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LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 40 STATUS: ALL ALLOWED NUMBER OF LINES: 629 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ********************** REMOVED: 1 JAN 84 ******************* 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 HI ALL,I'M A RELATIVELY NEW USER ON THIS SYSTEM. 26 OH YEA, 27 HAPPY NEW YEAR. 28 BYE, 29 SCOTT SWIGART. 30 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 31 HOWDY SCOTT. HAVE YOU SEEN ME ON PAC? I HAVE SEEN YOU!!!! I HAVE EVEN 32 MADE SOME COMENTS ABOUT YOUR OPINION TO RUSS (SYSOP). 33 34 35 WOW. IT SEEMS EVERYTIME I TRY I GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE TOP. MAYBE 36 SOMADAY I CAN PLAY GOD. 37 38 SO, PAM, HROTHGAR, ANALOG ALAN, d, dROPPED bIT, Aaron, MIKEY, LUKE, DJJ, 39 LEONARD, DOM (WHERE EVER YOU ARE). PLEASE. COME OUT OF HIDING. GOIN IN AND 40 GIVE US SOME IMPUT! WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE LOVELY INSTITUSION CALLED THE 41 INN????????????????? 42 43 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*JODY*::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 44 45 HELLO! I AM NEW ON THIS SYSTEM AND WOULD LIKE TO GET TO KNOW SOME PEOPLE. 46 47 TO JODY: I JUST GOT THIS COMPUTER ON 12/28/83 , SO I THOUGHT I WOULD LEAVE Y 48 YOU A MESSAGE. HOPE YOU WRITE ME BACK. WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.:::::::::::: 49 ::::::::::::::::::::SANDI:::::::P.S. DON'T FORGET TO GIVE ME THE PHONE 50 NUMBERS FOR THE OTHER BBS'. THANKS!!!! 51 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 52 HOWDY POSCH. NEXT TIME WHEN YOU MAKE SO MUCH SPACE TYPE 'UP 10' OR 'UP 5' OR 53 WHATEVER. THAT WAY YOU DON'T TAKE UP ALOT OF ROOM. YOU HAVE TO BREAK OUT OF 54 THE ENTER MODE WITH 'BREAK' FIRST THOUGH. SINCE THE TRS-80 HAS NO CONTROL 55 KEYS. YOU WILL FIND THAT TO BE A DOWNER SOON. I AM GLAD YOU GOT A COMPUTER 56 SANDI. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING OVER TO MY HOUSE. ANY WAY. 57 I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS TO THE OTHER BBS'S. YOU ARE 58 GOING TO BE TOUGH COMPETITION. I DON'T LIKE IT. EVEN THOUGH YOU 59 ARE MY BEST FRIEND.ANYWAY. DON'T CALL ME TOMARROW AT NOON. IT IS 60 MIDNIGHT NOW AND I PLAN TO SLEEP VERY LATE BECAUSE I AM WRITING 61 A PROGRAM. I WILL (RELUCTANTLY) GIVE YOU ALL THE NUMBERS I KNOW 62 WHEN I CAN THOUGH. HOW ABOUT TOMARROW EVENING. I WILL CALL OR 63 GO TO THE APPERAL SECTION AND FIND YOU AND GIVE THEM TO YOU. 64 TELL RICHTARD HI. (JUST KIDDING). 65 66 IS BIG BROTHER STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE? I HOPE NOT! 67 68 :*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*JODY*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*: 69 70 Big Brother, here! God is this place tough to get into! 71 Well, since I'm BIG BROTHER, I guess I could fix that and just 72 bump any of you fools right off of this system. 73 74 Lets get down to some heavy duty stuff around here! Can't we 75 at least talk about world politics...that's always fun! 76 77 -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:BIG 78 HELLO, ANOTHER NEW PERSON HERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TRADE INFORMATION WITH 79 ON THE EXPANDED VOIC OR COMMODORE 64. 80 81 ************************************************************** 82 83 Big Bill: 84 85 I'm so worried. I went to visit LeRoy over the Christmas 86 holiday and he wasn't there. It was terrible. The prison 87 officials not only denied that he'd been there but denied 88 they ever heard of him. 89 90 Oh, Bill, he's doing it again. This is exactly how it got 91 started before. 92 93 Do you remember a few years back when LeRoy was thrown into 94 that Turkish prison? When they got him for some kind of 95 involvement in the white slave trade out of Istanbul? 96 97 Fifteen minutes before his trial he disappears. People who 98 knew him for years suddenly never heard of him. His name 99 disappears from the court docket. Suddenly no one knows, or 100 has ever known, LeRoy McKane. 