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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: 12 MAR 89 ***************************
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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 03/12/89 12:20 Msg:3361 Call:19281 Lines:3
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20 Unless you know _where_ you are, you don't know _who_ you are.
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21 -- Wendell Barry
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22 ******************************************************************
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003=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/12/89 12:27 Msg:3362 Call:19282 Lines:83
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23 &*&*&*&*'s
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24 Well I'm at the top again.
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25
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26 III
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27
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28 Patrick woke up early the next morning. He went out to the kitchen and
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29 got himself some breakfast. Back in his room he sat the toast and juice down an
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30 removed the note that Brian had left him from his desk.
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31 Again he examined the symbol closly. It too seemed to move and go out of
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32 focus, much like the symbols that Patrick had seen on the chalk board. Once it
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33 came into focus and he almost said a word. But he chocked on a piece of
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34 toast as he was about to mutter it.
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35 His Breakfast finished Patrick returned the plate to the Kitchen and washe
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36 it off. His Grandmother was up and he greeted her before returning to his room.
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37 Being Sunday he had the rest of the day off. He could read a book,
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38 go to the library or play with his Computer. There was a board or two he'd
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39 like to call...
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40 No, there was really only one thing to do. He had to go back to the Inn.
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41 At the very least he should try to ascertain wether or not the Wanderer was
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42 alright. As he had done the day before he prepared his pack. The inside was
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43 now dry, and he left the books in just in case he should need the added
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44 boyancy. Since he didn't want to make his Grandmother suspiciose he placed
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45 the robe inside the pack along with the orb and the parchment paper that
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46 Brian had left him. He opened the window and set the staff against the wall
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47 below it.
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48 "Grandma, I'm going out back. I might go to the library or somthing
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49 later on." Patrick said feeling guilty about the lie.
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50 "Ok, will you be in for lunch?"
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51 "I'm not sure. I'd better go grab somthing out of the fridge just in
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52 case."
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53 He went into the Kitchen and pulled the stuff out of the Fridge that he
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54 had not eaten the day before.
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55 "Hello Cymry, want to come along?" Cymry wagged his tail in greeting and
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56 followed Patrick out the sliding door. He retrieved the staff and started on
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57 his trip.
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58 The Inn was the way he remembered it. Being more familier with the
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59 routine this time he simply walked in. It wasn't as loud as it had been
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60 when he had viseted the previose day. Patrick looked around for the Wanderer,
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61 but he didn't seem to be around.
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62 Takeing a table by a wall he sat back to observe. As he had
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63 noticed the previose day the people in the Inn wore many different styles
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64 of clothing. Strangly he had no problem understanding most of what they
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65 were saying, though an occasional snipet of unintelligable
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66 conversation would drift over to him. Cymry sat at his side dozzing. The
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67 Shepherd seemed to feel safe.
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68 "Hello Patrick." Said a voice startling him out of his reverie.
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69 Patrick turned and found the Wanderer seated in the chair beside him. "I
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70 didn't even see you. Were did you come from?"
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71 The Wanderer smiled. "From the air my friend."
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72 "I thought you might have been hurt or somthing. When I uttered the rune
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73 Brian,Cymry and myself were transported to my bedroom. You were nowere to be
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74 seen."
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75 "Yes,you caused me a bit of trouble there, Lets just say I too returned
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76 home. I would appreciate it if you would not use that rune while I'm around. It
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77 has an unpleasent effect on me."
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78 "I don't even remember it."
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79 "It will return to you. I've been told that once you use a rune it
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80 stays in the mind. It does take time to recharge. With your lack of skill
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81 it could take a long time before you again remember it."
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82 Patrick tried again to picture the rune. "I can't remember it now."
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83 He paused. "I suppose it might be usefull to return home whenever I wanted to."
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84 "Perhaps, remember though that it is often unwise to let others know
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85 were you come from. Home is a very preciose place."
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86 "I suppose. Were do you come from?"
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87 "I can't tell you that I'm afraid. Though I believe you have a clue or
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88 two already."
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89 Patrick shrugged. "Earth?"
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90 The Wanderer shrugged. "Perhaps. I notice you are not wearing your robes
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91 today. Did you bring them with you?"
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92 "Yes they're in my pack."
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93 "Good, Always carry anything with you that you might need. Never assume
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94 that you will be able to return somewere to retrieve somthing of value."
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95 "Patrick! there you are, were the heck are we?"
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96 Patrick turned and was shocked to see his best friend William standing
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97 beside him.
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98 a
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99
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100
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101 Well thats it for now. Next part tommorow hopefully. I hope somebody else logs
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102 in before then.
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103
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104 An Astral Dreamer
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105 &*&*&*&*'s
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004=Usr:4 Milchar 03/12/89 15:13 Msg:3363 Call:19287 Lines:83
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106 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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107 If you want to know more about Innisfall, you should consult a Keeper
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108 of the Archives when he has his electronic tomes in full array about him.
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109 Lacking that, I still believe it is possible to buy into the Archives-
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110 it is about 18 megabytes of history. For a very short summary, I
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111 suppose my own memory will suffice; I am sure any old-timers will correct
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112 me in any particulars if I err.
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113 To begin- Innisfall is the name of the land that the Inn resided. The
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114 Inn was a starting place for adventures, a place to hold civilized debate
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115 and good conversation, and a place to just pass the time with good friends.
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116 People who lurked there were known as Innhabitants or Innklings, depending
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117 upon to whom you spoke. The Inn itself is nestled within a small valley.
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118 A path ran near the front door, running from a hidden pass to the outside
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119 world to a footbridge that spanned a small stream. Many ducks and other
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120 waterfowl played and lived in a small pond downstream from the bridge.
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121 A large Rowan tree shades the large oaken door. Fine stables behind the
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122 Inn house the steeds of visitors.
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123 Upon entering, a visitor walks into the Commons area. Tables are scattered
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124 haphazardly about. The lighting is rather dark, except near the large
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125 hearth. A semicircle of comfortable chairs surround the hearth, and there
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126 always seems to be room for one more. The atmosphere is relaxing on the
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127 whole, despite the tendency for odd happenings and strange goings-on (such
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128 as people appearing and disappearing into thin air).
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129 The Innkeeper takes orders for fine food and drink from a counter that
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130 streches across most of the back wall. A staircase leads to the guest
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131 rooms on the second floor. Another door leads to a hallway which provides
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132 access to the kitchen, pantry, and a back room. Another staircase leads
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133 down from the hallway to the wine cellar, which also contains a few
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134 surprises the Innkeeper keeps tucked away.
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135 This picture of the Inn was built up in my mind by the many tales told
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136 here on BWMS; among those responsible are the Innkeeper, Piper, Voyeur,
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137 the Bard, L'homme sans Parity, the Ninja, Fast Fred, Pam, and others too
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138 numerous to mention. It was not the only view of the universe in which
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139 contributors wrote; another prominent example was the adventure-packed
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140 world of the NET: super-spies whose efforts kept peace in an unstable
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141 world. Their names are also legion- Ian MacHinery, Joshua, L'homme,
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142 Gaudy Minsky, Petrov, Mohammed Wassir, Farley, Flemming, McKane...
