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NUMBER OF LINES: 629 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...... 2 ******************* REMOVED: 28 DEC 83 ******************************* 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON 6 THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. 10 It is intended that the system be normally used for messages and 11 advertisments by the users. As the system is privatly owned, I retain the 12 right to remove any and all messages which I may find offensive 13 to me. Additionally because of the limited size of the system, it will be 14 periodically purged of older messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 15 The saved information will be cycled to drive 'B' while the information on 16 drive 'B' will be archived, and a fresh disk will be installed in drive 'A'. 17 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out 18 of the enter mode. The message is automaticly stored. 19 If after entering the message you find you made a mistake, 20 use the replace command to replace the line. 21 To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 22 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 23 ======================================== 24 25 To:Syrians, etcSALAAM ALEIKOUM! 26 To:Murphy, Andy Rooney, etc. 27 You are using the WRONG character to erase mistakes! This system only recognizes 28 CTRL-H (08h) (ASCII backspace) and DEL (7Fh). You are using a tilde (7Eh) this is a 29 printable character on most terminals. I assume that you are using an ATARI as 30 every time I see someone do this, they have said that they were using one. 31 _______________________________Leonard____________________________________________________ 32 33 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 34 35 LEONARD IS RIGHT, I SUSPECT AN ATARI. I USE AN ATARI, AND THE TILDE 36 DOES INDEED CAUSE A BACKSPACE WHEN USING EITHER JONESTERM OR AMODEM (BOTH 37 PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS, DEDICATED TO THE PURPOSE OF UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD). AS 38 TILDE'S GENERATE A BACKSPACE WHEN RECEIVED USING ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE 39 USER MAY THINK THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SEEING THE SAME THING, WHEN ACTUALLY 40 THEY ARE RECEIVING GARBAGE. SO IF YOU GENTLEMEN WERE TRYING TO BACKSPACE 41 CORRECT AN ERROR DURING ENTRY, USE THE "DELETE/BACK S" KEY OR CONTROL H. 42 BOTH WILL WORK. IF YOU ARE TRYING FOR SOMETHING FANCY (WRITING A MESSAGE 43 AND THEN ERASING IT), THE TILDE CHARACTER ONLY CAUSES IT ON YOUR MACHINES, 44 AND ONLY FOR THOSE USING THE ABOVE MENTIONED TERMINAL PROGRAMS. SO YOUR 45 WORK IS LOST ON EVERYONE ELSE. IF YOU WANT A *GOOD* TERMINAL, YOU MIGHT 46 TRY EITHER THE "CHAMELEON CRT TERMINAL EMULATOR" FROM ATARI PROGRAM EX- 47 CHANGE (WHICH ALLOWS EMULATION OF ADM-3A AND VT-52 TERMINALS) OR ONE OF THE 48 FINE (AND EXPENSIVE) COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS (T.H.E. TERMINAL FROM BINARY SOFT- 49 WARE OR TELE-TALK FROM DATASOFT INC.). THE PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS ARE FINE 50 FOR UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD OF ATARI PROGRAMS, BUT LEAVE A GREAT DEAL TO BE DESIRED 51 FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE REST OF THE COMPUTER WORLD. 52 53 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM![][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 54 55 I WAS HERE LAST NIGHT AND GOT STUCK FOR A WHILE 56 THIS IS FUN ! 57 FGGDGVUYI 58 KRJLL 59 ,V.SKJS 60 To dave i want to see you 61 today 70 [][][][][][][][][][][] 1146 12/22/83 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 71 72 PAM: IF YOU CAN ALLAY YOUR FEARS OF MEETING NEW PEOPLE FOR A SHORT 73 TIME, I HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. I 74 STILL HAVE A FRIEDS IC, SO BBS IS TOO LARGE, BUT I CAN COMM 75 UNICATE OK, AND DO DISK DUPS. LET ME KNOW. WHAT ABOUT THE 76 PHOTO PROGS ? 