sight for a moment. Morwin stepped from the
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255 light, followed closely by a rather large green demon who followed at
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256 a respectable distance.
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257 "I see that your apprentice has discovered you at last,
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258 brother, as I knew he would."
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259 #Begone, Morwin, evil brother. Even now I can destroy you.
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260 Begone, else you shall regret your very existence.#
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261 Grann had never seen his master so angry. He was so shocked
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262 by this that he failed to note the wind, which began to pick up, and
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263 the clouds, which darkened perceptibly. The sunlight was all but gone,
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264 and the clearing was lit only by the flamelets that flowed from
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265 the skin of Morwin's demon.
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266 Morwin raised an eyebrow to this. "Can you now? Cynthia is
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267 not here to back you up, and your body no longer exists. How much
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268 longer can your soul endure? A day? I'll wager less!"
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269 In a blink, Morwin gestured to the demon and at the same time
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270 flung a ball of blinding red fire at Milchar's soul-self. The demon
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271 lept at Grann, teeth bared, slime dripping from its mouth.
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272 Without thought, without feeling, Grann reacted. Using
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273 resources he hadn't realized he possessed, Grann dispensed with
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274 finesse. He flung Chaos before him.
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275 The demon died without realizing what happened. Morwin, on the
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276 other hand, became visibly nervous. Milchar looked on, unaffected by
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277 the searing flame, which seemed to have disappeared. The door to Chaos
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278 Grann had instinctively summoned floated before the gnome, nibbling
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279 slightly upon the the earth below it.
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280 #Are you so sure of yourself now, Morwin? My friend has
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281 newly awakened abilities... Now, Morwin, meet Grann, mage of travelcraft.#
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282 Grann didn't beleive what he was hearing. Mage? He was just
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283 an apprentice... wasn't he?
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284 Morwin's face was contorted with rage. A crimson door opened
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285 behind him, letting several points of light flit through. These
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286 sped toward Grann, attempting to surround him. Morwin's laughter rang
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287 out into the night as he flung another fire ball, not at Milchar, but
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288 at Grann. "Your apprentice shan't live long enough to help you,
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289 hated brother! His ashes shall be placed in a vase to adorn my chamber!"
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290 The sky darkened yet more.
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291 A combination flip and twist, and space before Grann distorted
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292 instantly. The fireball returned to Morwin. Simultaneously, the
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293 points of light completed their circle about Grann. Instantly, each
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294 transformed into a nine-foot green-yellow mass of muscle, fur, and
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295 most of all, teeth and claws.
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296 #BEWARE! The storm arrives!#
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297 Morwin did not hear. His body lay burnt upon the charred
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298 grass of the clearing, destroyed by his own fire.
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299 The sky now was red, and black, boiling clouds swept toward them
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300 all at a terrific pace. The Ether Eddy ate all it passed over,
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301 tearing it to unrecogizable bits before allowing space to reassemble
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302 something from the Chaos.
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303 The demons fled, to no purpose but to prolong life a few more
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304 seconds.
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305 Grann sunk to his knees, nearly exhausted from his exertions.
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306 Never before had he channeled such power. Perhaps Milchar had something
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307 to do with his increased power? Yes, that was it. But it was a moot
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308 point, as the clouds advanced, eating the edge of the clearing...
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309 Grann became disoriented, then fell unconscious.
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310 !^!^!^!^!^!^!
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311 Grann awoke upon a familiar bed. As his eyes came into focus,
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312 he recognized his own chambers, in his own world. A half hour went
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313 by before a servant came in to dust the room, and dropped the duster
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314 at the sight of her master, missing for weeks, collapsed upon his bed.
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315 Grann failed to notice. His thoughts were of his friend
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316 Milchar, who he somehow knew he would never see again. Grann took a
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317 few moments to silently thank his old master for saving him from
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318 death, and bringing him back to his home... and Silvi. In moments,
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319 he heard her bright voice calling him, and he rose to greet her.
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320 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! Grann !^!^!^!^!^! Sept. 6, 1987 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
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321
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013=Usr:67 09/07/87 03:33 Msg:538 Call:3511 Lines:60
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322 &)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)
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323 IN THE DARKNESS HE COULD HEAR THE CRICKETS CHIRPING
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324 THEIR NIGHTLY ORCHESTRA WITHOUT A FLAW.
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325 HE GOT UP AND MOVED AROUND A BIT.
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326 THE MUSIC STOPPED.
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327 HE STOOD STILL AS IF BEGGING FOR MORE.
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328
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329 THE CRICKETS PLAYED ON WITH STYLE AND GRACE.
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330 IT WASN'T OFTEN THEY HAD AND AUDIENCE.
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331 HE LAID DOWN AGAIN.
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332 THIS TIME HIS ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TOWARDS THE SKY.
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333
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334 AN ETERNAL MURAL OF THE GODS AND MORTAL FANTASIES.
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335 UNICORNS AND MAIDENS, ORION WAS ON THE HUNT.
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336 SLEEP WAS COMING CLOSER.
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337 BUT HE DID NOT WANT THE BEAUTY TO END.
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338@ BUT SLEEP WAS THE VICTOR OF THIS BATTLE,
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339 SLEEP WAS THE VICTOR OF THIS BATTLE,
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340 BUT THE WAR WAS NOT YET WON.
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341
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342 HE DREAMT OF WALKING THROUGH THE GLADE
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343 AND PAST A BABBLING BROOK.
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344 SUDDENLY TERROR FILLED HIS EYES.
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345 FOR IN THE BROOK WAS AN OLD TIRE, A TIN CAN, AND A SHOE.
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346
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347 HE WALKED FARTHER UP THE PATH.
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348 HE SAW A HOUSE. THEN ANOTHER, AND THEN ANOTHER.