101 102 Four days later he's implicated in a plot to assassinate 103 that Bulgarian diplomat. 104 105 I tell you, Bill, it's the same thing all over. I'm worried 106 sick. Could you find LeRoy, talk to him. Make him promise to 107 be careful...not to take too many risks. 108 109 Do it for me, Bill, please, I won't ever ask anything of you 110 again. 111 112 113 Natasha 114 115 ************************************************************ 116 <*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>:<*>: 117 ahhhh. big brother is here indeed. I know not whether to welcome you or 118 frown upon thee. eye it is a bleerey task indeed. 119 120 ................................................................. 121 Jody: sorry, but you'll be watched all the time unless you start wearing 122 baggy clothes & put a sack over your head. 123 Aaron:1.any interest in the electric crayon? 124 2.be careful messing around with the occult! With some things you only get 125 ONE mistake! 126 _________________________________________Leonard____________________________ 127 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 128 - G.T. - 129 WHATS THE WEATHER LIKE AT YOUR HOUSE ? GOT A LOT OF ICE ? WE DO 130 BUT ITS STARTING TO MELT. 131 JENNI 132 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 133 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 134 The weather here is terrible. we have about a 1 1/2 to 2 inches of ice on 135 the ground and about the same on the trees. We lost a big limb 136 on our plumb tree out in front of the house. Right now it's 137 sprinkling realy hard, (1:45). Our electricity was out early 138 this morning and was out about 1 hour. and the lights have been 139 flickering. 140 (My fingers are numb, so thats why my spelling is terrible) 141 Keep warm. I left a message on the atari system for you. O.K. 142 Gooooodddddbbbbyyye. 143 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::G.T.::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 144 Well Rommel, I suppose you are a hawk with a name like that! 145 Why don't you show you face and fight like a man! instead of 146 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 147 since you left! So take that you warmonger! 148 ++++++ In Sane Scientist ++++++ 29 December 1983 / 2:30PM +++++++++++++++++ 149 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 150 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 151 occult. To those involved elighten us of your accomplishments. I'm sure this topic would get a lot of attention. 152 If these topics don't interest you, THINK of SOMETHING INTERESTING to talk about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 153 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 154 BYE THE DOCTOR 155 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 156 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 157 *********************************************************************** 158 TO ALL: SORRY ABOUT THE DISK ERRORS ABOVE, IT SEEMS WE GOT A DAMAGED DISK 159 DURING ONE OF THE POWER OUTAGES. IF YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT YOU WROTE, YOU 160 CAN USE THE REPLACE COMMAND TO REWRITE IT. THIS IS A NEW DISK THAT I COPYED 161 THE OLD DATA ONTO. THE * * COPY ERROR * * IS THE LINE THAT GOT DESTROYED 162 ON THE OLD DISK. 163 ************* CISTOP MIKEY ******** 5:49PM ***** 29 DEC 83 *************** 164 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 165 G.T. 166 GOT YOUR MESSAGE. 167 JENNI 168 ////////////////////?