77 78 DRIVE B: GOODNESS !!! WHAT THESE CHILDREN WON'T TALK ABOUT. LET'S 79 GET BACK TO SOME SERIOUS DRAGON DISCUSSIONS, OR SOMETHING 80 AS INTERESTING. THE CURRENT TOPICS ARE VEEEEERY STRANGE ! 81 82 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 83 84 HI GUYS. YOU GUESSED RIGHT, I AM USING AN ATARI BUT IT IS A GUTTED 85 ONE THAT ALMOST FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF HOME BREW. THANKS FOR THE INFO 86 JUST A PARTING THOUGHT. 87 88 ALL THOSE UNBREAKABLE TOYS YOU GET YOUR KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS: 89 90 UNBREAKABLE TOYS ARE GOOD FOR BREAKING OTHER TOYS. 91 92 93 -Andy Roony 94 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 95 ANDY- PLEASE USE A BOREDER FROM NOW ON. ITS LIKE A TRADITION. ITS ALSO 96 COMON CURTISY (ALTHOUGH MY SPELLING ISN'T). 97 98 HROTHGAR- I SUSPECT YOUR 'CROCKER' SPANIEL IS JUST THAT, A CROCK. IN CASE 99 IT MAY HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE ITS 'COCKER' NOT 'CROCKER'. 100 101 BILLY (OR BOBBY)-WHERE'D YA GO? 102 103 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::JODY:::::::::::::::::::::::P.S.:: 104 HAS ANYONE SEEN LUKE? 105 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 106 107 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? 108 LUKE? 109 LUKE SKYWALKER MAYBE? 110 OR LUKE WARM? 111 THIS BOTHERS ME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. 112 113 Andy Roony 114 115 ??????????????????????????????????? 116 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 117 mmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ttttttttooooooooooooooooooooo 118 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 119 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 120 WELL YOU SEE ANDY, LUKE AND JODY HAD A THING GOING A WHILE BACK. THEY WERE 121 GETTING PRETTY ITCHY FOR MY COLLAR BUT THEY DID ADD A LITTLE SPICE. THEY 122 WERE HANGING OUT ON THIS SYSTEM TYPING SWEET NOTHINGS TO EACH OTHER. 123 124 MAYBE HE IS ON VACATION? 125 126 ///////////////////////////////////////M.E.///////////////////////////////// 127 128 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 129 255-xxxx 130 24-hrs a day 131 modems only 132 133 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 134 ^^-^^^-^^^^^-^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^-^^^-^^^^^ 135 The Messages regarding Syrians and Albanians were planted here by Uncle 136 'you know who' because the discussions here were raising too many un- 137 approved thoughts. The tactic has worked, since a disk and a half has 138 been used with virtually nothing said. 139 THE DOCTOR 140 ^^-^^^-^^^^^-^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^-^^^-^^^^^ 141 *********.****j*********N*********.*************.************ 142 OH COME NOW! HOW COULD ANYONE EVER EXPECT MY SPELLING TO EVEN IMPROVE! 143 THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND AWHILE KNOW THAT IT IS TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE 144 TO IMPROVE IT TO EVEN A POINT WHERE IT IS LEGIBLE FOR ME TO READ! 145 WHY IT IS A HALLMARK OF THE SYSTEM THAT THE CISTOP HAS THE WORST 146 SPELLING (POSSIBLY GRAMMER AS WELL!) OF ANY USER OF THE SYSTEM. 147 DIGITAL RESEARCH? WHAT ABOUT U.S. DIGITAL? 148 ********* CISTOP MIKEY (DID I SPELL IT RIGHT?) **************** 149 ===========================TO JODY FOSTER================================= 150 DO YOU USE THIS SYSTEM? SHAWN AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO YOU, BUT HAVE HAD NO LUCK. 151 152 BRIAN 153 154 155 156 To all 157 I am looking for BBs Numbers . I so far have over 27.all of them are in Oregon.10 of them are in Portland. 158 Anyone who wants them can leave me a message.If you have one leave me a message. 159 Leave all Messages to Matt Bieker.And I will get in touch with.you. 160 ............................................................ 