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349 THE HOUSES BECAME LARGER AND MORE FREQUENT.
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350 HOUSES TURNED INTO SKYRISES AND FACTORIES.
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351 THE CRICKET'S ORCHESTRA TO SHOUTING, AND A
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352 UNRECOGNIZABLE SONG COMING OUT OF A RADIO
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353 TOO LARGE TO BE CALLED PORTABLE.
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354
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355 THE SHOCK WAS TOO MUCH.
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356 HIS HEAD BEGAN TO SPIN. THE WORLD HAD SUDDENLY GONE MAD
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357 SPINNING OFF IT'S AXIS.
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358 HE FELL.
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359 HE AWOKE WITH A START.
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360 THE SUN WAS OUT AND FRESH DEW WAS ON THE GROUND.
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361 THE CRICKETS WERE GONE, BUT WERE REPLACED BY
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362 A ROBIN OR TWO.
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363
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364 THE BEAUTY HAD NOT ENDED, IT JUST CHANGED A BIT.
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365 IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE.
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366 "TOO BAD",HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF.
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367 HE HAD GROWN TO LIKE IT HERE.
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368 HE ROLLED UP HIS BLANKET, PACKED HIS PACK
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369 AND STARTED GRUDGINGLY ON HIS WAY.
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370
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371 HE CAME TO A GLADE AND PASSED A BABBLING BROOK.
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372 SUDDENLY TERROR FILLED HIS EYES.
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373 FOR IN THE BROOK WAS AN
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374 OLD TIRE,
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375 A TIN CAN
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376 AND A SHOE...
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377
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378 &)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)
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379@
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380@ ALAN KENNEDY
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381@ ALAN KENNEDY
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014=Usr:46 09/07/87 11:46 Msg:539 Call:3516 Lines:1
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382 <o>: Excellent entry!
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015=Usr:67 09/07/87 13:31 Msg:540 Call:3519 Lines:1
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383 &)&)&):THANK YOU.
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016=Usr:105 09/07/87 13:52 Msg:541 Call:3520 Lines:29
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384 :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):))
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385
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386 A KISS ON THE SPINE, A BOTTLE OF WINE
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387 CAN DO THINGS WE NEVER KNEW
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388 NO NEED TO VE ROUGH TO PROVE THAT YOU'RE TOUGH
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389 SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO.
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390
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391 SOMETEMES I'M WILD, IF ONLY A CHILD
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392 AND OTHERS I'M OLDER THAN TIME
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393@ I APPRETIATION FOR A STRANGE SENSATION
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394 MY APPRETIATION FOR A STRANGE SENSATION
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395 CAN TURN MY ATTITUDE ON A DIME.
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396
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397 YOU CAN BE THE MOON, AND THE RAGING MONSOON
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398 AND I'LL BE THE ROSE OF RED
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399 MY FASCINATION IS MY EXPLANATION
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400 MY EXCUSE FOR THE LIFE I HAVE LED.
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401
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402 I LIKE TO DANCE, AND A LITTLE ROMANCE
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403@ A WHIT HORSE TO BE MY PRINCE
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404 A WHITE HORSE TO BE MY PRINCE
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405 IT'S YOUR MOVE, AND THAT WILL PROVE
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406 I'M NOT ALL THAT HARD TO CONVINCE.
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407
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408 THERE'S MUCH MORE TO ME THAN YOU'LL EVER SEE
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409 IN MY WANDERING BLUE EYES
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410 LOOK CAREFULLY AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE
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411 BUT DON'T ASK THE WHEREFORES OR WHYS.
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412 :)*):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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017=Usr:41 09/07/87 18:33 Msg:542 Call:3529 Lines:37
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413 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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414
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415 The Sage looked out of the gaping window space. No pane was inserted
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416 into this new house. Clarity of vision striking him, he thought about the
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417 dingy windows that were outside this one. To imagine the people staring out
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418 their window panes, their rooms obscuring their views, was unsettling.
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419 Realizing how folly it was to wish for a view without a room, while inside
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420 his own house, he put on an overcoat and took to the pathway leading away
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421 from the house.
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422
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423 For a few minutes he struggled with the question of putting on his
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424 glasses. After he had put the twisted wires over his ears and the bridge of
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425 the nose, he spied what he at first thought was shack. Approaching it was
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426 difficult. Brambles had overgrown the beaten path to it. Despite the crisp
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427 detail he regarded each branch of throns with, he had to leap over the
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428 majority and take to a follen tree trunk to make his way. All of a sudden,
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429 there he was.
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430
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431 The place was still. Serenity belied by the aging wood shack. The planks
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432 and boards used to construct the thing had lost the seasoned color of wood.
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433 They more resembled ash than wood now, having weathered a vast number of
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434 hours in the forest. One squared off chunk of wood rested on the porch, a
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435 corner dipped into the plank it had cracked when it fell from hanging above
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436 the door. On it was etched, "The Blossom's Lair".
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437
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438 The scene was just as still, but as observed from the window frames of
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439 the Sage's eyelids, the place was a seething ferment of memories. The sun
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440 seemed dimmer, behind the clouds. The trees started to seem like hiding
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441 places for the deranged to prowl through. What's worse, his own legs started
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442 to seem like gentle branches that would collapse under the weight of his
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443 burdensome recollection.
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444
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445 He fell to one knee, and then his face was into the leaves and twigs of
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446 the forest floor. Sprawled out on the face of the Earth, he went into a
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447 perspiring, weeping sleep.
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448
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449 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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018=Usr:31 09/07/87 23:17 Msg:543 Call:3538 Lines:1
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450 ??????????????????? My God! ????????????????????????????????? Doclurk
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019=Usr:105 09/08/87 01:46 Msg:544 Call:3542 Lines:32
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451@:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)::)
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452@DE
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453@BOT
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454@:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):))
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455 WHAT IF?