//////////////////////////////////////////////////// 169 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 29 Dec 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 170 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 19:20 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 171 The barest of a flicker can still be seen in the ancient hanging 172 lantern, bravely shedding light despite its cage of ice, and the figure 173 peers closely in disbelief at the sign it illuminates. "Why yes," she 174 whispers, "it DOES indeed declare The Backwater Inn!" She draws back 175 once again to gaze into one of the Inn's glowing windows. "Yet--" with 176 voice disconsolate, her eyes wary: "How crowded it is! And...these 177 people are strangers to me, though they gibe and yammer just as if they 178 own the place!" She glances around the forest for reassurance--there, 179 white fire dances along the laden branches of a familiar oak, making 180 a mimic of the flame that brightens the window; here, a horse shifts 181 restlessly in the cobblestone courtyard, and the icicles on his hitching 182 post splinter with a brittle, tinkling noise from his movement. Her 183 eyes return, still reflecting uneasiness, to the spectacle of raucous 184 merry-making within the Inn... The silence that ensues is abrubtly 185 shattered by the heavy door being flung open, and several young fellows 186 stagger out, roaring merrily and leaning for support upon one another. 187 Eyes cautious, the girl melts into the shadows while they make their 188 departure reluctantly, flinging jeers at their compatriots who bellow 189 "Let the bloody door close!" and casting long shadows from the entrance. 190 Her eyes follow them resentfully, and she wraps her cloak closer against 191 the searching wind. Quite suddenly, there is a rustle behind her--she 192 whirls, startled, and founders on the winter's treacherous ground--but 193 like quicksilver, hands reach out to steady her. Abashed, the girl 194 flushes and begins to mumble thanks, but is greeted by silvery laughter, 195 a sound so familiar and fresh: "Pam!" she cries, and simultaneously 196 the Inn's door opens again, spreading a swath of light on the snow and 197 wafting the aroma of mouth-watering stew together in welcome! 198 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 199 Hey you G-U-Y-S! The Bit be back! Quick - get in there before everyone knows about it! 200 The pBit Bucket phone number is 761-xxxx, open 24 hrs/day 7 days/week. 201 Hi, does anyone out there have Locksmith 5.0 yet, if so leave me a note 202 either here or on the Bit Bucket (279) or Tigard BBS (251) 203 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 204 yes, Leonard, I am intrested (slightly) in the video board; tho not on an 205 exchange basis for my toy. (maybe some credit could be arranged)....as for 206 your "advice"......the occult is a study of the external, the mystic studies 207 from within. 208 Aaron 209 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 210 HELP 211 THIS SYSTEM IS SCREWY!! I DON'T 212 THINK I WILL USE THIS SYSTEM EVER AGAIN, IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR THE TONE TO C 213 COME ON THE PHONE AND BESIDES THAT IT ASKS ALOT OF QUESTION. I WISH THAT YOU 214 GUYS HAD A BETTER BBS SYSTEM. EITHER YOU SHAPE IT UP OR YOU WILL HAVE ONE 215 LESS USER!!!!!! 216 BYE! 217 218 To the "person" making comments about BWMS: Is that a threat or a promise? Go back to something that your mind can handle, 219 like PONG. 220 221 Why was it my message that had to get zapped by disk errors!??!?!?!??!?!???!??!? 222 I was just making a few suggestions as to some topics for BWMS. Topic #1, NSA and various other government agencies 223 activities. Topic #2, The occult, mysticism, etc. Some people have delved into those areas, enlighten us on what you have 224 found. At this point I would even welcome comments (In english please!) from the person asking if economics was a welcome 225 subject! Any topic is welcome. Just please get something going before they start bringing in video games into the Inn to 226 please all the kiddies. 227 BYE THE DOCTOR 228 ^^-^^^-^^^^^-^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^-^^^-^^^^^- 229 ******************************************** 230 Wow talk about wierd systems!! 