161 Loss of Life Expectancy 162 Activity or risk Days LLE 163 Being male rather than female 2800 164 Being unmarried 2000 165 Working as a coal miner 1100 166 Being poor 700 167 15lb overweight 450 168 Driving small cars rather 169 than standard size 50 170 Fire, burns 27 171 Diet drinks (one per day) 2 172 If all electric power in US were 173 nuclear, as calculated by Union of 174 Concerned Scientists 1.5 175 If all electric power in US were 176 nuclear, as calculated by Nuclear 177 Regulatory Committe 0.03 178 ............................................................ 179 The above is a chart from 8 December 1983 issue of New Scientist 180 181 ************************************************************************** 182 183 After watching the news tonight, I have some thoughts for the Christmas 184 season, especially concerning charity. Seeing the homeless, the 185 starving, the unemployed, families without heat, light, food, or 186 anything else that those of us who are more fortunate take for 187 granted, makes me wonder if there is something generally missing in 188 what we we know as the Christmas spirit. 189 190 I speak of the emphasis on commercialism, on self, of the glitter and 191 glamour that the media would have us believe is the Christmas spirit. 192 I recall also, and most importantly, the many beautiful people who 193 are giving of their time, money, and possesions to those who are 194 in need of help this cold winter. This year, instead of giving alot 195 of things to your love ones, include a few things, like food or money 196 for heat or rent, to an agency or facility that takes care of the 197 needy. Or better yet, find a familly or person who needs some help 198 help them. 199 200 I know this sounds like the same old story you hear from the 201 Salvation Army and from the large charitable organizations, but it is 202 about time that some of us, myself included, realize that there are 203 others in the world who are less fortunate than ourselves right here 204 in our own backyard, that for whatever reasons, need our support as 205 members of the human family and our society in particular. You can't 206 save the whole world, but helping a small part can sure be rewarding. 207 208 This message should sit well with any political or religeous 209 persuasion. Human decency and misery know no bounds or 210 classifications. For those of you who have doubts about God, in 211 whatever form, this is what it's all about: caring for your fellow 212 beings on this planet we call home. You want paradise? By such 213 deeds will you come to know it. 214 215 Merry Christmas!!! 216 217 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 218 THANKS FOR LEAVING ME A MESSAGE JODY. LETS TALK ABOUT SOMETHING. DO YOU 219 LIKE TO PARTY? I LIKE TO ALOT. BUT MOST OF THE TIME MY PARENTS WONT LET 220 ME 'CUS IM STILL IN 8TH GRADE WHICH IS MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHEN I GET INTO HIGH 221 SCHOOL NEXT YEAR I CAN STAY OUT AS LATE AS I WANT BUT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE 222 MY ALLOWENCE AWAY AND MAKE ME PAY FOR HALF OF MY NEW CLOTHES THEN TOO. HOW 223 OLD ARE YA? IM 13. TALK TO YOU LATER JODY. 224 MATT ARE YOU THE ONE WHO LEFT THE ONE PHONE NUMBER FOR THE CIS COMPUTER? 225 255-8025???? IF SO DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET ON? HOW DO YOU? 226 BOBBY. 227 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ 228 229 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 230 Well ....well .... well 231 after 232 leaving an all-together place of serendipity --- 233 I find this most Odd 234 235 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 236 237 238 C 239 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 240 BOBBY- I AM 17. I THINK FOR THE TYPE OF JIBBERISH WE WILL BE DOING IT WOULD 241 BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE USED ANOTHER BBS. HOW ABOUT KGON? 657-xxxx. 242 MY THREE INTITIALS ARE DLR. (FOR DAVID LEE ROTH). OR WE COULD USE CBBS AT 243 284-xxxx. OR (WHEN IT OPENS) BIT BUCKET AT 761-xxxx. BUT IT WONT BE OPEN TIL 244 245 TILL THE NEW YEAR. SOUND FAIR?? 246 247 BRIAN & SHAWN- I HAVE BEEN AROUND. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LOOK FOR ME. 248 IF YOU LOOKED ON PMS, YOU WILL HAVE NO LUCK. THE CRAZY SYSOP KICKED ME OUT. 249 YOU CAN FIND ME ON ANY OF THE SYSTEMS I LEFT FOR BOBBY THOUGH. 