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456
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457 WHAT IF I WAS TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU?
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458 AND YOU REMAIN DEAR TO MY DREAMS
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459 YOU LEAD ME ALONG THE ROAD OF LIFE
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460 BUT MY SILENCE IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
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461
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462 YOU ARE YOUR OWN SELF; THAT ALONE RESTRAINS
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463 MY HARD HELD, LONG PENT-UP WORDS
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464@FROM BURSTING BONDS, BREAKING CHAINS,
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465 FROM BURSTING BONDS, BREAKING CHAINS
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466 AND CASTING OUR FRIENDSHIP TO SHARDS.
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467
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468 THOUGH NO PERFECT MATCH MAY EXIST
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469 FOR THAT, THE WORLD IS TOO STARK
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470 WE COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER'S WAYS
|
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471 I LOUD AND BRIGHT, YOU SILENT AND DARK.
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472
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473 OUR HANDS LOCK, OUR FINGERS ENTWINE
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474 THE FORETELLING OF WHERE FUTURE HAS LAIN
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475 THE HANDHOLD HAS MEANING; THE PRESSURE
|
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476 SHOWING STRENGTH, PROMISE WITHOUT PAIN.
|
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477 YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT READY JUST YET
|
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478 THAT FOR RIGHT NOW YOU ARE THROUGH
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479 THOUGH I KNOW THE DECISION MUST BE YOURS ALONE
|
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480 WHAT IF I WAS TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU?
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481 :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):))
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482 :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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020=Usr:53 09/08/87 10:36 Msg:545 Call:3548 Lines:3
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483 .-<>-. prince dragon
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484 all i can say is wow!
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485 .-<>-.
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021=Usr:67 09/08/87 16:53 Msg:546 Call:3572 Lines:1
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486 &)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)
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022=Usr:67 09/08/87 18:17 Msg:547 Call:3573 Lines:46
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487 I SEE YOU
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488 I WANT YOU
|
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489 BUT I CAN NOT HAVE YOU
|
||
490 YOU BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE
|
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491 AND I HAVE MY OWN BONDS TOO
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492
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493 I TRIED TO CALL YOU
|
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494 BUT I HUNG UP
|
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495 YOU MENTIONED IT TO ME
|
||
496 GUILT AND SHAME FILLED MY SOUL
|
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497
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498 YOU TELL ME YOUR PROBLEMS
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||
499 AND I PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND
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500 BUT MY HEAD IS TOO FULL OF MY OWN
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501 TO COMPREHEND.
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502
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503 NOW OR NEVER
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||
504 AM I BRAVE ENOUGH
|
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505 TO BARE MY SOUL TO YOU
|
||
506 OR WILL I SHY AWAY
|
||
507 AND LET THE PAIN EAT AT MY HEART
|
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508
|
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509 I TRY TO BE BRAVE
|
||
510 BUT THE WORDS STOP IN MY THROAT
|
||
511 YOU HELP ME OUT BY SAYING IT FOR ME
|
||
512@ AND YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY FOR ME TOO
|
||
513 AND THAT YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY FOR ME TOO
|
||
514
|
||
515 WE TOUCH
|
||
516 WE KISS
|
||
517 THIS MOMENT CAN'T BE LOST
|
||
518 BUT AFTER THE FEELING IS DIFFERENT
|
||
519 ALMOST AS IF SOME OF THE LOVE WAS LOST
|
||
520
|
||
521 IT IS BEST THAT WE PART
|
||
522 AND FORGET THE PAST
|
||
523 OUR LOVE CAN NOT BE
|
||
524@ WE HAVE OUR OWN LIVES
|
||
525 WE HAVE OUR OWN LIVES TO LIVE
|
||
526
|
||
527 I AM OVER YOU
|
||
528 ARE YOU OVER ME
|
||
529 I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU
|
||
530 PLEASE ALWAYS REMEMBER ME
|
||
531
|
||
532 &)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)
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023=Usr:90 09/08/87 21:44 Msg:548 Call:3577 Lines:29
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533 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
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534
|
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535 It wasn't like this
|
||
536 when I was a kid
|
||
537 and the teachers didn't question
|
||
538 if I talked to myself,
|
||
539 or screamed,
|
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540 or cried for no reason in
|
||
541 particular.
|
||
542
|
||
543 And it wasn't like this
|
||
544 when I was alone
|
||
545 with a litter of cats,
|
||
546 television and radio announcers
|
||
547 to talk back to.
|
||
548@
|
||
549@
|
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550
|
||
551 I used to be
|
||
552 that I only met myself
|
||
553 on dark streets,
|
||
554 or asleep at night.
|
||
555
|
||
556 But now that reality
|
||
557 is becoming a part of my world,
|
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558 I am careful
|
||
559 to introduce myself
|
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560 to me.
|
||
561 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Shrike \\\\\\\
|
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024=Usr:61 09/09/87 14:05 Msg:549 Call:3594 Lines:9
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||
562 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
|
||
563 Grann: Congratulations upon your promotion. I'm sure that we will
|
||
564 all miss your master, tho' I can't believe that he won't be nearby,
|
||
565 waiting for a chance to join us again. Let us watch closely for
|
||
566 the mage (perhaps wizard now?) known as Milchar.
|
||
567 L'homme: What ever happened? I'm *still* anxious to find out if your
|
||
568 partner will survive the bullet wounds! Last I remember, you were
|
||
569 at your doctor-friend's house outside of Las Vegas. Any further word?
|
||
570 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
|
||
025=Usr:67 09/09/87 16:55 Msg:550 Call:3597 Lines:1
|
||
571 &)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)&)KRUL&)&)&)&)&)&)&)
|
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026=Usr:135 09/09/87 21:30 Msg:551 Call:3601 Lines:23
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572 Fellow computer users and college students. Do you have a desire to work in a
|
||
573 foreign country for upto a year and a half? Are you internationally minded?
