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LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 128 STATUS: ALL ALLOWED NUMBER OF LINES: 629 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ********************** REMOVED: 23 MAR 84 ****************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON 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. As the system is 10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ************************************************************ 19 20 DR. FRANKENSTUPE: AN INTERESTING COMMENT ABOUT PMS, PERSONALLY I DON'T 21 SEE THE POINT OF CHARGING FOR THE USE OF THE SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY SINCE 22 THE CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARD IS FOR THE USE TO BE FREE. HOWEVER, OF 23 COURSE IT IS HIS PEROGATIVE TO CHARGE IF HE SO WISHES. I ALSO DO NOT 24 HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON BW. THIS IS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE BEAST WHICH 25 MAY REQUIRE THAT THE USER BE ON FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME TO 26 ENTER THEIR MESSAGE. HOWEVER, MOST USERS ARE UNDERSTANDING AND AWARE OF 27 THE TIME DEPENDANT NATURE OF THESE THINGS AND KEEP THEIR ON LINE TIME TO 28 MINIMUM. SOME EVEN DOWNLOAD THE DATA AND READ IT LATER TO HELP SAVE ON L 29 LINE TIME. THERE IS A TIME LIMIT HOWEVER, IT IS RELATED TO LINE DEAD 30 TIME. IF THERE IS NO ACTIVITY FOR 5 MINUTES THEN BWMS WILL HANGUP ON 31 YOU. THIS TIME LIMIT HAD TO BE INSTALLED WHEN THE FANCY NEW SMART MODEMS 32 STARTED PROLIFERATING AS THE PEOPLE USING THEM DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW 33 TO USE THEM. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SOFTWARE THAT BWMS RUNS UNDER, 34 IT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HANG UP THE PHONE. (THE TIMEOUT HANGUP IS A 35 ADD ON PATCH ON THE OUTSIDE THAT CONSISTS OF A 555 TIMER IC THAT 36 CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS THE LINE. ALL HARDWARE CONTROLED.) AS SUCH THEY 37 WOULD HANG THERE ON THE SYSTEM ALL DAY IF THERE WASN'T A TIMEOUT FUNCTION. 38 BUT ANYWAY, THESE SYSTEMS ARE MOST DEFINATLY NOT FREE. THEY COST MONEY, 39 AND THEY HAVE TO BE PAYED FOR SOMEHOW. SOME SYSTEMS ARE SPONSORED 40 BY COMPANIES, WHILE OTHERS LIKE BWMS ARE SOLELY PAID FOR BY THE OWNER. 41 SO YOU ASK, "WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT?" WELL, PURE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE. 42 I AM ABLE TO MEET AND TALK TO PEOPLE THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO 43 OTHERWISE. IT IS ALSO A GOOD FEELING TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING A 44 SERVICE TO THE COMUNITY THAT OTHERS ENJOY. ALSO THE PHONE LINE THAT 45 BWMS USES IS ALSO USED FOR MY DATA COMMUNICATIONS WORK, SO IT WOULD 46 BE THER ANYWAY, SO I AM SIMPLY PUTTING IT TO USE WHEN I AM NOT USING 47 IT OTHERWISE. THUS THE ONLY REAL EXPENSE IS THE ELECTRICITY TO KEEP THE 48 SYSTEM RUNNING. WHICH AT 30 WATTS FIGURES OUT TO BE ABOUT $1.00 A MONTH 49 THE ONLY OTHER COST IS THE SYSTEM ITSELF WHICH DIDN'T COST ANYTHING 50 SINCE IT WAS BUILT OUT OF JUNK BOX PARTS. (EVEN THE DISK DRIVES WERE 51 RESURECTED FROM THE JUNK PILE, THEY WHERE WORN OUT AND I FIXED THEM 52 UP TO RUN AGAIN. THEY ARE STILL THERE AND RUNNING!) THE SYSTEM 53 HAS HAD TWO MAJOR FAILURES SINCE IT WAS PUT INTO SERVICE. ONCE A DISK 54 DRIVE DIED WHICH WAS REPAIRED. THE OTHER TIME WAS A SOLDER SPLASH ON 55 THE LOGIC BOARD THAT DECIDED TO MAKE ITS PRESENCE KNOWN. ANYWAY, I 56 HAVE HAD A POLICY FROM THE BEGINING THAT THE SYSTEM NOT COST ME ANY 57 MONEY TO OPERATE OTHER THEN THE ELECTRICAL COST. EVEN THAT CAN BE 58 ASSUMED TO BE REEMBERSED AS I ALSO USE BWMS AS A TEST SITE TO TEST 59 COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE. 60 I HAVE NO PLANS TO IMPLIMENT ANY SORT OF PRICING SCHEME HERE AND WOULD CO 61 CONSIDER IT SAD INDEED IF IT EVER CAME TO NEEDING TO DO THAT. I MAY EVEN 62 SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN BEFORE DOING SO, AS I JUST DON'T THINK IT IS 63 DESIRABLE WAY TO RUN A PUBLIC BBS. BUT THAT IS JUST MY OPINION. 64 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY **************************************** 65 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 66 "yes, commander, the port is west of us, but I'm not sure I'm going all 67 the way with you. I'll go as far as the port, but I need you to take a message 68 to McKane." I scribbled a hasty message, and sealed it with some 69 wax off of the candle on the table. "Just be sure this get's to McKane." 70 Fast Fred 71 BSAL (ret.) 72 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 73 See, still retired. I wouldn't mind a friendly debate (stress the 74 friendly), but I, too, am lost for a topic. 