250 I MISSED YOU GUYS. WHY HAVEN'T YOU RETURNED ANY OF MY BIT BUCKET MESSAGES?? 251 MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU TWO CRAZY GUYS! 252 253 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::JODY::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 254 255 =============================== 256 HAVING JUST DIALED THE NUMBER: 255-xxxx. I AM VERY CONFUSED. I DON'T UNDERS- 257 TAND EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. IT SAYS: EXPECTED HELLO,:JOB, :DATA AND THEN SOMETH 258 259 THING ABOUT CMD FOR LOGON. DIDN'T GET IT. 260 261 262 263 264 265 SIGN ME: QIUTE CONFUSED 266 267 ================================ 268 269 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 270 271 THE ESSENCE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE ABOVE IS THAT IT WAS EXPECTING YOU 272 TO HAVE KNOWLEGE OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION YOU DIDN'T HAVE. I HAVE NEVER CALLED 273 THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER, BUT FROM WHAT YOU DESCRIBE, I THINK YOU NEED A PASS- 274 WORD AND AN ASSIGNED JOB NUMBER. WHAT THIS PROBABLY MEANS IS THAT THEY DO 275 NOT WANT YOU ON THE SYSTEM UNLESS YOU BELONG THERE, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN 276 MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT YOU CAN'T GET ON UNLESS YOU DO BELONG THERE. IF 277 THAT IS THE CASE, BE AN ETHICAL COMPUTER USER AND STAY OFF THE SYSTEM. WE 278 HAVE TOO MANY PIRATES AROUND AS IT IS. 279 280 MIKEY, NOW I HAVE EVEN MORE CRYPTIC COMMANDS TO PONDER OVER! I SUSPECT 281 THAT I INCLUDED 2 EMPTY LINES (<CR>'S) AND THAT THEY WERE DELETED WHEN YOU 282 USED "COMPRESS". IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? FROM NOW ON, I WILL ADD A HEX 0A 283 OR HEX 1C TO ENSURE IT REMAINS. 284 HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO (NOT VERY ORIGINAL ON MY PART, I 285 SUPPOSE, BUT FITTING). 286 287 DJJ, YOU TEMPT ME! I WONDER WHAT COULD BE ON THE DISK? I WOULD BE 288 GLAD TO TELECOMMUNICATE, BUT I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO CLIMB OUT OF MY NICE 289 COZY SHELL. IT'S WARM (AND SAFE) IN HERE! 290 291 ARE YOU STILL MONITORING US, d? I MISS YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!! YOUR WARM 292 SENSE OF HUMOR AND IMAGINATION ARE NEEDED BY ME AS A COUNTERPOINT TO THE 293 CLASHING EGOS AND FLASHING TEMPERS AMOUNG THE LOUNDER PATRONS. COULD YOU 294 FAVOR US WITH YOUR PROSE? PLEASE? 295 296 HROTHGAR, I NOTICE THAT YOU RARELY COMMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. DOES THAT 297 MEAN YOU USUALLY USE A MACHINE AT YOUR WORKPLACE FOR YOUR ADDITIONS? OR DO 298 YOU HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO ON THE WEEKENDS? 299 300 SO TELL ME, dROPPED bIT, WHICH BIT IS DROPPED? AND HOW DO YOU THEN 301 COMMUNICATE WITH NO GIBBERISH (OF WORD AS WELL AS THOUGHT)? 302 303 WELL, I GUESS I BETTER START THINKING OF SOME NEW SUBJECT FOR EVERYONE 304 TO TALK ABOUT. THINGS ARE GETTING SLOW AROUND HERE AGAIN. 305 306 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 307 308 ........................................................................ 309 PAM...In regards to my bits of dropped, it is simply a name I use 310 to associate myself with the other fine patrons of the Inn. I use it so 311 others will know something about my chosen profession. When I communicate 312 with BWMS, and the other BBS's with my real name, I can mask out the 313 dropped bit(which by the way is the most significant bit) so my 314 communications are not garbled, and contain some semblence if sense. 