|
||
574 If so, then you need to join AIESEC. AIESEC is a french acronym that stands
|
||
575 for the Association of International Students in Economics and Commerce. We
|
||
576 are in need of new members who are motivated and desire to learn. I joined
|
||
577 AIESEC less than 8 months ago and am now going to England to work for a big 8
|
||
578 Accounting Firm for a year. Needless to say I'm thrilled to be going and
|
||
579 would like to use this median to promote AIESEC. I could use all the available
|
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580 lines on this system to talk about AIESEC, but am not going todo this. Instead
|
||
581 I will tell you that if you are a college student majoring in Business, Com-
|
||
582 puter science, economics, or foreign language, and are internationally minded
|
||
583 then give us a call at 464-3333, if nobody is there(a phone machine will answer
|
||
584 please leave your name and number so we can get back to you). Ask for Craig,
|
||
585 Paul, Larry N., or me Cliff and we'll tell you all the great things aboiut us
|
||
586 and our organization. If you know of anyone who you think might also be inter
|
||
587 ested, then please tell them about us also. One last thing. We at AIESEC have
|
||
588 a motto of working hard and playing hard, this means we like to drink and dance
|
||
589 and just generally party. We are not a stuffy shirt organization. So please
|
||
590 give us a call, it will be one of the best moves you'll ever make. Thanks!!
|
||
591
|
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592
|
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593 sa
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594 R
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027=Usr:85 09/10/87 00:22 Msg:552 Call:3604 Lines:2
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595 alam
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596@
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028=Usr:26 09/10/87 01:48 Msg:553 Call:3606 Lines:2
|
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597 Ah, but do they take Albanians?
|
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598 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
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029=Usr:67 09/10/87 22:52 Msg:554 Call:3623 Lines:3
|
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599 &)&)&)&)&)&)
|
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600 YES BUT CAN I SEE THE WORLD FOR LESS THAN 30 ALBANIAN DOLLARS A DAY IF I JOIN?
|
||
601 &)&)&)&)&)&)
|
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030=Usr:138 09/10/87 23:13 Msg:555 Call:3625 Lines:6
|
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602 Never walk over a writer...unless you're positive she can't rise up behind you.
|
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603
|
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604 If you're going to hang her, make sure she's dead. Because if she's alive, she
|
||
605 will talk.
|
||
606
|
||
607 Talk in written form on the screen or on the printed permanent page.
|
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031=Usr:41 09/10/87 22:26 Msg:556 Call:3628 Lines:39
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608
|
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609 MD8709.10 MT1025.60
|
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610 LET ME EXPLAIN. SHE AND I GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL. NEITHER OR US WERE VERY WELL
|
||
611 KNOWN LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE WERE POPULAR ENOUGH. SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL
|
||
612 BECAUSE OF CHRONIC DISEASE. MYSELF, WELL, I HAD AN ODD REPUTATION AND DESERVED
|
||
613 IT LARGELY BECAUSE OF WHAT I DID AFTER 3:00 PM.
|
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614
|
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615 Anyway, over the Summer we met again at the opening of the Portland
|
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616 Performing Arts Center. What a twist of fate that was. But there is comfort in
|
||
617 this twisting of our fate. We decided, over coffee and cigarette, to become
|
||
618 the most very liked and loved people at the school. Deriving our comfort from
|
||
619 our friendship and our manner, we've become compassionate pals.
|
||
620
|
||
621 We've got our problems. The entire city of Newberg as a staid place,
|
||
622 her parents, my lack of them during my childhood, and my childhood earning an
|
||
623 odd reputation. We're comfortable now. Things are okay, becoming downright
|
||
624 good. We just might be falling in love, for added measure.
|
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625
|
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626 You probably know who this is typing. I've left my distinguishing
|
||
627 marks all over the entering. I'd point them out, but whoever knows them by
|
||
628 now, is a friend - I've become reasonably close to all of you.
|
||
629
|
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630 We kiss. We hug at finding one another, we hug at the inevitable
|
||
631 departures. But, I have a desire to just hold her so much more often. To be
|
||
632 something else. Whether to make intimacy an integer of our time spent
|
||
633 together, or to let whatever is taking its course, take it, is my problem.
|
||
634 The solutions are on page Jan. 17.
|
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635
|
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636 MD8709.09
|
||
637
|
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638 TYPED One day, I was walking through an unfamiliar hall.
|
||
639 Lonely, not scared, but close. . .
|
||
640 Blue eyes making me feel incurably special.
|
||
641 BY It took me a year to find the courage to seek beneath the eyes,
|
||
642 and what I found was a true man.
|
||
643 Feelings and compassion more overwhelming than the eyes themselves.
|
||
644 HER Maybe one day I will be able to be worthy of the man behind the eyes.
|
||
645
|
||
646
|
||
032=Usr:139 09/11/87 09:39 Msg:557 Call:3649 Lines:7
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647 great bbs at 255-5258 all commie 64 users unite! 300/1200/2400 megs of stuff fo
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||
648 r uploads and downloads Free! Call today 24 hours!