231 HELP!!!!!!!! 232 R.S. 233 ******************************************** 234 DEAR JODY* 235 WELL IT LOOKS LIKE I CAN'T SEEM 236 TO GET THE HANG OF THIS COMPUTER 237 STUFF YET BECAUSE I WANTED TO 238 SEE IF I HAD ANY MESSAGES AND I 239 DON'T HAVE THE FAINTEST IDEA ON 240 HOW TO GET THEM TO SHOW UP ON 241 THE SCREEN. OH WELL. YOU WILL 242 HAVE TO SHOW ME SOMETIME EH? HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEARS 243 EVE CAUSE I KNOW THAT I WILL!! 244 YOUR FRIEND AND LOCKER PARTNER, 245 SANDI 246 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 247 NATASHA: 248 THE RUMOR ON THE GRAPEVINE IS THAT LEROY IS POSING AS A USED RUG 249 DEALER IN MARACAIBO. THE CIA AND KGB ARE SEARCHING DILIGENTLY FOR HIM. 250 BEWARE TALL DARK STRANGERS. 251 MOHAMMED WASSIR 252 <The Albanian Snitch> 253 254 P.S. I SEE THE FAMOUS 'd' HAS GRACED US WITH HER PRESENCE. BEWARE SHORT, 255 CHUBBY DRAGONS!!!! 256 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 257 aaron- 258 sorry about the confusion. i generally don't have lots of time to spend 259 on the phone with this thing. (it was difficult finding your answer-- 260 how often do you check this board?) 261 apologys also to leonard for confusing you two. 262 i'll try to contact you on one of the other bbs in the area. you ment- 263 tioned pbs? 264 ---------------dusty----------------------------------------------------- 265 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 266 PMS (245-xxxx) offers somewhat private mail (everything is carefully read 267 by the SYSOP, though), and i check in there fairly reliably. Operation is 268 straightforward; things generally quiet. As for my BW frequency, i check the 269 system approx every 6 hours. Aaron 270 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 271 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 272 d: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONARING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE. 273 YOUR WRITINGS ARE VERY MUCH WELCOME INTO THE HEART OF 274 THE ONE THAT SPEAKS YOU FAIR. 275 276 BIG BROTHER: IF YOUR SO HOT! GET ALL THESE LITTLE RUG RATS OFF THE SYSTEM. 277 278 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:MYRDDIN EMRYS:%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 280 281 I am th/oroughly amazed at 4the poor 282 spelling on this BBS. Examples: 283 1) Plumb for plum tree. 284 2) Eye for the nautical affirmatiive aye. 285 N WE TALK? SHALL I GO ON? 286 I think not! Surely the disk hasn't the 287 capacity for any more bad examples. 288 Maybe all of you bad spellers can get 289 together and buy copies of t'The Bad 290 Spellers' Dictionary' in a case lot. 291 OR am I wrong? Maybe you spell in a 292 prevoiously unknown dialect of English... 293 OREGONESE! 294 - A concerned English teecher 295 :**************************************************************: 296 Natasha: 297 298 Hey, kid, take it easy...LeRoy's just fine. LeRoy's always 299 just fine. He's got good connections and he's got big money. 300 Don't sweat it. 301 302 Let's take a closer look at the Bulgarian situation. Think 303 about how LeRoy handled it. 304 305 Oh sure, the CIA denied knowing him, the US government 306 denounced him, but what happened then? I'll tell you. LeRoy 307 retires to Venezuela with three quarters of a million dollars 308 worth of pounds, rubles, and greenbacks. 309 310 LeRoy's no fool. He's made his payoffs. He's cut his deals. 311 He'll be back to laugh at your tears. 312 313 Another thing, don't let LeRoy's posing as a used rug dealer 314 get your hopes up. This is just a cover story he's using until 315 he can catch the next ship out of Maracaibo. 316 317 There's no way LeRoy's going to hang around a port city of 318 400,000 people. He's either going to head for a city big 319 enough to get lost in or a village remote enough to be safe. 320 321 Like I said, you don't need to worry about LeRoy; he knows how 322 to take care of himself. He's been in tighter situations than 323 this many times before. He has always survived and he always 324 will. LeRoy McKane is nobody's fool. You just watch and see. 325 326 327 Big Bill 328 329 :*************************************************************: 330 MOHAMMED WASSIR: I LIKE YOUR STYLE. 331 332 HROTHGAR: GOOD GUESS...BUT YOU'RE WRONG. I 333 AM NOT MOHAMMED WASSIR. 