315 My masks off to you for your many thought provoking messages at this 316 Inn. Like I said before, I have saved several of the gems I have found 317 here, and your name appears at the end of more than one of them. Hrothgar 318 and Leonard and Mikey also share their signiture on several of my archived 319 visits here. 320 Yes indeed a new subject is needed. Would people care to comment on 321 the present state of the economy. What are the patrons opinions on 322 inflation rates, interest rates, and the enormous national debt. Does 323 anyone out there dabble in the stock market? What about mutual funds and 324 no-load stock options? I am very interested in discussing money matters, 325 and how they relate to the present condition of the country. I will not 326 however bore people with such messages if the general concensus is NO 327 ECONOMY MESSAGES. And don't think of me as some greedy, material-loving, 328 don't-care-about-people stereotype. I simply want to try and plant the 329 seed for a new and fruitful subject. Does anyone care to join in? After 330 the party I know of several who at least had some opinions on the subject. 331 Any takers? 332 ................tHE dROPPED bIT........................................ 333 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 334 PAM- 335 336 How do you clash eggs????? I tried and just got splashed eggs. What kind? 337 I tried chicken, duck, turkey, goose, and rhea with no luck. 338 Should I try a golden goose egg? Where can I get a goose that lays 339 golden eggs??? 340 ??????????????????????dusty????????aren't i????????????????????? 341 IGNORANCE IS TRUTHFREEDOM IS SLAVERYWAR IS PEACE 342 343 THE TOTALITARIAN PARTY WANTS _YOU_ TO VOTE FOR 344 345 BIG BROTHER IN 1984!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 346 347 348 IGNORANCE IS TRUTHFREEDOM IS SLAVERYWAR IS PEACE 349 .......................................................... 350 The above was (i hope!) an un-paid political announcement and does not 351 reflect the views of the owner of this system or indeed of any sane person! 352 ______________________________Leonard?______________________________________ 353 PAM: YES, THE OTHER COMMANDS ARE THERE FOR WHEN I NEED TO MAINTAIN THE 354 SYSTEM WHEN I AM NOT AT HOME (SUCH AS NOW). THEY ARE PROTECTED BY A 355 RATHER ELABORATE PROTECTION SCHEME (WHICH SEEMS TO WORK SINCE NO ONE 356 HAS MANAGED TO GET THRU, EVEN SEVERAL WHO KNOW THEY EXIST AND HAVE 357 PURPOSLY TRYED TO GET THRU, AND WHO ARE HACKERS VIA THE LASTEST DEF 358 OF THE TERM.) AS SUCH I AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT IT IS REASONABLY PROTECTED 359 AS FOR THE COMPRESS, YES, THE COMPRESS WAS WHAT DID IT, BUT THE COMPRESS 360 DOES NOT REMOVED BLANK (CR ONLY) LINES, IT ONLY REMOVES DELETED LINES. 361 THUS IF THERE WERE ANY DELETED LINES IN THE TEXT IT MOVES ALL THE LINES 362 UP FOR EACH LINE THAT WAS DELETED. 363 I NORMALLY DON'T RUN THE COMPRESS, BUT I DO EDIT THE DISK TO GET RID OF 364 GARBAGE BEFORE ARCHIVING IT (SUCH AS ^L), AND USED THE COMPRESS JUST 365 TO SEE HOW MUCH WAS DELETED. OH WELL, YOU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING SINCE 366 I ARCHIVED IT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE PUT ANYTHING ON IT. 367 **************** CISTOP (CYSTOP?) MIKEY ****.************************* 368 P.S. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (GREATINGS? OH WELL...) 369 **************(********************************************** 370 P.P.S. 2800 LLE HUH? I WONDER WHERE I COULD GET A SEX CHANGE OPERATION! 371 ************************************************************************ 372 hi all you goons out there 373 kill this message 378 off 379 OFF 381 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 382 I AM SORRY BUT THERE ARE NOT MANY GOONS HERE THAT I SEE. 383 384 TO WHOEVER TRIED TO HELP: MAYBE IT IS FOR LIMITED ACCESS BUT IF SO, WHY 385 DID THEY PUBLICISE THIER NUMBER FOR EVERYONE TO CALL?? 386 387 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::MYRDDIN(DD=TH)t~y 388 389 OFF 390 ============================================================================ 391 Hello: 392 393 I was wondering if there are any other gay users out there? A party 394 would be nice. Of course it would be open to all BWMS users. 395 396 testing the water 397 ============================================================================ 398 I'm glad to see some worthwhile text here today. 