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143 Choose whatever world you wish to write in. Make one of your own if you
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144 prefer, the multiverse is rich in adventure. Above all, enjoy!
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145 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++ 3/12/89 ++++++++++++++++++
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146 #########################################################################
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147 Finding a dealer of coins wasn't difficult. The city was laid
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148 out in an orderly fashion; quite unlike Dunbarrah where the natives get
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149 lost. It was a little shop with a spry little proprietor who looked at
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150 our tokens with great interest. They caused my fingers to tingle, as
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151 they always did.
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152 "Gold, are they?" he chuckled. "It's been quite a while since I've
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153 seen the like here. Used to be common, long ago. Now..." he trailed off.
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154 "We'd like to sell them if we could, sir. Would you be interested
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155 in offering a fair price?" Fortunately for us, he did not know we'd take
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156 any offer he made. We were at somewhat of a disadvantage, not knowing
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157 the value of the local currency.
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158 "What- you want to SELL them?" A bright smile lit up his face
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159 for a moment, then a frown darkened it. "I'm afraid I can't offer much."
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160 "What can you offer?"
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161 "Er...um...one hundred."
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162 "One hundred?"
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163 "Each, of course." We had shown him eight tokens.
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164 I smiled. "Sold, sir. One hundred times eight, if you would." I
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165 handed him the coins.
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166 The shopkeeper's eyes widened. "Tokens!" he cried as he touched
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167 them. "There's no mistaking that feeling. Where did you boys obtain
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168 these coins?"
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169 I could think of no reply other than the truth. "These are our
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170 allowance from the School of Magick in Dunbarrah, sir."
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171 "Dunbarrah! Well, welcome to Earth, boys. I hadn't recognized
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172 your tokens, it has been so long since I've been home. I'll give you the
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173 fair exchange rate if you still want to sell them."
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174 "You're from Dunbarrah?" asked Merryl.
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175 "Migrated here long ago. Fond of technology, that's why I moved.
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176 There's other problems that come along with it but I get by. I still have
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177 a bit o' magick to rely on if things get rough. Some punks tried to rob me
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178 about a month ago; they suffered sudden existence failure."
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179 "We're trying to return to Dunbarrah. We got here my mistake- a
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180 miscast spell. Do you know where a Power source is?"
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181 The shopkeeper smiled. "Yes, I do. You got sucked in here by
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182 Power, huh? That'll happen. Okay, I'll tell you. There is a large slab
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183 of stone in the South Park blocks, moved there by the city. Of course,
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184 they didn't know it used to be a worship-stone long ago. It radiates a
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185 lot of Power."
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186 "Tell us how to get there?"
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187 ### Pan #################################################### 03/12/89 ###
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188
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005=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/12/89 18:03 Msg:3364 Call:19294 Lines:31
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189 .
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190 And alas another day will pass. And all of the tension will subside, into the
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191 dark that is the night.
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192
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193 Though it may seem like a principle it is only really your inner self, fighting
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194 with the shell with which you surround yourself. True feelings are very rare.
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195
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196 The foundation is a small grey stone. It is somtimes cold to the touch and
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197 somtimes warm. But it is always there holding up that which sits so
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198 precariosly above it.
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199
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200 You can feel it if you try. Reaching out is so hard somtimes. The Poet
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201 can never be sure wether a vision is simply an illusion or a truth that is
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202 hidden.
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203
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204 The forrest in its greeness is as we all are. The shadow under the trees
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205 will always harbor somthing to make us nervouse. And this is as it should
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206 be. To be to sure of ones self is to be a fool. Always doubt but feel
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207 secure in the knowledge that your doubt brings you strength.
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208
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209 The roundness of the earth is inself an illusion. Though I to would like to
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210 think that it is a truth. For is the earth not speckled with the mountains
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211 and valleys that make it so much more the a sphere?
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212
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213 Each feature may bring back a memory and even the smallest things are
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214 beutifull in some way. Symetry.
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215
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216 Below the sky is were we all reside. Perhaps some day we will travel out ane
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217 there discover more wonders. The scale at which you view things is a
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218 reflection as well. May we all be kind in whatever scale we care to see.
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219 .
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006=Usr:289 Audie Huber 03/12/89 18:18 Msg:3365 Call:19295 Lines:10
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220 3.14159265358979323846
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221 (Sorry to interupt) Did anyone see Douglas Adams when he came to
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222 Powell's book store last Thursday. It really pissed me off because he was
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223 only there from 12:00 to 1:30. Although he did read some of the funnier
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224 bits from Life, the Universe, and Everything. He was promoting his new book,
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225 'The Long, Dark, Tea-Time of the Soul. The title incidentially is found in
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226 the first chapter of 'Life, the Universe, and Everything.' I had him sign
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227 my omnibus edition of Hitchhikers, and both the Dirk Gently books.
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228 Ah well, back to Economics and Western Civ.
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229 3.14159265358979323846 ----Audie Huber, 3/12/89.
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007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/12/89 19:29 Msg:3366 Call:19299 Lines:7
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230 &*&*&*&*'s
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231 I hadn't even heard he was going to be in town. Drat. Oh well. Are the
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232 Dirk Gently Novels any good? I really enjoyed the Hitchhikers series.
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233
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234 An Astral Dreamer
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235 &*&*&*&*'s
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236
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008=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/12/89 20:50 Msg:3367 Call:19304 Lines:9
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237 .
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238 So what is it that I see. Looking out at patrons of the inn. The hearth is
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239 warm.
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240
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241 Stages. Moving growing . Why must some change faster then others. To the level
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242 of all that is.
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243
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244 To bother.
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245 .
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009=Usr:233 molusk the crab 03/12/89 21:44 Msg:3368 Call:19307 Lines:3
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246 ***************************************
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247 To Observe. That Is Why I Am Here.
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248 ***************************************
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010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/13/89 00:19 Msg:3369 Call:19314 Lines:12
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249 &*&*&*&*'s
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250 Whoops looks like the Inn emptied out. I guess I'll have to start posting
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251 Backwaters number to tinny bopper boards. We really need some new blood
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252 here.
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253
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254 By the way, I'm semi-seriose about the tinny-boppen comment. I'd almost
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255 rather see this board filled with two line messages then this nearly
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256 unbrocken silence.
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257
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258 An Astral Dreamer
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259 &*&*&*&*'s
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260
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011=Usr:322 Stray Cat 03/13/89 05:13 Msg:3370 Call:19316 Lines:5
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261
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262 AD - would a lurk notice appease you. Please don't bring on the kids.
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263 They're okay in private conversations, but tend to get obnoxious
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264 on their public messages.