334 335 EVERYBODY: LET'S BE A BIT MORE PATIENT WITH THE 336 NEWCOMERS. IT TAKES AWHILE TO CATCH ON 337 ABOUT THE INN. BESIDES, VACATION WILL 338 BE OVER SOON AND THINGS WILL RETURN TO 339 NORMAL. I HOPE, I HOPE. 340 341 342 GRAND DRAGON MASTER 343 344 :*************************************************************: 345 346 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 347 348 YOUR PRESENCE IS ALWAYS WELCOME, d, AND THE LIGHT TOUCH OF YOUR WELCOME 349 WORDS MAKES ME GLOW WITH THE WARMTH OF YOUR COMRADESHIP. PLEASE, TARRY 350 HERE AWHILE, AND FAVOUR US AGAIN WITH YOUR WORDS. 351 352 DJJ, I'VE TRIED GETTING ONTO THE BASBBS, BUT IT STILL APPEARS TO BE 353 DOWN. DID SANTA BRING YOU A FLAKY CHIP? I KNOW YOU SAID IT WOULD BE UP 354 SOON, BUT YOU MUST BE HAVING MORE PROBLEMS THAN YOU ORIGINALLY THOUGHT YOU 355 WOULD. IS EVERYTHING WELL WITH LITTLE AMIS? 356 IN REGARDS TO THE PHOTO PROGRAMS, I AM STILL WAITING FOR MORE INFORMA- 357 TION. SO FAR, I'VE RECEIVED NOTHING AT ALL AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY ENCOURAG- 358 ING RESPONSES TO MESSAGES I'VE LEFT. OH WELL........ 359 360 MYRDDIN, I'VE READ "LE MORTE D' ARTHUR", SO "IF YOU DO ANY RESEARCH 361 (WHICH I DOUBT YOU'LL BOTHER)" CAN NOW BE EATEN PROMPTLY. WOULD YOU PREFER 362 SALT AND PEPPER? 363 364 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 365 366 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 367 ANCIENT ALBANIAN PROVERB: CONCERNED ENGLISH TEACHERS SHOULD NOT CORRECT 368 OTHERS SPELLING WHEN THEIR OWN IS ATROCIOUS. GO BACK TO SCHOOL MAMA. 369 MOHAMMED WASSIR 370 <The Albanian Critic> 371 P.S. GRAND DRAGON MASTER: THANKS!!!! 372 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 373 374 ....................................................................... 375 Whew...finally made it back to the inn. This weather hampered the operation 376 of my usual mode of transportation. Spinning tires in all 3 gears is great, 377 but only if it is on dry pavement. 378 Aaron...C U 2. Regarding the vaxhaker file, I think they already have it. 379 Also, to the chagrin of the root, people are starting to discover the games 380 account. More than 1 T.V. screen is lighting up to Worm and Rogue these 381 days. Next term will be a zoo down there, it will be interesting to see 382 just how busy it will get. Just the other day 'core full' errors started 383 showing up due to the numerous prolog groupies. 384 Any luck on finding that mystic. It sounds like you are getting quite a few 385 replies, but I wonder how many are just along for the ride, yu know... 386 share in the rewards but not in the risks??? 387 To ___Leonard___ Sorry for the confusion. And don't let it happen again! 388 .............tHE dROPPED bIT........................................... 389 390 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 391 IF you think going back to school is going to keep me off this thing 392 well 'Ya got another thing come'en ' 393 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::ME:::::::::::::: 394 [][][][][][][][] 1600 12/30/83 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 395 396 PAM: RIGHT. (EXPLETIVE). 397 398 d. : Beautiful. Have you considered a career as a poet or a 'classics' 399 writer? It would suit you. 400 PS: I have a source for stuffed, yet real (in the veleteen rabbit 401 sense) dragons, if you are interested. No benefit to me, but I 402 thought you might be interested. Cost is a bit steep in my opinion 403 but I have not purchased a dragon in quite some time. They are 404 not really fearsome, leaning more to adorable. 405 406 Aaron: If negotiations with Leonard break down, let me know. 407 408 All: regarding a conversation of days past, 'The Great Breakup Controversy' 409 of AT & T. I just received in the mail, Order # 83-869 from the 410 OPUC office. It is fascinating, and has the death knell of all 411 modem usage ringing in it. Portent of future trends. 412 413 All those who feel that the breakup of AT & T was the most asinine 414 thing the government has done today raise their hands. 