399 Hi! I am an Apple user interested 400 in contacting anyone else who gets 401 into PIRATING. If you qualify, 402 leave me a message. My name is 403 Chris Johnson. (I only like to 404 trade programs, not copy and 405 sell them.) 406 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 24 Dec 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 407 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 00:50 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 408 The Inn is awash with the young these last few days, their prattle 409 and chatter reminiscent of a flock of itty-bitty birds that sweeps down 410 from nowhere to invade the neighboring trees. One is always taken by 411 surprise by these noisy feathered creatures--maybe even annoyed--yet 412 one could take a lesson from their freshness of energy! Enjoy their 413 strident collective voice(s)--for remember: the stay is only temporary. 414 Indeed I am a quiet presence here, Pam; realizing how much can be 415 learned from listening, I've chosen a dim corner of the Inn to sip my 416 spiced cider and be patient. Your kindly invitation warms my heart, 417 though, and I can never resist responding to a sincere request for what 418 I would love dearly to give! A gracious thanks for your compliments, 419 but tell me: I thought my ready laughter was unheard by the patrons 420 of the Inn, so where did you gain insight on my sense of humour, Pam? 421 [Innkeeper, I am relieved that you've received at least one of my 422 cries for forgiveness! Finally my conscience can rest easy!] 423 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 424 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 425 ----Christmas Eve---- 426 427 Gentle patrons ....... my very best for this holiday season 428 Your thoughts and opinions voiced over this year have provided many 429 hours of pleasure. Again many thanks to our host for providing this forum 430 for without it ......the walk through the digital forest would be most vacant. 431 432 My sincere seasons greetings to all 433 ::::::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 434 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 435 WELL NOW! 436 437 THIS IS THE SECOND MESSAGE I HAVE TO TYPE NOW AS THE POWER WENT OFF HERE FOR 438 JUST A SEC AND I LOST MY FIRST MESSAGE. 439 440 THE SHAGGY DOG STORY GOT ME A LOT OF MAIL, I'M HAPPY TO SEE. 441 HERE GOES: 442 443 DEAR DOCTOR: PLEASE DON'T USE THE CLEAR SCREEN FUNCTION AS IT KEEPS US FROM 444 READING THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE. 445 PAM: GUESS I JUST NEED THE TTHERAPY VALUE MORE AFTER WORK. THE PAPER 446 WAS INDEED THE INFAMOUS WILLAMTTE BRIDGE. I ALSO HELPED LATER WITH 447 ADVERTISING AT THE SCRIBE, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS QUITE A DIFFERENT PAPER. 448 AT THE WILLAMETTE BRIDGE I WROTE THE CHESS COLUMN, A COLUMN ON CHILDRENS 449 GAMES AND RHYMES, AND A 'NEWS IN BRIEF' COLUMN CALLED 'THE RIP OFF NEWS'. 450 THAT WAS MY VERSION OF WORLD PRESS IN REVIEW. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IN 451 MY VERSION WAS THAT I GENERALLY PRECEEDED MY TIDBITS WITH SOMETHING LIKE 452 'WHEN WILL THOSE PIGS IN WASHINGTON EVER LEARN THAT....' ALL I CAN SAY 453 ABOUT THAT NOW FOR AN EXCUSE IS THAT I WAS ONLY NINETEEN AT THE TIME. I 454 SUPPOSE THATS NOT MUCH OF AN EXCUSE TO THOSE HERE WHO ARE 16, BUT SO IT WAS. 455 I GUESS THAT QUALIFIED ME AS A NATTERING NABOB, AT THE VERY LEAST. IT 456 ALSO GOT MY PHONE TAPPED BY THE FBI, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE 457 PAPER. ALSO THE OFFICE WAS BUGGED (WE ALL KNEW WHERE IT WAS), AND PERIODICALLY 458 THE COPS WOULD SEND SOMEBODY BY TO TALK TO US DISGUISED AS AN ALBANIAN 459 BOMB-THROWER OR AN ESCAPED RUSSIAN CAPTAIN OF INFANTRY OR A WOBBLY. 460 ALSO THEY SENT IN A FEW WHO WERE A LITTLE HARDER TO SPOT. WE WERE ALL 461 QUITE FASHIONABLY PARANOID ABOUT IT. YOU WERE NO-ONE IN THOSE DAYS IF YOUR 462 PHONE WASN'T TAPPED. THE MAIN THREAT WAS THAT THEY WOULD MISTAKE US 463 FOR THE WEATHERMEN OR PANTHERS AND DO A RADICAL-TYPE ARREST THERE AT THE 464 PAPER. ( THIS CONSISTED OF MACHINE GUNNING EVERY ONE IN A PLACE ). 