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265
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012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/13/89 11:32 Msg:3371 Call:19325 Lines:13
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266 &*&*&*&*'s
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267 Lurk notices are ok, but how about some real action? I certainly have
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268 nothing against the 14 and 15 year olds out there, But I will admit they can
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269 get a bit out of hand.
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270
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271 So, Why don't the other 3 peoplw who call this board try to get some more
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272 mature users. Baring that I really don't see any alternative to posting
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273 the number for Backwater on every board I can find. We need some new blood
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274 here.
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275
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276 An Astral Dreamer
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277 &*&*&*&*'s
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278
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013=Usr:233 molusk the crab 03/13/89 13:13 Msg:3372 Call:19327 Lines:3
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279 ****************************************
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280 What? Tommorow Perhaps.
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281 ****************************************
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014=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/13/89 14:12 Msg:3373 Call:19328 Lines:4
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282 .
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283 The formal education is inspired by the lack of seeking. To know is to
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284 end the search. Yet there is no end.
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285 .
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015=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/13/89 15:25 Msg:3374 Call:19329 Lines:6
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286 &*&*&*&*'s
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287 Hmm, a little action. Not much meaningfull dialogue though. I'll upload part
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288 fourteen of my story tonight. Later.
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289
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290 An Astral Dreamer
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291 &*&*&*&*'s
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016=Usr:4 Milchar 03/13/89 15:52 Msg:3375 Call:19330 Lines:8
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292 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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293 Ah, AD. Such little patience! Backwater has always had cycles, no
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294 one can produce all the time. For my own part, I have always been
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295 much more adept with the written word after a short vacation. Then
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296 again, storytelling is not all that goes on here- poems, debates and
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297 other discussion is common. Afterwards the writing goes on. Or
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298 perhaps during. You never can tell here on BW. :-)
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299 +++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++ 3/13/89 +++++++++++++++++++++
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017=Usr:71 David Shult 03/13/89 16:38 Msg:3376 Call:19331 Lines:53
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300 696969696969
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301 THE QUIET REVOLUTION
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302
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303 The Quiet Revolution is a systematic grass-roots educational campaign whose
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304 purpose is to cultivate awareness of the ways in which our personal decisions
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305 collectively shape our world.
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306
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307 Each person impinges on his or her society, species, and biosphere in six
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308 ways: spending money, earning or investing money, voting, using resources,
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309 relating to others, and paying taxes. Of these, five are largely or wholly a
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310 matter of personal choice.
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311
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312 The Quiet Revolution is based on the premise that the Earth can be saved--our
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313 terminal global cancer can be cured--to the exact extent we each take personal
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314 responsibility for the Earth in all of our decisions. The basic maxim is this:
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315 Make all choices on the basis of what promotes the health, competence, and
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316 adaptive flexibility of self, society, species, and biosphere.
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317
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318 Specifically, this translates into the following:
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319
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320 Good Buy: Cultivate awareness of the personal and systemic effects of your
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321 spending habits. Before you purchase anything, ask yourself three questions:
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322 (1) Where is most of the money for this thing going? (i.e. to support the
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323 local economy and/or sustainable enterprise, or to enrich the polluters and
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324 exploiters) (2) What good is this thing to me? (Is it a tool, conducive to my
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325 health, competence, and flexibility--or is it an addiction, conducive to
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326 momentary self-gratification at others' expense?) (3) Does this purchase
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327 constitute a responsible use of the Earth's resources?
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328
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329 Good Work: Cultivate awareness of the personal and systemic effects of your
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330 livelihood. Before you take a job or make a decision about your career, ask
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331 yourself to what degree it is slavery (squandering your vital energies for
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332 someone else's vested interests that may be detrimental to the health of the
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333 planet) or work (doing what you are best at for the best interests of self,
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334 society, species, and biosphere).
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335
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336 Good Will: Cultivate an awareness of the personal and systemic effects of your
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337 interactions with others: those you love, work with, compete against, do
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338 business with, or involve yourself with in any way. "Do unto others as you
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339 would have them do unto you," whether the "other" is your lover, your cat, a
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340 skid row derelict, a wilderness area, or the Earth herself. This has never
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341 been improved upon as the central axiom of enlightened personal and planetary
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342 ethics.
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343
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344 To the exact extent that people apply these principles--acting on the basis of
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345 what is best for self, society, species, and biosphere simultaneously--to
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346 every nontrivial decision they make--what to buy, where to work, how to
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347 relate--the Earth will be transformed into a healthy and balanced planet once
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348 again. --sponsored by Oregon Gaia Institute
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349
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350 696969696969696969
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351
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352
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018=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/13/89 17:26 Msg:3377 Call:19333 Lines:16
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353 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N______________________________
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354 Well I'm ... so since only the 14 and 15 year old messages are annoying,
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355 I am ok to post. There sure has been much going on here. To comment on the
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356 stories: AD, your story work continues to be an incredible experience! You
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357 must be careful though that someone does not use your ideas.. for if you
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358 typed and binded together you're whole story you would have a definite
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359 bestseller in the fantasy field! Pan, you too are doing very good work.
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360 A missed a little bit at the beginning so I am a little bit lost but still,
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361 very good writing! Milch, your description of the Inn was truly incredible.
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362 I can now picture this place in which I reside. Excellently and vividly
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363 explained. Thank you. Until next time then, keep up the good work!
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364 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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365
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366 _______________________________L_A_T_E_R_______________(5:32pm 3/13/89)_____
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367
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368 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
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019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/13/89 18:27 Msg:3378 Call:19336 Lines:80
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369 &*&*&*&*'s
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370 Milch, I know what you mean,its just that I get frustrated easily. I like the
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371 idea of the quiet revolution, I wonder if it stands a chance?
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372
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373 VISION, thanks for the praise, my head is begining to swell. I'm not sure
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374 I'll be able to get out of my room without getting it stuck in the door frame
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375 :-+) (Mustachiod smiley.)
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376
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377 On the subject of people stealing this. What I enter here is generaly a first
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378 draft. I have made many changes to the earlier stuff and you may notice that
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379 the story has continued to evolve. When it is fully done I will print it
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380 all out. This is my third or so attempt at writting a novel, I hope this one
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381 will succede. If I could find somebody with a Commodore 128 I could get them
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382 to copy my last attempt over. I think I was around 100k into that one. Which
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383 is a bit more then 2 times as much as I have done on Patricks tale.
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384
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385 I don't seem to be able to write in anything other then Novel length. Well,
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386 eugh of this rambling, on to part 14.
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387
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388 "How did you get here?"
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389 "Well, actually I came over to apologize. Your Grandmother told me
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390 you were in the back yard. I didn't see you but I thought you might be
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391 hiding in the dog house or somthing." William finally noticed Cymry. "Wow,
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392 Cymrys back! Excellent. Were did he come from?" He bent down to scratch
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393 Cymry behind his ears.
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394 "You came over to apologize?"
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395 "Yeah, I've been a bit of an ass lately. I'm afraid since I found
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396 out how good I am at sports I've gotten a bit big headed."