415 416 I see. Almost unanimous. Only a Bill McGowen voted no. I thought 417 so. 418 419 Enough ranting. 420 421 Happy new year all, and when does school start ? (Incidentally, 'ME' 422 the expression is 'you got another thinK coming', not thinG) 423 424 [][][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 425 426 HI,IS THERE ANYONE INTRESTED IN JOINING 427 A VIC-20 UG? 428 WE WOULD TRADE GAMES WE HAVE COPIED. 429 ANYONE CAN JOIN,BUT ONES WITH 8K 430 AND A 2 (OR MORE) SLOT EXPANSION WOULD 431 IT. 432 LET ME KNOW ON BEE COLOR,OR SOME OTHER SYSTEM. 433 SCOTT SWIGART. 434 /EX 435 OFF 436 OUT 437 STOP 438 ENTER 439 HELP 440 QUIT 441 OFF 442 EXIT 443 SNAAAAAAARRRLLLLSNAAAAAAARRRLLLLLGROWWLLLLHISSSSSSSSSGRRRRRSNAAAAARLLLL 444 YOU--if you EVER waste 119 lines on thrashing again--!! >Sputter< >choke<! 445 It will be your DEATH by the ready hands of the Old Timers!!!! 446 SNAAAAAAARRLLGRROOWWWLLLLHISSSSSSSSGRRRRRRRSNAAAARLLLLHHHISSSSSSSGRRSNAAAARL 447 US KIDDIES KEEP THINGS ALIVE AROUND HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 448 449 .................................................... 450 ################################################################## 451 To Scott Swiggart, I would be very interested in 452 joining a VIC-20 users group. I have 453 a 16k expander but no mother board. 454 Rich Snaric 455 ############################################ 456 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 457 WELL, I SEE THIS SYSTEM TRULY HAS AN ILLUSIVE PERSONALITY, MUCH TO MY 458 CHAGRIN! LET'S GET BACK TO SOME STUFF WE CAN SINK OUR TEETH INTO, WE HAD 459 A FEW GOOD ONES AWHILE BACK. FOR INSTANCE UTOPIA, POSSIBLE OR IMPOSSIBLE? OR 460 EVOLUTION VERSES CREATION, OR WHATEVER. WE SHALL RETURN TOMORROW WITH SOME- 461 THING TO STIMULATE SOME THINKING. THERE'S NOT THE ROOM HERE. 462 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 463 ********************************************************* 464 THERE YOU GO PAM, ALL CLEANED UP SPIFFY CLEAN. WELL.... 465 COME TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT'S NOT EXACTLY POSSIBLE GIVEN 466 THE NORMAL FLOW OF CONVERSATION HERE. OH WELL... <SIGH> 467 d. Ahh, I am reminded of the Inn in more quiet times. The 468 picture you paint is of beauty itself. I join in with the 469 others in voicing the praise. 470 ******** CISTOP MIKEY ****** 30 DEC 83 ********************* 471 472 Rommel - Where did you go? I thought you were up for a fight. 473 Are you going to weasel out again? Maybe you're too busy 474 tapping phones? Question: What right does the government 475 have in telling me how to live my life? Telling me I can't 476 smoke pot, telling me what kind of sex I can have, telling 477 me what kind of medicine I can or can't take, Telling me 478 what kind of TV programs I can watch. Personally I don't 479 find this aceptable. I suppose you do? 480 +++++++++++ In Sane Scientist ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 481 ######################!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!###################### 482 YOU want something to talk about? How about taking a 483 trip down memory lane and talking about the 485 american revolution. 486 or how a fag like you got on this system!!! 487 By the way, has anyone heard of the MAD HACKER??? 491 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MAD 492 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AS 493 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HELL! 494 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(mad as insane!) 495 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 496 TO THE CONCERNED ENGLISH TEACHER 497 I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU.I HOPE "BASICS" AREN'T OVERLOOKED IN THE 498 TECHNOLOGICAL AGE.THE PERSON WHO REPLIED TO YOU 499 DOESN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND SATIRE.JOHN 502 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 503 504 Such....................... 505 d. your words redeem a majority ofthis disc. 506 I await the new year ..... perhaps then our new arrivals will be 507 otherwise engaged ! ! ! ! 