465 NEVER HAPPENED, THOUGH, OR I WOULDN'T BE HERE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT, 466 WOULD I. BESIDES BEING INFILTRATED BY THE COPS, WE WERE ALSO INFILTRATED 467 BY THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY, THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, AND NOT A FEW OTHERS 468 AS WELL. 469 470 IT WAS LOADS OF FUN. 471 472 HAVE READ COMMON SENSE, MANY YEARS AGO. NOT SURE ABOUT THE OTHER ONE. 473 474 JODY: RIGHT ON. BUT BACK IN WYOMING, WHERE I GOT MY COCKER, WE CALL 'EM 475 CROCKERS. WE ALSO CALL HORSES HOESES. I GOTTA TELL YA WHAT HAPPENED TO 476 MY HOESE SOMETIME. 477 478 HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ED. DO YOU USE THE GEAR AT CHANNEL 6 TO COMMUNICATE, OR 479 SOMETHING OF YOUR OWN? 480 481 THANKS MERLYN, CONDOLENCES ACCEPTED. 482 483 LEONARD : QUITE HARD TO BELIEVE ABOUT SWITZERLAND, A LAND WITH FOUR 484 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, I BELIEVE, HAVING LAWS ABOUT ACCEPTABLE NAMES. COULD 485 SOMEONE HAVE BEEN PULLING YOUR FRIENDS LEG? 486 487 GDM: NATASHA DIDN'T KNOW BORIS BATTERNOF, WHICH DISAPPOINTED ME AS BORIS 488 IS A WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN THE WORLD OF SPOOKS. MUST BE THE WRONG NATASHA, 489 NOT THE AQUAINTANCE OF BULLWINKLE AS I THOUGHT. 490 491 MIKEY THANKS FOR THE ADDRESS 492 493 AND TO ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS. INDEED. 494 495 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HO HO HROTHGAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 496 PAM: UNDER A STACK OF UNREAD MAIL, I FOUND THE FOLLOWING: SCIENCE NEWS, 497 NOVEMBER 12,1983 VOL 124, NO. 20 (PAGES 305-320) TITLED: AFTER NUCLEAR WAR 498 DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD HAVE MISSED THAT! THOUGH IT IS STILL LACKING IN 499 DECENT REFERENCE MATERIAL, IT DOES AT LEAST CONTAIN SOME NUMBERS AND CHARTS 500 AS WELL AS INPUT FROM MORE THEN ONE SOURCE. (3 BASIC SOURCES ONE OF WHICH 501 IS RUSSIAN.) IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU MIGHT POP DOWN TO THE LIBRAY A 502 TAKE A PEEK. 503 d. AHH YES HOT APPLE CIDER JUST THE THING ON A COLD WINTERS DAY. 504 ALEX: THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, AND A MERRY DAY TO YOU AS WELL. 505 HROTHGAR: HOPE YOU ENJOY IT! I KNOW I DO. JUST RAN ACROSS A REAL SICK 506 CARTOON. ONE RUSSIAN TALKING TO ANOTHER IN HEAVEN. "BUT WE CAN'T BE DEAD! 507 WE'RE RED!" OK OK I'LL SHUT UP! 508 ALL: LESSION 12B HOW TO FILL YOUR TRUNK WITH SNOW WITHOUT DOING IT YOURSELF. 509 LEAVE THE LID OPEN OVERNIGHT. (MAYBE NEXT TIME I'LL REMEMBER TO CLOSE IT!) 510 *********** CISTOP MIKEY WATCHING THE XMASS SNOWFALL ******************** 511 Merry Christmas eve! I'd loveto be sipping some hot spiced cider (like d), 512 But our power went out 20 minutes ago! (12:10). I'm entering this from my 513 Model 100. Thank god the TRULY portable machine has arrived! It is a bit 514 strange entering msgs by candlelight though. 515 Happy holidays............. 516 *** << FLASH >> *** 517 S.A.C. has reported a UFO southbound over the DEW line ...unconfirmed 518 reports state this event may preceede the arrival of St. Nick..... 519 U.P.I.----12/25/83--21:23:41-ZULU------ 520 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 521 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 522 HROTHGAR: LOVE TO HEAR THE STORY ABOUT YOUR HORSE. (OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT). 