75 To the other Olsen hater: I had 251. Because of her I may need it 76 again(grades aren't here yet). You have either guts or stupidity to take 77 her again. Either way I wish you luck. 78 F.F. 79 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 80 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 81 %% %% 82 %% REST IN PEACE !!!!!! %% 83 %% %% 84 %% BASBBS IS NOW OFFICIALLY %% 85 %% DEAD. %% 86 %% %% 87 %% BUT PAM, I SAVED YOUR DISK. %% 88 %% SOMEDAY, PRHAPS. I ALSO %% 89 %% HAVE SOME TECHY TYPE STUFF %% 90 %% IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, LVE %% 91 %% A MESSAGE. DJJ %% 92 %% %% 93 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 94 95 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 96 The piper looked around at his companions. They had become unusually subdued. 97 It was amazing -- who could have imagined that a lady pushing 100 could cow 98 such a group so quickly? The piper turned back to her and asked, 99 "M'am -- for lack of a better alternative, we have come to ask the Wizard for 100 help. If indeed he still exists, could he see us?" 101 Dorothy smiled sadly. "The Wizard you seek was past puberty when he came 102 to Oz. He died over fifty years ago. We have had many persons holding the 103 position since then, but all have proven unsatisfactory for one reason or 104 another. Our present wizard seems rather preoccupied with other realities 105 and, quite honestly, not all that competent. His employment has been on 106 probationary status for the last five years. If you wish to consult him, feel 107 free to do so. We do not attempt to coerce our wizards, but allow them to do 108 as they wish. If they violate the Oz code of ethics, or any local laws or 109 ordinances, the penalty is dismissal from the position." She paused for a 110 moment, then continued, "In fact, our present wizard needs some motivation 111 and a test should show whether or not we really want to keep him on or whethr 112 we should advertise for a replacement." She smiled. "Yes, indeed. The 113 request is entirely within our ethical framework. While you, yourselves wuld 114 not be acceptable as long-term residents, you can be aided as distressed 115 visitors. Follow me." 116 Dorothy led the way to the small gate from which she and the clockwork man 117 had issued. The gate entered a series of tunnels in the stone wall. Dorothy 118 spoke as they walked down the tunnels. "We rarely let outsiders into the city 119 any longer. The tranquility of the city is easily upset by fighting, bickering 120 or unkind behaviour. We were forced to prepare underground routes like this 121 for unsolicited visitors who were not quite calm enough to travel the city 122 streets. It is amazing how many greedy persons exist for little reason othr 123 than to deprive others of objects of beauty or utility. We lost nearly half 124 of the emeralds out of the sidewalks between the palace and the main gate of 125 the city before we realized that unscrupulous visitors had been prying them 126 out of the pavement." She stopped at a thick wooden door. "Here we are." 127 She opened the door and gestured. "Go right on in. If the wizard is not 128 expecting you, he does not deserve to hold the position." 129 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 130 :*************************************************************: 131 132 Dorthy: 133 134 No doubt about it, good wizards are hard to find...but I think 135 I can help you. 136 137 My employer, Mr. McKane, has extensive experience in 138 protecting precious jewels. Were you to hire him as your 139 wizard you would no longer have to worry about people stealing 140 emeralds from Oz. 141 142 Though Mr. McKane has no previous wizardry experience he is a 143 cracker-jack security man. I'm sure he could hire an assistant 144 from among the many wizards who hang out here. After all, the 145 place is full of hack wizards that have nothing better to do 146 with their time than flap their arms and shout silly spells. 147 148 If you would be interested in contacting Mr. McKane about this 149 position I can pass your message along to him in Bulgaria. 150 151 Sincerely 152 153 Monsieur d'Autun 154 155 :*************************************************************: 156 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 157 Let's legalize everthing!! Think of the money we taxpayers could save on law 158 enforcement alone!! Lawyers could go back to stoop labor and that would solve 159 our border problems (after all, lawyers are always stooping to something or 160 other) and look at the saving we would have with no legal fees. Judges could 161 continue to judge but only at the various county/state fairs and beauty pageants 162 Just think what a boon this would be to the economy. All those stolen items 163 that would have to be replaced. Those no-interest loans to government officials 164 wouldn't be illegal anymore so the congress could get on to other things like 165 lowering their tax obligation. 