508 509 To our sentient patrons " A prosperous new year " 510 511 Until the new year ! 512 513 :::::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 514 Economics or Mysticism have potential....... Alex 515 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 516 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 31 Dec 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 517 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01:40 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 518 Ach, the blush deepens with every compliment! Pam, the eddies of 519 of the 'back waters' are keenly observed by at least one other, for your 520 idle fingers trailing in the stream oft leave a path of glittering gold, 521 as Mikey well knows! Sir dROPPED bIT echoed the appreciation I couldn't 522 figure how to express (without sounding trite), when he revealed that 523 some of your well-designed essays were permanently inscribed on disk, 524 and shared proudly with friends! Know, too, that your outrageous puns 525 provoke a smile, whether admitted or not, and an occasional chuckle... 526 DJJ, you flatter me! Nay, my humble offerings are never committed 527 to paper in the old-fashioned manner: they are inspired by the Inn and 528 its gentle folk, and here they will remain. Nonetheless, I thank you, 529 sir, for words such as yours encourage what talent there is to flourish! 530 Alex, you rascal! You have a talent for intruiging ambiguity, as 531 illustrated by your expression "Such....." that snatched my imagination, 532 plying it with possibilities--! Never will I forget your first greeting 533 to me, the maddeningly inexplicable question you posed...a chortle yet 534 lingers in my mind when I remember... 535 Ah yes, Innkeeper: the fame of your Inn was carried far and wide, 536 tantalizing the hearers like milkweed riding a playful wind. Who could 537 hold back from chasing it? But popularity has its price, for the Keeper 538 of the Inn has no rest from the bustling, changing crowd...I am honoured 539 to be the messenger that brings a small taste of tranquility, of vivid 540 colours, natural enchantment, and wood scents to our Backwater Inn... 541 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 542 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 543 BEING ALBANIAN MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY... 544 BUT JOHN, YOU ARE RIGHT AND WRONG-- 545 WRONG ON KNOWING SATIRE 546 SATIRE --MILTON, DANTE ALIGHIERI, AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN 547 --ANIMAL FARM AND BRAVE NEW WORLD 548 --BABBIT AND SINCLAIR LEWIS; USA AND JOHN DOS PASSOS 549 550 BUT I DID GIVE THE CONCERNED TEACHER A CHEAP SHOT, AND MISSED MY OWN POINT 551 BE MORE CONCERNED WITH CONTENT RATHER THAN STYLE (My old gray-haired English 552 teacher would take me down and stuff "The Elements of Style" where the 553 sun never shines for that one) <SHUDDER!!!!> 554 MOHAMMED WASSIR 555 <A humbled Albanian> 556 557 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 558 559 MOHAMMED: PART OF THE PROBLEM IS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AS TO THE PURPOSE 560 OF THE INN AND ITS CONTENTS. BEING A PRINTED MEDIUM IT IS ASSUMED THAT IT 561 MUST FOLLOW THE RULES OF ALL PRINTED MEDIUM. THAT BEING THAT YOU MUST CHECK 562 RECHECK AND CHECK AGAIN THAT THE WRITING IS PERFECT BEFORE RELEASING IT TO 563 THE WORLD FOR CONSUMPTION. WHILE THIS MAY BE DESIRABLE IN SOME THINGS SUCH 564 AS THE WONDERFUL PICTURES THAT d PAINTS WITH WORDS, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY 565 SO IN OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THIS RANT. I MIGHT POINT OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR 566 MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IS FORCED ON US BY THE FACT THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO 567 USE OUR VOICE, SO WE MUST REPLACE THAT VOICE WITH WORDS FLOWING ON A VIDEO 568 SCREEN. YET THE INFORMATION AND CONVERSATIONAL FLOW REMAIN THE SAME. YOU 569 DON'T GO AROUND TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY AREN'T PRONOUNCING WORDS CORRECTLY 570 DO YOU? WE ACCEPT THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTLY WITH LANGUAGE AND 571 LEARN TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY RATHER THEN HOW THEY SAY IT. INDEED 572 THAT IS ONE OF THE MARVELOUS FUNCTIONS OF OUR BRAINS, TO BE ABLE TO 573 RECONSTRUCT A CONCEPT IN OUR OWN HEAD FROM THE CONFUSION OF SOUNDS COMING 574 OUT OF ANOTHERS. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE CARRIERS OF THIS 575 INFORMATION (THE WORDS AND OTHERS ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATION) ARE NOT 576 IMPORTANT EITHER, IN FACT THEY CAN BE AS IMPORTANT AS THE IDEA ITSELF. 577 NOT INTHEMSELVES, BUT RATHER IN HOW THEY ARE PRESENTED. FOR THE FORM 578 THEY ARE PRESENTED IS A BASIC RELATIONSHIP TO THE CONCEPT ITSELF. IT 579 TELLS YOU ABOUT THE PERSON THAT IS PROVIDING YOU THIS INFORMATION, AND 580 THEREBY ALLOWING YOU TO PROPERLY PLACE THE EMOTION AND DIRECTION OF WHAT 581 HAS BEEN SAID. THIS INCLUDES MISSPELLING AND GRAMACTICAL ERRORS, I DO NOT 582 RUSH TO A DICTIONARY EVERY TIME I WRITE DOWN A WORD BECAUSE IF I DID THAT, 583 I WOULD BREAK THE FLOW OF THOUGHT OF WHAT I AM SAYING. I COULD GO BACK 584 AND EDIT WHAT I WROTE, BUT I DON'T SEE THE POINT. I GOT MY IDEA ACROSS, 585 AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS AFTER. GOING BACK AND CHECKING EACH AND EVERY WORD 586 WOULD TO ME BE A WORTHLESS WASTE OF TIME. I HAVE MUCH BETTER THINGS TO DO 587 WITH MY TIME. THIS WRITING WILL NOT STAY HERE FOREVER, IN A MOMENTS PASSING 588 IT WILL BE GONE NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. IF I AM GOING TO WRITE SOMETHING 589 THAT WILL BE AROUND AWHILE AND THAT WILL READ AGAIN AND AGAIN, THEN I DO 590 INDEED TAKE TIME TO CHECK MY WORK, BUT THAT IS WRITING, NOT CONVERSATION 591 AS WE ARE SPEAKING OF HERE. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. 592 ****** CISTOP MIKEY (YES THAT IS THE CORRECT SPELLING!) *************** 593 596 ODD.. I'M SURE THAT THAT LAST LINE WASN'T THERE BEFORE. 597 WELL, HERE IT IS AGAIN, DRIVE A ALMOST FULL AND NO ONE HAS FINISHED OFF 598 DRIVE B YET. I AM JUST ABOUT READY TO SAY THE HECK WITHIT ALL AND 599 EITHER LEAVE IT IN DRIVE A UNTIL IT DOES FILL UP (THOUGH I AM SURE 600 THAT I WOULD GET NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOT CHANGING DISKS FAST 601 ENOUGH), OR TO SAY THE HECK WITH IT AND ARCHIVE THE THING ANYWAY AS IS. 602 THIS IS JUST ALL SO BORING TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO SAY TO 603 FILL THIS UP. 604 GAD! 26 MORE LINES TO GO! 605 I DON'T THINK I CAN LAST THAT LONG. 606 I WONDER WHY NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT DRIVE B? 607 IT IS HERE FOR THE USING. 608 I WONDER HOW MANY EVEN CARE OR THINK 609 ABOUT DRIVE B? MANY COME HERE WHEN IT 610 IS FIRST MOVED, BUT THEY THEN SOON 611 FORGET THAT IT IS HERE AND COME NO MORE. 612 <SIGH> HOW SOON THEY FORGET. 613 SINCE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING TO WRITE, 614 I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE IT HERE FOR A BIT AND 615 SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WILL FINISH IT OFF. 616 ********* MIKEY OF CISTOPDOM ******************** 617 618 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 619 620 MIKEY, THAT EMPTY LINE WAS MY FAULT. I CALLED UP AND WAS GOING TO FILL 621 THIS DISK UP, BUT WHEN I STARTED TO ENTER, SOMEONE CAME TO THE DOOR AND I 622 HAD TO HANG-UP. I CARE ABOUT THIS DISK, THOUGH IT SEEMS FEW OTHERS DO. I 623 THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE NEWER USERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET HERE (OR 624 DON'T CARE) OR THEY WANT THEIR WORDS TO BE OBVIOUS TO EVERY USER THAT CALLS 625 AND USES THE "LIST" COMMAND. 626 THIS IS A TEST. EVERYONE THAT SEES THIS PLEASE RESPOND BY SAYING "YES, 627 I SAW IT PAM!" OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. I'LL TRY THIS AS OFTEN AS I CAN. 628 629 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] >