523 524 TO ALL: A VERY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH IS BEESTOWED UPON 525 YOU. I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST. (IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T 526 BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU A VERY MERRY 527 LIFE. PROBABLY BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER MORE SUITABLE 528 CHRISTMAS WISH FOR YOU). BUT TO THOSE THAT DO, HAVE A HAPPY 529 HOLIDAY SEASON. HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO 530 (I KNOW, NOT VERY ORIGIONAL) 531 532 ///////////////////////////////////////////////JODY/////////////////////////// 533 534 535 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 536 537 d, I CAN FEEL THE PRESENCE OF YOUR HUMOR THROUGH YOUR OCCASIONAL RAISED 538 EYEBROW AND THE SLIGHT SMILE, THE SEEMINGLY OFFHAND REMARK THAT CARRIES GREAT- 539 ER WEIGHT THAN IT AT FIRST APPEARS TO. SUCH AS THIS REQUIRES A DEEPER AND 540 KEENER SENSE OF HUMOR (AND THE ABSURD) THAN MOST, AND ONE MORE SUBTLE THAN I 541 USUALLY DISPLAY. IT MAY BE THAT WE HERE AT THE INN HAVEN'T FELT THE FULL 542 FORCE OF YOUR WIT, BUT IT PEEKS THROUGH CONSTANTLY, PERHAPS OF ITS OWN VO- 543 LITION. I WOULD CONTINUE LONGER, BUT I HAVE BEEN THROWN OFF-LINE BY THE 544 WEATHER ONCE ALREADY, AND ONLY THROUGH THE GOOD GRACES OF MIKEY HAVE I BEEN 545 ABLE TO FINISH ENTERING WITHOUT HAVING TO REWRITE THE WHOLE THING. 546 547 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!!! 548 549 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM![][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 550 551 ************************************************************ 552 TO: MATT BIEKER 553 You want modem numbers? 554 I'll asume that you have the basic CBBS and PMS numbers. 555 245-9405 portland atari club 556 771-4413 a radio shack color computer # 557 621-3193 RCP/M 558 654-9354 cork board 559 657-9526 KGON 560 286-6366 electric ark 561 642-7028 Beaverton RCP/M 562 There are many more listed on the old help files on CBBS 563 although these are not all local 564 565 This sure is a "leasure" board 566 567 *****************************THE SNARK************************ 568 ???????????????????????????????????????? 569 to Testing the water: yes there is at least one Gay user herin and a very 570 regular one at that. I try to check in at least once a day. Leave a message 571 I'd like to communicate. 572 573 ????????????GAY????????????????????????? 574 ***************************** 575 Merry Christmas Glenn White 576 577 I bet I can quess what you recieved from the jolly old elf. 578 579 580 The Zehners 581 582 ****************************** 583 584 586 MERRY CHRISTMAS THE DOCTOR 587 ^^-^^^-^^^^^-^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^-^^^-^^^^^ 588 ######################################## 589 HAPPY HOLIDAYS, SEASON'S GREATINGS AND TO ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS---- 590 from your friendly neighborhood athiest: 591 592 ###############C.Y.M.###############################12/25/83 6:19 AM########## 593 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 594 are there any mystics out there? 595 Aaron 596 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 597 598 help 599 To Zehners: 601 ve a great day and thanks for the messag 602 .................................................................... 603 Ditto the season's greetings to all the good patrons of the Inn. Say Leonard, 604 did I see another message from a Model 100 user up there somewhere? Has 605 someone else discovered the wonders of CMOS? 606 Aaron, I don't personally know any, but sometimes I wonder about some of 607 the people in the CS department who seem to like working on a Honeywell, they 608 must be mystic to get things to go right! C U @ school 609 ..............tHE dROPPED bIT....................................... 610 611 [][][][][][][][][][][][] 1633 12/25 612 613 PAM: SANTY DID BRING ME A NEW BOARD. 614 NOW I CAN MODEM AWAY TO MY HEARTS CON- 615 TENT. BASBBS WILL RETURN IN A DAY OR 616 TWO. WE CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR DISK 617 THEN. 618 619 ALL: MERRY CHRISTMAS. 620 621 [][][][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][] 622 623 ============================ 624 HELLO TO EVERYONE OUT THERE!!! 625 THIS IS MY FIRST APPEARENCE AT 626 THE INN, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO 627 SAY THAT I REALLY ENJOY BEING 628 ABLE TO TALK WITH ALL OF YOU 629 WHAT CAN I SAY WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE LINE LEFT? OH WELL... PAM.