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397 Patrick and William had been best friends since grade school. They had
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398 both been about average height untill last summer. William had started a
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399 late but substantial growth at that time. Patrick figured him to be around
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400 6'2 and 220 pounds now. It was needless to say a difficult change to get used
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401 to.
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402 "Yes, you have been avoiding me lately."
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403 "Well, untill this year, and try not to be to offended by this, we've
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404 been geeks. I mean most of the girls wouldn't give either of us a sideways
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405 glance. So suddenly I'm stud athlete, I'm afraid I didn't handle it very
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406 well."
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407 "What brought all this on?"
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408 "I'd be lying if I didn't say I've been having a great time, But I got
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409 out my picture album for the heck of it and started looking through it. And
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410 I realized that we'd had some great times before I was ever populer. Your
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411 about the only person I know who likes me because of who I was, Not because of
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412 what I have become."
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413 Patrick looked at this giant, and for the first time in a long time
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414 he saw the friend he had known for so many years. He smiled and held out his
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415 hand. "Friends again then?"
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416 William smiled back and shock Patricks hand. "Friends, So were the heck
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417 are we? One minute I'm walking towards Cymrys dog house and the next I see this
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418 big wooden building. I couldn't see your house anywere so I walked up and
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419 knocked, somebody let me in and I noticed you over here sitting with some
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420 hippy type... Say were did that guy go?"
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421 Patrick looked around and found the Wanderers chair empty. "He seems
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422 to have a habit of dissapering. You'de better sit down, this is sort of a
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423 long story."
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424 An hour later Patrick had finished running through all that had
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425 happened to him so far.
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426 "Pixies and Treants? Why didn't you tell me about this stuff?" William
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427 paused for a moment. "Heck we've been in your back yard hundreds of times
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428 and I never noticed any of that stuff."
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429 "Thats why I didn't tell you. I seemed to be the only one who could
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430 see it. For all I knew everybody had these sorts of things in their back
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431 yards. Since nobody talked about it though I kept quite. I remember telling
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432 my mother about it when I was a kid, She'd just smile and tell me I was
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433 cute."
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434 "Yeah, I see what you mean. Say why don't we go back to your house.
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435 This all makes me sort of nervouse."
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436 "Sure." he said motioning for Cymry to follow.
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437 They got up and made their ways out of the Inn. Outside Patrick
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438 looked around and then waited.
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439 "Which way is home?" William asked him.
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440 "It ussually just appears. when I want to go there. I don't remember it
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441 taking this long before."
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442 They waited for fifteen minutes. Finally William voiced their worst
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443 fear. "Patrick, I don't think we're going to be going home as soon as we
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444 thought we would be.
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445
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446
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447 An Astral Dreamer
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448 &*&*&*&*'s
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020=Usr:228 Phoenix Polymorp 03/13/89 21:00 Msg:3379 Call:19339 Lines:1
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449 Wow! SE20! fenix was here!
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021=Usr:82 SWORDSMITH 03/13/89 23:15 Msg:3380 Call:19346 Lines:1
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450 SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.
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022=Usr:220 alyx * 03/14/89 12:42 Msg:3381 Call:19358 Lines:37
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451 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* -- alyx * -- *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
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452 my interests include (but are not limited to): cross-country skiing, dancing,
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453 photography, writing, reading, drawing, and traveling. currently i'm working
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454 on my private pilot's license and next week i hope to start learning tai-chi.
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455
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456 i work as both a hardware and software engineer but am beginning to think that
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457 i what i really want to do is architecture. i like the people aspects of
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458 computers but i don't make the technical side my life (read: i'm not a nerd :-)
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459
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460 re: AD and his impatient side. first let me say that i currently like the
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461 atmosphere here as is. if you find this board too slow perhaps you should
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462 also check out other boards? that way, things could take their natural course
|
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463 here and you would be in touch with more folks. i like the blue parrot and
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464 jd's place...
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465
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466 does anyone suffer from writer's block? the version that is afflicting me
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467 currently is that basically i am a perfectionist. when/if i have a stroy
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468 (i mean, story) in my head, i can get impatient with my (seemingly) in-
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469 ability to communicate it *exactly* the way it is in my head. i suppose
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470 the best way to get around that is to just practice and possible revise
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471 when i feel some important details are missing...
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472
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473 one final word on "stealing ideas". give a roomful of writers a storyline
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474 or plot and virtually no two stories will be identical. i could take the
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475 story of patrick and tell it my way but chances are, i would wander off in
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476 another direction or perhaps develop patrick in a different way, etc. i
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477 have taken two creative writing classes (different teachers) where the first
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478 was real particular about 'protecting ideas' and the second was not. the
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479 class was set up as a workshop - every student got a copy of everybody eles's
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480 (argh! that's else's) work to critique. in the first class we had to return
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481 each copy to the author. i had wanted to use them to practice and revise
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482 after hearing the critiques or use the basic storyline to tell a story my
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483 way. in the second class, the teacher *encouraged* exactly that. usually not
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484 to copy the whole story line but to answer the question: what if he/she did
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485 that instead or if this happened, etc. i think you get my point (if there ever
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486 was one :-)
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487 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ -- alyx * -- 3/14 -- 1p -- *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+**+*+*
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023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/14/89 14:25 Msg:3382 Call:19362 Lines:32
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488 &*&*&*&*'s
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489 Hello alyx. Re: my impatiance. Sorry if I seem a bit neurotic about that. I
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490 tend to get uptight if nothing interesting happens for more then 24
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491 hours.
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492 When I got here last summer things were much more active. Of course we also
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493 had to put up with some stiwt, but that is the price you pay.
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494
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495 I just joined up over at jd's place, I'm not sure I've been validated as I
|
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496 can't enter messages. I'm also on Blue Parrot under my real name.
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497
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498 I've noticed that very little writting is going on. This is true on all the
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499 writting oriented BBS's in town that I have found.
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500
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501 As far as writters block goes, I get it only when I'm really busy or in a
|
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502 bad mood. As far as perfection goes I don't worry to much about it on
|
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503 a first draft which is what I upload here. I try to make things as good
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504 as possible in that first draft but I realize I'm going to have to go back
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505 and change parts of the story later.
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506
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507 I'm not worried about people stealing my ideas, They are really not that
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508 origional. The only thing I really worry about is somebody taking one of
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509 my stories, correcting the spelling and then saying it is theirs.
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510
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511 Hopefully I'll be able to afford a real WP soon. right now I use a text
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512 editor that has no spell checker, thesaures etc. As you may have noticed
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513 I really do need these tools.
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514
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515 Well, enough for now. I'll upload the next part of my story tonight.
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516 TTY A L.
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517
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518 An Astral Dreamer(3/14/89 2:30pm.)
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519 &*&*&*&*'s
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024=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/14/89 17:06 Msg:3383 Call:19367 Lines:7
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520
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521 ___V_I_S_I_O_N___
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522 Hello Alyx. Nice to hear about you and your interests.