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649 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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650 (***************)
|
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651
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652
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653
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033=Usr:11 09/11/87 12:03 Msg:558 Call:3653 Lines:8
|
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654 OK, people are starting to complain about 'gee, how crummy backwater II has
|
||
655 become.' Complaints are in the air. The old system was so much better. You
|
||
656 know what, I miss some of the old stuff too, but not enough to go back to
|
||
657 it. What I suggest is a little nostalga, a remembering of what went on before,
|
||
658 the good and the bad, and the ugly. Not reposts, not archive uploads, just
|
||
659 tendrils of the past, drifting in the air of the hear and now. A quotidian
|
||
660 Backwater reality to live with and enjoy.......
|
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661
|
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034=Usr:140 09/11/87 12:09 Msg:559 Call:3654 Lines:18
|
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662@WE CAN TAKE A HINT
|
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663@
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664@ ZZ ZZ TT O
|
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665 ===============================================================================
|
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666 OK WE CAN TAKE A HINT
|
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667
|
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668 ZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZ TTTTTTTTTT OO PPPPPPPPPPP
|
||
669 ZZ ZZ TT OO OO PP PP
|
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670 ZZ ZZ TT OO OO PP PP
|
||
671 ZZ ZZ TT OO OO PPPPPPPPPPP
|
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672 ZZ ZZ TT OO OO PP
|
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673 ZZ ZZ TT OO OO PP
|
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674 ZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZ TT OO PP
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675
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676 RULES
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677
|
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678 NOW DOESNT THAT FEEL BETTER NOW
|
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679 ===============================================================================
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035=Usr:46 09/11/87 22:15 Msg:560 Call:3663 Lines:1
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680 WHO CARES?
|
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036=Usr:109 09/11/87 22:55 Msg:561 Call:3665 Lines:8
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681 A thing though it be not the best,
|
||
682 may not be better than the rest,
|
||
683 but 'tis better than no thing nonetheless.
|
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684 - Intellectual Butterfly
|
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685 (Please note that Intellectual Butterfly is a derivative of the two
|
||
686 species Intellectual Gadfly and Social Butterfly. Let's see, then the other
|
||
687 one would be Social Gadfly? I know a few people who qualify for the latter
|
||
688 category.) (That was one long parenthetical remark, now wasn't it?)
|
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037=Usr:67 09/11/87 23:57 Msg:562 Call:3667 Lines:10
|
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689 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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690 YES ITS ME BACK FROM THE DEAD FOR A BIT OF NOSTALGIA. THATS RIGHT ITS
|
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691 KING SILICON!!!!!!! ANYBODY WNT TO ARGUE? IF NOT ILL START ONE ANY HOW.
|
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692 NO JUST KIDDING. TRUE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE OF THE OLD STORY
|
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693 LINES INTEGRATED. AND WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE THE STICK SHIFT
|
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694 OUT OF TEDDY SALADS NOSE. IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME
|
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695 NOW AND HE HAS A HELL OF A TIME GETTING A DATE WITH THAT THING IN THE WAY.
|
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696 HAVE A NICE DAY
|
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697 KING SILICON
|
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698 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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038=Usr:67 09/12/87 03:24 Msg:563 Call:3673 Lines:10
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699 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]I FOUND MY OLD BOARDER]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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700 ALL: IS ANYONE OUT THERE GOING TO ATTEND WESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE
|
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701 THIS FALL? IF SO DROP ME A NOTE.
|
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702 ............
|
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703 HAVE YOU EVER FELT JIPPED BUT YOU NEVER EVEN PAYED FOR IT SO WHY
|
||
704 SHOULD IT BE YOUR PROBLEM?
|
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705 I KNOW
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706
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707 <WHO CARES?????>
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708 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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039=Usr:52 09/12/87 15:55 Msg:564 Call:3676 Lines:1
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709 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))(((*)))
|
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040=Usr:11 09/12/87 19:42 Msg:565 Call:3681 Lines:6
|
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710 *(%)$%*#(*!)_%(@#)_%*$()#@^&)_*@_)*!+~(|)@#!@+$(@_#)!%*!@)+(%|!(%#+@!*%!)+_@*($
|
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711 Ripple,
|
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712 Good to see you again. Now where did you go with that story you were
|
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713 working on? Give us some more, you know how I hate to left with unresolved
|
||
714 plots!
|
||
715 *()@%*()@#%*@()#%*@()#%*@()#%*@#()% L'homme sans Parity **%(@)*%@)(#%*@)*%@()#%
|
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041=Usr:142 09/13/87 13:22 Msg:566 Call:3696 Lines:12
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716
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717 Com-Sat terminal is at (206) 256-3870. Alascom networking
|
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718 available.
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719 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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720
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721 Thou knowest thy words, thy knowest thou self!
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722
|
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723 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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724
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725 I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet
|
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726
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727 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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042=Usr:143 09/13/87 15:00 Msg:567 Call:3699 Lines:15
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728 @home@home@home@home@home@home@home@home@home@home@home@home@home@home
|
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729 Well, kids, you're about to be inundated by some bad poetry
|
||
730 brought to you by THE MUSE. She's a strange lady, a bit inspiring at times,
|
||
731 downright "amusing" to a selct few (right, pet?), and often bloodthirsty.
|
||
732 Ever hear of a maenad? She's the queen of 'em all!
|
||
733 At any rate, here's a few lines from an old notebook i found in my
|
||
734 purse. here goes...
|
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735 * * * * * *
|
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736
|
||
737 People had asked her what she planned to do with her life.
|
||
738 "Well..."she'd say, then pause. "I don't know. I'd like to...but...well...
|
||
739 I WANT to go back to school, but..."sigh. "I don't know."
|
||
740 She'd had a problem with decisiveness lately: for the past 3 yearsbeen an
|
||
741
|
||
742 expert procrastinator for just about as long as she could remember:it just
|
||
043=Usr:143 09/13/87 15:35 Msg:568 Call:3700 Lines:26
|
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743 seemed to be coming to a point. "Soon",she'd say to herself, 'soon I'll have e
|
||
744 enough money to take a class orsomething. All I need is a little more money
|
||
745 and a better job.'More often, she'd think, 'Someday, someday I'll be somebody,
|
||
746 and then all those people who boubted me will see how wrong they were.