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523 AD, I give praise where praise is due, and it was due to you. :)
|
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524 Excellent story work.
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525 Hmm, Kurfur is gone again. I think his modem popped again.
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526 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
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025=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/14/89 23:04 Msg:3384 Call:19380 Lines:81
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527 &*&*&*&*'s
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528 Ok , heres the next part. ACTION!
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529
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530 They stood awhile longer before returning to the Inn. They returned to
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531 their table.
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532 "Hey, whats that?" William said noticing a small brown pouch on the
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533 table. Beside it was a scroll.
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534 "Looks like its for me." Patrick said noting his name on the outside of
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535 the scroll. He opened it up. It was a note from the Wanderer.
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536 "Sorry to have left so suddenly,I had business elsewere. You will
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537 find contained in the pouch 40 gold pieces. Use them wisely. You should be
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538 able to stay in the Inn tonight, there is a large common room upstairs
|
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539 that will serve your purpose.
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540 Oh, I'm not sure who closed your doorway, It is not within my power to
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541 open it either I'm afraid. Good luck to you and your friend William.
|
||
542
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543 May your Journeys be long and prosperouse ones,
|
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544 the Wanderer."
|
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545
|
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546 William had been reading over Patrick shoulder and now reached out and
|
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547 lifted the pouch from the table. when he opened it he saw the golden coins
|
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548 that the note had spocken of. They were roughly dime sized. He pulled one
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||
549 out and looked at it. On one side it showed an ingraving the Inn, on the
|
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550 other side it said "This coin is legal tender for all things within the
|
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551 land of Innisfall." these words cirled a small crescent on which many
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552 intricate and hard to identify symbols were etched. He handed the pouch to
|
||
553 Patrick. "Mind if I keep this one?"
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554 Patrick dumped the coins out on the table. "We'd better split them up
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555 evenly, In case we get seperated..."
|
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556 William nodded solemnly.
|
||
557 They devided up the coins and placed them in their pockets.
|
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558 "My mother is going to kill me." William noted after they had sat silently
|
||
559 at the table for awhile.
|
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560 "I'm really sorry about getting you into this."
|
||
561 William stared moodily out into the center of the common area of the Inn
|
||
562 for a moment. He looked back at Patrick. "No, its not your fault. If I hadn't
|
||
563 been such an ass recently I wouldn't have had to come over to apologize. Its
|
||
564 sort of poetic justice. but What do we do now?"
|
||
565 "I'm not sure, if I could get us to Brians school of magic we might be
|
||
566 able to get some help from him. I don't know how to get there through the lake
|
||
567 though." He paused and pounded his fist on the table.(Cymry looked up at him.)
|
||
568 "If I could only remember that symbol I used to get home from Brians School.
|
||
569 we'd be back in my room."
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||
570 They sat in silence again untill William spoke. "I'm getting kind'of
|
||
571 hungry, why don't we have somthing to eat?"
|
||
572 Patrick sighed and smiled at his friend. The guy could eat twice as much a
|
||
573 him and not even blink an eye. "Pardon me, am old we order somthing
|
||
574 t a? arc sed the barmaid when she next passed there table.
|
||
575 h mlda hem "somthing, what would you like?"
|
||
576 Give me a double burger and fries. Oh, and a large root bear if you
|
||
577 have it." William answered.
|
||
578 "And you sir?"
|
||
579 "Oh, I'll just have some apple pie if you have it."
|
||
580 "Certainly, I'll be back in just a bit." She said walking back to towards
|
||
581 the kitchen.
|
||
582 "Wow, she was good looking." Noted William.
|
||
583 "Huh? Oh yeah, I suppose." Patrick replied.
|
||
584 "You're begining to worry me buddy. Show some interest man. Your nearly
|
||
585 17 years old."
|
||
586 Patrick began to turn pink. "Look," He said unsteadilly, "Just because
|
||
587 I don't pant at every pretty girl..."
|
||
588 "Women." William corrected.
|
||
589 "...Ok, Women that walks by that doesn't mean I'm strange or anything."
|
||
590 "Ok, Ok relax. I was just teasing you."
|
||
591 Cymry began nudging Patrick in the side. "Whats then matter boy?" He
|
||
592 asked the dog.
|
||
593 "I don't think he needs to go, He went when we went outside earlier."
|
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594 William reminded him.
|
||
595 Just then Patrick again noticed the little silver tube on Cymrys coller.
|
||
596 He reached out and touched it.
|
||
597 "Maybe he's just hun... shit!" William Said as Patrick slumped to the
|
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598 ground.
|
||
599
|
||
600
|
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601 Whoops, Looks like a bit of munging. Basicly patrick asked the waitres if
|
||
602 she would take his order and she said she would be glad to.
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||
603
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604 An Astral Dreamer
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605@/clubs;/sel commodore
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606 &*&*&*&*'s
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607
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026=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/15/89 00:47 Msg:3385 Call:19384 Lines:5
|
||
608 .
|
||
609 Wow. Action. everthing is here. To much. On to the silvery lake of the worlds.
|
||
610
|
||
611 A trip well done.
|
||
612 .
|
||
027=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 03/15/89 01:34 Msg:3386 Call:19385 Lines:30
|
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613
|
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614 {}
|
||
615
|
||
616 Wanderer and/or Milch(?), is the Inn no longer located in the
|
||
617 gravity bubble I moved it into? Are the arches gone? Re:
|
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618 just where is everything? I'm a little confused now.
|
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619
|
||
620 A good story, AD. Vision is right; you should consider making
|
||
621 a proposal to a publisher by sending only one or two chapters &
|
||
622 seeing what the response is.
|
||
623
|
||
624 H. Celine
|
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625
|
||
626 ***
|
||
627
|
||
628 Almost forgot: will you be including "regulars" from the Inn
|
||
629 within your story?
|
||
630
|
||
631 ***
|
||
632
|
||
633 So what happened to the two on Earth? Are they still at the coin
|
||
634 shop ?
|
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635
|
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636 ***
|
||
637
|
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638 Suffering from confusion,
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639
|
||
640 H. Celine
|
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641
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||
642 {}
|
||
028=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/15/89 17:39 Msg:3387 Call:19391 Lines:1
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643 &*&*&*&*'s (workalurk.) An Astral Dreamer.
|
||
029=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/15/89 19:15 Msg:3388 Call:19394 Lines:5
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644 __V_I_S_I_O_N__
|
||
645 Workalurk? Cute. I like that AD.
|
||
646 Hagbard agrees w/me AD, so you'd better do it!
|
||
647 Later later later
|
||
648 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
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030=Usr:93 DAVE ELKMAN 03/15/89 20:13 Msg:3389 Call:19395 Lines:6
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649 $$$$$$$$$$$$****************$$$$$$$$$$$**************$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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||
650 CCCCCCCChhhhhhhaaaaaammmmmmpppppppppppp
|
||
651 Why did the chicken cross the road?
|
||
652
|
||
653
|
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654 To show the possom it could be done.
|
||
031=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/15/89 22:20 Msg:3390 Call:19399 Lines:21
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655 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
656 Hmm, I think I'll wait on making any submissions. Need to learn how to spell
|
||
657 first.
|
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658
|
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659 Oh, the workalurk idea was stolen from febuary of 1986. As soon as I have the
|
||
660 money I'm buying into the archives.
|
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661
|
||
662 were are you Piper, Bard, and all the rest. Oh well.
|
||
663
|
||
664 I'll be uploading an extra long entry tommorow, right now I'm really feeling
|
||
665 tired. Plus I've been a bit busy.
|
||
666
|
||
667 Oh, Hagbard. The Inn appears on many different levels. The one you mentioned is
|
||
668 one aspect. It may very well be the real one. Innisfall is just the most
|
||
669 commonly known of the aspects of the Inn.
|
||
670
|
||
671 Good day and glory be to all of you!
|
||
672
|
||
673 An Astral Dreamer
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674 &*&*&*&*'s
|
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675
|
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033=Usr:4 Milchar 03/16/89 03:08 Msg:3392 Call:19406 Lines:16
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677 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
678 Hagbard: I was recounting what the Inn WAS like. When BWMS II came
|
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679 on-line, most of the stories revolved around the great change of the
|
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680 multiverse. The Inn as it existed then was destroyed. However, if one
|
||
681 traverses the spheres long enough, its like may be found once more.
|
||
682 AD: I forget what the going rate is to buy into the Archives (it decreases
|
||
683 as more people buy in; the money you pay is divided among those who have
|
||
684 already purchased it)... but I am sure it can be arranged. It exists on
|
||
685 many different formats- MS-DOS, TRS-DOS, cartridge & 9-track tapes (I
|
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686 still smile at that one!). I don't believe anyone has tried to print the
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687 whole thing out yet (18 megs? about 3400 pages?)...
|
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688 AD: After thinking about it for a bit, I believe the current low-level
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689 of activity is due to the lack of multi-authored stories. There are
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690 problems with maintaining such, but they do produce a lot of creative
|
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691 writing!
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692 ++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++ 03/16/89 ++++++++++++++++++++
|
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034=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/16/89 16:20 Msg:3393 Call:19412 Lines:12
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693 __V_I_S_I_O_N__
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694 AD I'll be looking forward to your long entry !
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695 Sounds like it will be killer!
|
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696 Hmm oh yes I would like the disks too.
|
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697 How do you get them ?
|
||
698 What about cost and stuff ?
|
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699 I guess the last 2 ?'s are directed to Mikey
|
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700 Hmm oh yes it seems that the champ!$ is back. or was that the same
|
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701 champ i know ? the one from seaside? if so you've been gone for awhile!
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702 later later later
|
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703 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
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704
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035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/16/89 21:18 Msg:3394 Call:19418 Lines:7
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705 &*&*&*&*'s
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706 Ok, almost done with tonights entry. I'll be on somtime around midnight
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707 to upload it.
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708
|
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709 An Astral Dreamer
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710 &*&*&*&*'s
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711
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036=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/16/89 22:54 Msg:3395 Call:19421 Lines:4
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712 .
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713 A hundred lines have passed me by. I see them as the words that fly across
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714 my terminal In endless flashes of distinct light.
|
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715 .
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037=Usr:71 David Shult 03/16/89 23:06 Msg:3396 Call:19422 Lines:85
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716 HEATED WORDS OVER COLD FACTS
|
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717
|
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718 Say good bye to baseball, sports fans. If we don't, it may mean the end o
|
||
719 life as we know it on earth.
|
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720 This year, the baseball bat industry expects to sell more than 2,300,000
|
||
721 wooden baseball bats. That translates to about 250,000 trees. Yes, in 1989
|
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722 alone, baseball will reduce our planet's capability to absorb carbon dioxide an
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723 produce oxygen by at least a quarter of a million trees. That figure of course
|
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724 does not include the trees that bite the dust for the sake of baseball progrqms
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'25 newspaper pages devoted to the sport, and paper cups for the beer, not to
|
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726 mention the annual Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated (which may not be
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727 influenced by baseball so much as by another sport).
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728
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729 Without those trees< scientists tell us, the amount of carbon dioxide in
|
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730 our atmosphere will increase. And with the rise in carbon dioxide level comes
|
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731 the dreaded...
|
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732 Greenhouse Effect
|
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733 We used to think of greenhouses as pleasand< sguet-smelling, lush oases in
|
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734 the cold barrenness of winter. No more. This greenhouse is going to kill us,
|
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735 we're told. How? Well, with all that carbon dioxide, sunlight gets through to
|
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736 warm the earth, which in turn heats the atmosphere< but infrared radiation is
|
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737 absorbed by the carbon dioxide, so the heat doesn't dissipate by radiation into
|
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738 space. Got that? Before too many years go by, the earth's atmosphere heats up
|
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739 and we die.
|
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740 Don't panic yet. Halting the }anufacture of baseball bats won't help an
|
||
741 awful lot. That's because there are other problems. A lot more trees are cut t
|
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742 clear land for agriculture (such as South American cattle raising). And, the
|
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743 real big sources of carbon dioxide are txe industrial burning of wood and
|
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744 petroleum products and respiration by humans and other animals. Burning is
|
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745 especially bad, because it releases particulate matter into the atmosphere, and
|
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746 that increases the density of clouds and the inability ov the atmosphere to
|
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747 transmit light and heat from the sun to the earth. And you know what that
|
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748 means: global cooling and the dreaded...
|
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749
|
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750 Perpetual Winter
|
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751 Yes, scientists tell us that this pollution gyll sause temperatures to
|
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752 drop, which will increase the size of the polar ice caps and cause currently
|
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753 temperate areas to become agriculturally unproductive and even uninhabitable --
|
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754 another ice age. Got that? Before too many years go by,0dhe earth's atmospher
|
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755 cools down and we die.
|
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756 Don't panic yet. The scientists who believe in greenhouses are still
|
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757 fighting with those who prefer the idea of a perpetual winter, and the earth is
|
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758 waiting to see which side can yell the loudest.
|
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759
|
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760 Until recently, it appeared that the greenhouse fans were gaining. In
|
||
761 fact, this group of scientists became so sure of themselves that they decided
|
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762 they could afford to spend a little time to check their theory against txe data
|
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763 they have been accumulating during the last century. They wanted to pin down
|
||
764 the rate of temperature increase so they could tell us exactly how long we have
|
||
765 before human life (and baseball) perishes.