|
||
747 Someday."
|
||
748 In this world, Someday comes about as often as a solar eclipse.
|
||
749
|
||
750 In other worlds, Someday is a bit more frequent.
|
||
751
|
||
752 * * * * * *
|
||
753 Yes, good people, I promised you poetry and gave you prose. Well,
|
||
754 THE MUSE is a fickle lady, especially under a waning moon. it could be worse..
|
||
755 it could be full-- you've heard of werewolves. (Actually, I decided to go with
|
||
756 prose when I realised that all the poetry I had on me was terribly morbid--
|
||
757 even I'm not so cruel as to inflict that jolly rot on you all. We've only just
|
||
758 met...)
|
||
759
|
||
760@ What i
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||
761@Iv
|
||
762 What I've given you is the prologue to a piece I was working on last
|
||
763 winter and spring. We'll see how everything turns out at a later date.
|
||
764 Comments are encouraged. Ciao bello.
|
||
765 THE MUSE
|
||
766
|
||
767 @Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's@Rob's!
|
||
768
|
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044=Usr:147 09/14/87 00:42 Msg:569 Call:3710 Lines:6
|
||
769 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
|
||
770 Gleem - The Corror you get when you mix Brue and Yerro.
|
||
771 Procrastoremotidous - The strange act when a person will stand not more thn 6
|
||
772 inches away from a VCR or CD player, and use the remote control instead of
|
||
773 just pressing the buttons.
|
||
774 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Buckwheat -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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045=Usr:133 09/14/87 10:58 Msg:570 Call:3720 Lines:33
|
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775
|
||
776 }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
|
||
777 It was not a matter of returning to a former life in Newberg,
|
||
778 of moving backward through time to some past existence. Oregon
|
||
779 was, once again, here and now, rising up from within me, mani-
|
||
780 festing itself from its decades-long place of inner concealment.
|
||
781 Rather than me being drawn back into that painful past, Oregon
|
||
782 revealed itself as the underlying reality of my present-day
|
||
783 world. Though hidden still from the eyes of other observers,
|
||
784 it was nonetheless blatantly visible to me.
|
||
785
|
||
786 This was the corpus malus, the evil bureaucratic body of state.
|
||
787 Within and behind it lay an evil spirit which had made official
|
||
788 Oregon what it always was: ignorant, savage, uncaring and
|
||
789 brutal.
|
||
790 How very much it weighted, even now. Official Oregon, armored
|
||
791 as it was, huge within its black and white mountains, petty
|
||
792 within its dingy Salem cells and crazy-quilt streets, its chains
|
||
793 and rings of male priviledge imprisoning all who ventured within.
|
||
794
|
||
795 and now, even at this latter tme, the oppressor lying behind the
|
||
796 bureaucratic body of Oregon strikes at those who were not fully
|
||
797 expressing its evil will.
|
||
798
|
||
799 We wore no armor, only the robes, sandals and perhaps a small
|
||
800 golden star in necklace form. Our steps were lighter than
|
||
801 those who complied with official customs but we were vunerable
|
||
802 to hanging -- we had no protector.
|
||
803 The horn of free thought began to blow again and I responded.
|
||
804 There undoubtedly were others like me. Many of us fell quickly
|
||
805 to the predatory powers of state government. Others, like me,
|
||
806 hang on, hoping the books will be unsealed, the records shown
|
||
807 and judgement made for the first time.
|
||
046=Usr:138 09/14/87 11:15 Msg:571 Call:3721 Lines:7
|
||
808@(replace last paragraph with correction:)
|
||
809@
|
||
810@The horn of free thought began to blow again and I responded.
|
||
811@There undoubtedly were others like me. Many of us fell quickly
|
||
812@to the predatory powers of state government. Others, like me,
|
||
813@hang on, hoping the books will be unsealed, the records shown
|
||
814@and judgement made for the first time.
|
||
047=Usr:7 Leonard Erickson 09/14/87 19:47 Msg:572 Call:3730 Lines:1
|
||
815 Correction accomplished! (we aim to please)
|
||
048=Usr:11 09/15/87 00:38 Msg:573 Call:3735 Lines:1
|
||
816 Please who? Minds of inquiring nature want to know.......
|
||
049=Usr:149 09/15/87 12:08 Msg:574 Call:3741 Lines:13
|
||
817 The Other Nuremberg by A.C. Brockman 1987. Excerpt:
|
||
818 The Japanese experiments in bacteriological warfare includes infecting
|
||
819 prisoners with diseases, freezing portion of their bodies, and exposing
|
||
820 them to fragmentation bombs. Chinese women were infected with syphilis to
|
||
821 develop vaccines.
|
||
822 Prisoners were infected with plague, typhus, typhoid, hemorrhagic fever,
|
||
823 cholera, anthrax, tularemia, smallpox and dysentery. Prisoners were given
|
||
824 doses of horse blood and had their livers destroyed by prolonged exposure to
|
||
825 Xrays. American prisoners were dissected alive. POW's were tied to stakes
|
||
826 and cannister of bubonic plague and other horrible viruses exploded nearby
|
||
827 while Japanese army technicians in protective clothing, holding stopwatches,
|
||
828 measured how long it took the prisoners to die.
|
||
829 If we must REMEMBER Holocaust - We must not also forget the ATROCITIES!
|
||
050=Usr:150 09/15/87 17:08 Msg:575 Call:3751 Lines:2
|
||
830 JUST CALLED TOO SA HELO AND ASK IF YUO ARE ANNY RELASTION TOO A FREND OF MINE
|
||
831 HER NAME IS SREIE DAY IF SOL OR NOT PLESE LIVE MISSEGE THANK YOU MIKE DAA CONP
|
||
051=Usr:4 Milchar 09/16/87 00:05 Msg:576 Call:3757 Lines:36
|
||
832 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
833 "The planet Aerth, the fourth major body orbiting a small yellow
|
||
834 star located in the less populated portion of the galaxy, is a world
|
||
835 famous for its diversity. Living on the gentle hills and valleys of this
|
||
836 verdant planet are 537 intelligent species (according to data collected
|
||
837 by the last planet survey, two years ago). Although the exact number
|
||
838 changes daily, there can be no doubt: beings, large and small, from
|
||
839 planets scattered across the universe are also found on Aerth.
|
||
840 "After seven months of study and exploration, humans discovered why
|
||
841 Aerth was home to so many different beings. First, they were shown magic.
|
||
842 "It had been known since the first exploration party set foot on Aerth
|
||
843 that there were areas upon the planet in which all devices more complex
|
||
844 than a wristwatch ceased to function. What they didn't know was those
|
||
845 'dead' areas had other unusual properties. Magic was possible there.
|
||
846 "After contact with several types of beings, early explorers discovered
|
||
847 and mapped several of these magic zones across the planet. Most were
|
||
848 stationary, but a few appeared to roam across the surface at random.
|
||
849 "Now that the zones had been mapped across the planet, explorers
|
||
850 at last found the first Gate.
|
||
851 "The Gates of Aerth are caused by the distortion of space near zone
|
||
852 boundaries. These portals may be open only a brief time, or last years.
|
||
853 Some have been in existence since the planet's discovery. Their existence
|
||
854 on the planet spans at least several centuries, as these portals are the
|
||
855 means used by the residents of the planet to move between worlds, and
|
||
856 led to the eventual population of the planet. No native intelligence has
|
||
857 ever been discovered.
|
||
858 "Today, Aerth posesses several small spaceports located in stable
|
||
859 'tech zones', dozens of small, scattered cities, and a sizable
|
||
860 tourist trade. Friendly contact with other resident intelligences has
|
||
861 been encouraged whenever possible. Explorer teams sometimes roam the
|
||
862 planet, searching for new Gates to use to explore other planets. These
|
||
863 teams sometimes bring back priceless artifacts, and sometimes fail to
|
||
864 return at all."
|
||
865 --- "Grolier's World Guide", 19th edition
|
||
866 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
867
|
||
052=Usr:23 09/17/87 00:05 Msg:577 Call:3774 Lines:1
|
||
868 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! Grannlurk 09/16/87 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
|
||
053=Usr:31 09/17/87 13:26 Msg:578 Call:3780 Lines:1
|
||
869 ????????????????????????????????? Doclurk 09/17/97 ?????????????????????????
|
||
054=Usr:117 09/17/87 16:42 Msg:579 Call:3786 Lines:27
|
||
870 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* the hermit *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
871 The memories were not of words. They seldom are. Translation intro-
|
||
872 duces its own difficulties. The cabin was much as he remembered it.
|
||
873 more dust perhaps. A portion of the deer trail had become road. The cross
|
||
874 trail was now meter guage mini rail. Past that the path was little changed.
|
||
875 Seemingly no less used then before and no more. The diverging way, incon-
|
||
876 spicous even then, was now overgrown to the point of total concielment
|
||
877 from any unfamiliar eye.
|
||
878 It had been half a lifetime since coalescence synced with this partic-
|
||
879 ular exitance. Now if only... but it was far too precios to risk the
|
||
880 possible effects of absolute maping. Reliable access was and is highly
|
||
881 desired. Perhaps the markings on the freight going by might provide some
|
||
882 clue.
|
||
883 They keep bluring and evading comprehension. awairness is no longer
|
||
884 solitarry. Turning, another figure there, watching, waiting for the train
|
||
885 to pass.
|
||
886 "This your home?"
|
||
887 "Long time past. Part of growinng up here."
|
||
888 "Yes, part of spirit here. Come with. Share table, warmth. Meet others"
|
||
889 Accompanyment reconverged on cabin. Silvergrey aged boards of cedar
|
||
890 inside and out. Inside indeed warm. Rose light. Decoration spare but
|
||
891 intense. A third prescence made known. Not old. Like the quality of the
|
||
892 light. Flavors and aromas at table humm electricaly the inner ear.
|
||
893 A matress was given name and night passed. Much refreshed was morning.
|
||
894 Trail goes on, in solitude, foot leading foot. Options expand.
|
||
895 Point of transfer.
|
||
896 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
055=Usr:61 09/17/87 19:58 Msg:580 Call:3796 Lines:1
|
||
897 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
|
||
056=Usr:11 09/18/87 10:54 Msg:581 Call:3808 Lines:1
|
||
898 A possible new world. I like the idea. Go with the flow, things, like the
|
||
057=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/18/87 19:27 Msg:582 Call:3818 Lines:3
|
||
899
|
||
900 Yes? Hello?? What happened there... like the what?
|
||
901 .................................................................
|
||
058=Usr:62 09/18/87 20:52 Msg:583 Call:3822 Lines:1
|
||
902
|
||
059=Usr:62 09/18/87 20:56 Msg:584 Call:3823 Lines:5
|
||
903 If you remember nothing else, remember this:
|
||
904
|
||
905 Love is the power of life, hatred the power of death.
|
||
906
|
||
907 Fable Master
|
||
060=Usr:143 09/18/87 21:15 Msg:585 Call:3824 Lines:17
|
||
908 ^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^
|
||
909 ...............................................................................
|
||
910 hello one and all!
|
||
911
|
||
912 Well, your pal THE MUSE has returned from hell. Yes, I know it's the wrong
|
||
913 season for such statements, but I never claimed to be even remotely related to
|
||
914 Persephone. Mother insisted on taking me on vacation.(heavy sigh) Funny, how
|
||
915 ones parents create images for themselveso their children are, even when
|
||
916 faced with radically opposing evidence. But hell, that's what parents are for,
|
||
917 right?@! (now, how did that go? "Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your
|
||
918 kids")
|
||
919 The week was not a total failure, thank the gods. We visited a marvelous
|
||
920 old cemetary, with headstones dating back to the middle of the last century.