|
||
766 What did they find? Nt much. They started by checking temperature
|
||
767 statistics for the United States over the last century and found that there is
|
||
768 no indication of any warming or cooling trend. The scholars were shocked and
|
||
769 dismayed -- no evidence that the end of life is near. How disappointing. But
|
||
770 scientists are not easily discouraged, and they came up with two reasonable
|
||
771 explanations. First, their data may not be any good. Scientists like to
|
||
772 throw out their data when the numbers don't support their views. And second,
|
||
773 just in case no one believes that the scientists have been collecting bad
|
||
774 numbers, they hypothesize that the U.S. may be a special case, a "local"
|
||
775 climate, an anomaly surrounded by a warming earth. Qfter all, they explain,
|
||
776 the most significant changes caused by the greenhouse effect would be seen at
|
||
777 the poles and in the tropics.
|
||
778 So the scientists looked at the poles and the tropics. Nothing. Things
|
||
779 seem pretty much the same as they were centuries ago.
|
||
780
|
||
781 What does this all mean?
|
||
782
|
||
783 It means that baseball may not destroy life after all, even if it does
|
||
784 severely interfere with TV schedules. And the baseball bat industry is doing
|
||
785 its pard by converting to aluminum bats, cutting the production of wooden bats
|
||
786 by about 75 percent over the last 15 years. They would do even better if
|
||
787 aluminum bats were legal in professional baseball.
|
||
788 Are you breathing easier?
|
||
789
|
||
790 0 Don't. Clearing all those forests in South America will give a needed sho
|
||
791 in the arm to the economies of several countries by allowing them to expand
|
||
792 their cattle industries and increase the production of beef, which (scientists
|
||
793 tell uc9 insreases the level of serum cholesterol. Before too many years go by
|
||
794 our arteries clog up and we die.
|
||
795 ------------------------------
|
||
796 This is Number 133 in a series of articles designed to explain the world to
|
||
797 those who plan to |ive0there and to visitors alike.
|
||
798 ------------------------------
|
||
799
|
||
800
|
||
038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/16/89 23:28 Msg:3397 Call:19423 Lines:9
|
||
801 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
802 Interesting stuff above. Life will kill you too. Maybe the earth will jusd
|
||
8 3 get tired of all of us humen types and swallow us up. And the we would die.
|
||
804 Milchar, A Multi-Author story would be nice. But the format I would like
|
||
805 to follow would be like the Thieves world series. My current story is
|
||
806 connected0do the Inn. Many others could be as well. The Inn would be the
|
||
807 'common element.'
|
||
808 Well, here is part 16. More tommorow.
|
||
809
|
||
039=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/16/89 23:41 Msg:3398 Call:19424 Lines:29
|
||
810 Again he floated above the table with0the crystal ball. This time the
|
||
811 girl who had come through the door was sitting in a chair by the table.
|
||
812 "Anji!" Patrick said, now recognizing her.
|
||
813 "Ah, you know me! I look different when I am not 9 inches tall I suppose."
|
||
81$0She0added sadly "Of course I also lost my wings."
|
||
815 "What does all this mean?" Patrick asked her.
|
||
816 "You are in great danger!"
|
||
817 "Of what?"
|
||
818 She shook her head. "I cannot go into details now. You must hide."
|
||
819 "Hyde? Gilliam and I can't return home."
|
||
820 "Yes, that is unfortunate. It was a hard decision, but we had to close
|
||
821 the gate. Somehow William got sucked in when it happened. We are deeply sorry."
|
||
822 "Sorry, who are you? Who are 'we'."
|
||
823 Anji frowned. "I cannot tell you that."
|
||
824 "Ughh!"
|
||
825 "Your Cute when you're angry." She said, her cheeks dimpling as she
|
||
826 smiled.
|
||
827 Patrick began to feel himself fade.
|
||
828 Anji noticed. "You should not contact me agai~ to0soon. The disturbance
|
||
829 will be noted by Acerik."
|
||
830 "Acerik?"
|
||
831 But it was to late. With a sudden jolt Patrick was back in the Inn.
|
||
832 "Pat Buddy! Your awake. What happened?"
|
||
833 "Huh? Oh, I... could you help me sit up/" William helped him into a chair.
|
||
834 He sat gasping.
|
||
835 "Are you sure your okay?"
|
||
836 Patrick took a deep breath."Yeah, I'm alright." He explained to William
|
||
837 what had happened.
|
||
838 "Sorry we can't return home? Great.You know, It is begining to look like
|
||
040=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/16/89 23:51 Msg:3399 Call:19425 Lines:56
|
||
839 somthing really deep is going on here."
|
||
840 "Yeah, the adventure of a life time." Patrick yawned and looked at his
|
||
841 watch. "Great, its onli noon and I feel like sleeping.
|
||
842 "Noon? Oh yeah, the waitress brought the food after you passed out.
|
||
843 Whan't some?"
|
||
844 "No thanks, you can have the Pie as well. I think I'm going to go to
|
||
845 bed."
|
||
846 "You sure your ok?"
|
||
8470 "Yes, just tired. I'll get a room for us."
|
||
848 "Ok, I'll be up as soon as I finish eating"
|
||
849 Patrick went over to the counter and talked to the Inn keeper. After
|
||
850 a short discussion he handed him one of the gold coins and recievud some
|
||
851 silver and copper ones in return.
|
||
852 "It's the second door on the left at the top of the stairs. I paid for
|
||
853 lunch as well." He walked tiredly towards the stairs. "Oh, you might want
|
||
854 to keep the pouch, I have the pack after al|."
|
||
(55 "What ever you say Pat. Take it easy dude."
|
||
856 Upstairs He opened the door and went inside. It was a fair sized room with
|
||
857 two beds, dressers and desks. Everything was neat and well kept. He managed to
|
||
858 stumble over to one of txe beds before falling asleep.
|
||
859 Sometime later he felt someone shake him. He opened his eyes to see
|
||
860 William standing above him.
|
||
861 "How you feeling?"
|
||
862 Patrick sat up and yawned. "Better. I just needed some rest."
|
||
863 "Dxatc0good, you had me worried. I was talking to some of the people
|
||
864 downstairs. Nice enough for the most part. Found out some interesting stuff."
|
||
865 "Such as."
|
||
866 "This Inn is located in a place known as Innisfall. It's supposed to be
|
||
(67 fqirly peacfull. We're a good way out from any settlements. The lake is as
|
||
868 you said a gateway to many different worlds. Combat is rare and nearly
|
||
869 unheard of in the Inn itself, though it can be a bit wild at times."
|
||
870 "Seems safe enouwh. Where is Cymry?"
|
||
871 "He's lying down by the other side of the bed. I got him some dinner and
|
||
872 let him do his business before I brought him up here."
|
||
873 "Good, I'd hate to lose him a second time."
|
||
874 "That lake must be an interesding place to go fishing."
|
||
875 Patrick smiled. "I'll bet, I wonder if anybody around here has tried
|
||
876 that?"
|
||
877 "I saw the Innkeeper heading out with a pole just before I came up
|
||
878 here. Must have a fascinating collection of stuff."
|
||
8'9 0 Patrick nodded.
|
||
880 William walked over and sat down on the other bed. "So Pat, what do we do
|
||
881 now?"
|
||
882 "We wait I guess. I'm all out of ideas for now. Unless..."