|
||
921 Two noted that the deceased had been killed by Indians. Standing in the shade
|
||
922 of an ancient oak tree, warm sunlight and cool breezes dancing in the fallen
|
||
923 leaves, acorns and pebbles underfoot, I found myself again meditating on the
|
||
924 need man feels to leave behind him some memorial, some reminder, as much as to
|
||
061=Usr:143 09/18/87 22:01 Msg:586 Call:3825 Lines:21
|
||
925 say "See? I too, was once alive."
|
||
926 This is getting a little sappy, even for me. The contemplation of the
|
||
927 mortality of Man is a discipline one of my 'tender years' shouldn't have to
|
||
928 undertake.
|
||
929
|
||
930 By the way, has anyone at all read my last entry?
|
||
931 And no one has a comment?
|
||
932
|
||
933 "Curiouser and curioser."
|
||
934 To end with a few lines from one of my favorites:
|
||
935
|
||
936 In faith, we shall board our imagined ships
|
||
937 and wildly sail amoung sacred island of the mad
|
||
938 'til death shatters the fabulous stars,
|
||
939 and makes us real.
|
||
940 -Sylvia Plath
|
||
941 **brought to you by
|
||
942 ``THE MUSE''
|
||
943 ...............................................................................
|
||
944
|
||
945 ^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^
|
||
062=Usr:23 09/19/87 13:56 Msg:587 Call:3837 Lines:3
|
||
946 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
|
||
947 Muse: Alas, the traffic upon these waters is not as great as of old, yet
|
||
948 such times may return.
|
||
063=Usr:23 09/19/87 13:59 Msg:588 Call:3837 Lines:4
|
||
949 Everything here is read; very little is commented on, unless comments are
|
||
950 asked for. Let me say that I did enjoy what you placed upon the digital
|
||
951 world, most particularly that last quotation.
|
||
952 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! Grann !^!^! September 19, 1987 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
|
||
064=Usr:11 09/21/87 15:58 Msg:589 Call:3896 Lines:6
|
||
953 *%()@#$*%)@#%_)$+%*)+#*&$)%+*@%&*$_&+)&%_^$_&*$_)&$_*_)#&_)%(+(&!#+&_)%*_)%
|
||
954 Nothing entered in two days. Cistop, I was cut off by some brutish line hit.
|
||
955 I was in mid-comment to the above writers, some of whom are attempting to
|
||
956 define a world, even a universe, for us all. When the disk changes next, I
|
||
957 am sure we will see some grand new entries. I just have a feeling...
|
||
958 *(%)_#$%_)*^_)*^@_)^_)^ L'homme sans Parity *%)@*%_)#*_)%!%(_)(_)&)^#$_(^_^(_)
|
||
065=Usr:117 09/22/87 15:11 Msg:590 Call:3915 Lines:40
|
||
959 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Themnax of Lananara *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
960 Can-Am one was the quietly humming hive of efficiency it had been for
|
||
961 nearly half a century. Once Themnax had looked upon its stirile order as
|
||
962 all but mortaly offensive. Unimaginatively rectilinear were its well lighted
|
||
963 spaces. This once, the sight of smoothly running bearocracy was like a
|
||
964 bracing morning breaze after a long night of uneasy dreams.
|
||
965 One of the functionaries from resque and relocation had taken cynusialiani
|
||
966 in hand. For the first time in what seamed like an eternity of long chance,
|
||
967 the lananaran found himself foundering with no immediat goal.
|
||
968 Calimornax found him, 45 minuets later, stairing at the water cooler
|
||
969 as if it were some inimical preditor and he the mesmerized prey.
|
||
970 "wouldn't you like to sit down?"
|
||
971 the startled "huhAh!" this elisited was no less than if the fountain
|
||
972 had actualy jumped out and bit him. At least the voice was working again.
|
||
973 The trance visibly melted as Themnax recognized his old aquaintence from thair
|
||
974 days at the HUB.
|
||
975 "What are you doing here ?" the lananaran asked, head still somewhat
|
||
976 fogged.
|
||
977 "I'm making myself usefull with R+Q these days. I've been waiting for
|
||
978 a certain sometime lananaran ambasador to materialize at my desk ever since
|
||
979 your file got piped to me. Looks like youve had a rough one. Got a coupple
|
||
980 of nice soft chairs at my work station."
|
||
981 with this he led the way through the usual maze of isles amd partitiions.
|
||
982 Sitting in an arm chair was like redescouvering some rare and exquisite
|
||
983 pleasure.
|
||
984 "You realize of course, that it may be mounths before its safe to have
|
||
985 you running around in the clear? By then your vermalon friend will be very
|
||
986 likly aclamated."
|
||
987 "How is Cynuli holding up?" Themnax asked, suddenly awair of how empty he
|
||
988 felt, no longer in her prescence though theyed been parted less than an hour.
|
||
989 It came as something of a shock to realize how close an attachment they had
|
||
990 formed.
|
||
991 It took another hour and a half, a full hexichron in terms themnax was
|
||
992 more familiar with, to get thair immediate futures ironed out.
|
||
993 A forrest ashram near the pacific coast it was decided. Theyed both be
|
||
994 there, Lananaran and Vvermillon. Details of cover could wait. They were
|
||
995 assigned adjacent quarters in the vast underground complex of can-am one pend-
|
||
996 ing transport. But first a night'7s rest. ThheyThey colapsed into each other'
|
||
997 Secure and serene at last. At least for now.
|
||
998 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|