|
||
883 "Yeah?"
|
||
884 "I still have the piece of parchment thad0Briqn gave me."
|
||
885 "Do you know what it does?"
|
||
886 "No, but it must be good for somthing."
|
||
887
|
||
888 Note: Seems to be a bug in the current version of the BBS. I had a lock up
|
||
889 on line 838. I had to hang up and call back. This happenet once before, But
|
||
890 I didn't really pay attention. I was still sending by Backwater was not
|
||
891 echoing.
|
||
892
|
||
893 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
894 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
041=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/17/89 15:13 Msg:3400 Call:19436 Lines:3
|
||
895 .
|
||
896 Here I am. There I go.
|
||
897 .
|
||
042=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/17/89 22:36 Msg:3401 Call:19447 Lines:8
|
||
898 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
|
||
899 Who's the guy above who puts a "." before and after his entries ?
|
||
900 AD, GOOD STORY WORK !! again some cool stuff you have thebu Mi{e (whoops AD!)
|
||
901 Well not much else (OH YES, that envionmental stuff was very very very good
|
||
902 whoever you are that entered it.
|
||
903 Well well I am off.
|
||
904 Later later later
|
||
905 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
|
||
043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/18/89 0#:12 0Msg:3402 Call:19453 Lines:21
|
||
906 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
907 Thanks yet again VISION. I don't have anything to upload right now. To much
|
||
908 gaming recently has cut my writting time to zero. I'll be spending most of
|
||
909 tommorow catching up
|
||
910
|
||
911 Hopefully dhe disk will fill up and be changed. I don't think there is enough
|
||
912 space right now to make an upload. So... If you call please leave a comment
|
||
913 or two. If we fill the disk we'll be able to maintain out 1 per week pace.
|
||
914
|
||
915 Mikey, What doec the archive cost? Milchar isn't 100% sure. I can't
|
||
916 afford to pay right now, but in a month or two... I really do plan on
|
||
917 putting together the history of this place. Even if it is only for personal
|
||
918 consumtion.
|
||
919
|
||
920 I wonder whad0happened to KathyD? Kaitlyn? and all of those others. Hagbard
|
||
921 makes himself much to rare these days. What of Friar? JD Silverman was also
|
||
922 a reguler at one time.
|
||
923
|
||
924 Oh well, Signing off at 3am 3-18-89
|
||
925 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
926 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
044=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/18/89 11:17 Msg:3403 Call:19455 Lines:16
|
||
927 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
|
||
928 AD AD AD AD AD AD AD AD
|
||
929 you're welcome for the comment !
|
||
930 I, too wonder what happened to them.
|
||
931 I remember Kaitlyn had finals, sayd she wouldn't be on, came back for a
|
||
932 day, then left again without a trace !!
|
||
933 Well it's too bad. KathyD left too, suddenly.
|
||
934 HMMMMMMMMMM maybe it's meeee I don't know.
|
||
935 I am leaving messages so the disk
|
||
936 will fill and Ad can put in hic excellent story
|
||
937 work and I can read it and everyone else can read
|
||
938 it too. It's very very good stuff !!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
939 That's enough for me. I'll leave room for you.
|
||
940 BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE
|
||
941 AD AD AD AD AD AD
|
||
942 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*O:_*O:_
|
||
045=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 03/18/89 13:31 Msg:3404 Call:19458 Lines:5
|
||
943 'ello, Phoenix here. Can anybody tell me how I can get my hands on _all_
|
||
944 the back water disks?
|
||
945
|
||
946 PP
|
||
947 ^C
|
||
046=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/18/89 15:1 0 Msw:3405 Call:19461 Lines:7
|
||
948 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
949 I'd imagine the person to talk to is Mikey, as he is the one who has them all.
|
||
950 He's been awfully silent these last few months though.
|
||
951
|
||
952 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
953 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
954
|
||
047=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 03/18/89 15:37 Msg:3406 Call:19463 Lines:27
|
||
955 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
956 Friar is still here. I have been reading and watching and enjoying. I am not
|
||
957 really a creative griter in any sort of useable way. I synthesize and
|
||
958 aggregate, but rarely do I write the fantasy type of stories in vogue at this
|
||
959 time on BWII.
|
||
960 I do enjoy reading most of the stories, though, and will continue to read them.
|
||
961 I am sure that0some of you will go on to be poets, journalists, novelists, as
|
||
962 a profession rather than an avocation. Be wary that in becoming a profession
|
||
963 it does not lose its lustre as a reason for being.
|
||
964 I could never fly as a profession, because dxat ys not why I fly. Sometimes I
|
||
965 think I would like to, but my inner self has always held me back from that.
|
||
966 It seems I have a very wise inner self. I fly now for the joy of it, for the
|
||
967 peace it brings to me, for the memories of other worldc and other times. If I
|
||
968 *HAD* to do it, it would never be the same.
|
||
969 The same is true of writing for many. I have talked to authors who must keep
|
||
970 writing, to eat and sleep inside. They begin, after a time, to resent being
|
||
971 forced to be creative. "It isn't a valve you can turn on and off!" more than
|
||
972 one writer has screamed at his/her publisher/editor. Keep that in mind as you
|
||
973 choose, but remember that no choice is permanent and you are always free to
|
||
974 choose a diffurent future, or a different past.
|
||
975 Those of us who don't write value your offerings, we value the soul we see in
|
||
976 them. We value the beauty, and the truth, that is expressed there. The beauty
|
||
977 and truth always is, but sometimes it takes a nudge in the right direction to
|
||
978 allow us to see it. Keep putting your heart into it, and your heart will
|
||
979 become larger and larger, allowing more to be given.
|
||
980 Thank you for the writing, keep it up.
|
||
981 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar, bqck to lurk again [][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
048=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/18/89 15:52 Msg:3407 Call:19464 Lines:16
|
||
982 _____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________
|
||
983 Welcome Back, Friar. Hmm.. there are only a few lines lefd. I might as well
|
||
984 finish them off so that the disk can be changed and AD can upload the next
|
||
985 part of his story, which, by the way, I am eagerly awaiting. So what's
|
||
986 everyone up to during Spring Break? I know most of you consider yourselfus
|
||
987 Spring Breakless for whatever reason or another. I have a whole 9 days
|
||
988 (sarcastic) for Spring Break, but I'm doing nothing special. Well, bye
|
||
989 everyone, and AD, I'm looking forward to your next part!!
|
||
990 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
|
||
991
|
||
992 LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLater | 3/17/89 4:01 PMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
|
||
993
|
||
994 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
|
||
995
|
||
996 Oh Kurfur, If you don't like how I used your idea to sign off, then just
|
||
997 say something and I will use it no further. Here's 2 lines for someone =>
|
||
049=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/18/89 16:40 Msg:3408 Call:19467 Lines:2
|
||
998 . I am who I am. Good day and may the Inn be available for entry again soon.
|
||
999 . Remember all that is here is here for a reason. Even if its only to be smwere
|