166 ******************************************************************************** 167 M. d' Autun, we are very sorry but we can find no records indicating that your 168 company owns or has ever owned the properties in question. Perhaps there has 169 been some error? 170 We are somewhat curious regarding your company as we can not find it listed 171 in any of the standard references. When were you incorporated? 172 Finally, there seems to have been some sort of error in your accounting dept. 173 The check for our retainer was returned "NO SUCH ACCOUNT". We hope this will be 174 corrected as soon as possible. 175 176 Bubble, Toil & Trouble 177 Attorneys at Law 178 ******************************************************************************** 179 (note attached to above letter) 180 We have been contacted by Heuristics, Ltd. They wish to know why we 181 were conducting a title search on their property. What sort of reply should we 182 give them? 183 M.G.Bubble 184 ******************************************************************************** 185 Mckane Enterprises 186 187 Dear Sir: 188 We have no record of your lease on the offices in the First Bank Tower. 189 Our records indicate that they are vacant! Perhaps we misunderstood your letter. 190 Do you wish to take out a lease on that space? 191 Yours, 192 I.G. Farkel 193 Pacific Leases 194 ******************************************************************************** 195 :*************************************************************: 196 197 Wufus Penfield 198 Corporate Affairs 199 McKane Organization 200 Oregon Branch 201 202 Dear Wufus: 203 204 Wassir's corporate espionage team has been fooling around with 205 the financial communities computers again. Please read the 206 enclosed corespondence from Buble, Toil & Trouble and Pacific 207 leasing for detail of his latest pranks. 208 209 Would appreciate it if you would straighten this out at your 210 earliest convienance. 211 212 Thank You 213 214 Monsieur d'Autun 215 216 :*************************************************************: 217 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! 218 Bard: 219 I am less concerned with d's withering glance than with her sharp 220 wit. (gulp) In any case I don't believe that the dragon was attacking 221 anyone. It just flew over Wassir and Salazar without paying them any 222 notice. --V-- 223 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 224 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 225 My dearest Fasil; 226 The plan goes well. McKane's finances are being tied up in knots. 227 Liens will be placed on all hard assets by tonight. His drug operation 228 is being raided by the DEA at this moment. Keep up the good work. 229 Please forward $100,000 in gold by trans-reality express. Needed for 230 bribes and kickbacks. Execute Plan 'B'. Success is at hand. 231 Mohammed Wassir 232 <The Victorious Albanian> 233 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 234 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 235 MONSIEUR D'AUTUN: 236 237 THANK YOU FOR THE WELCOME. I WAS STARTING TO THINK NO ONE 238 WANTED MY SERVICES. I WILL BE AT YOUR DISPOSAL FOR ANY ASSIGN- 239 MENT YOU DEEM NECESSARY TO USE FORCE ON. 240 ALSO, I STILL DON'T TRUST THE COMMANDER. 241 MR. T 242 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 243 244 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 245 246 LONG LIVE LEROY!!!! 247 248 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 249 250 :::::AND MAY THE KNIGHTS OF SHADOW:::: 251 ::::::::::::LIVE FOREVER:::::::::::::: 252 ------------------------THE 253 --------------------------BUCCANEER 254 255 AND I COMMEND YOU ON YOUR PATIENCE TO 256 GO THROUGH 270 LINES OF TEXT TO 257 REACH ME NOW. AND I WILL REWARD YOU 258 GREATLY. HERE IS THE NUMBER FOR CITIBANK USE IT AND ABUSE IT. 259 **************LINE DELETED*********** 260 *******CONTAINED MATERIAL NOT FOR 261 *********THE PUBLIC EYE. SORRY FOLKS 262 BUT REMEMBER---- 263 ::::::::THE KNIGHTS OF SHADOW::::::::: 264 ::::::::::::::::RULE:::::::::::::::::: 265 AND PMS PORTLAND SUCKS... DON'T CALL. 266 ON MARCH[B[[A[C[C[[[AARCH 21, WISH BACH[D[D[D[DH[DJOHANN SEBASTIAN 267 BACH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. H[A[CE WAS BORN 268 :***********************************************************: 269 TOP SECRET 270 FOR EYES ONLY 271 Fasil: 272 273 Good work. The deception is going as planned. I am forwarding 274 $100,000 in gold to maintain the ruse. Your Swiss bank account 275 will bulge from this one. LeRoy will be proud of your success. 276 277 Monsieur d'Autun 278 :************************************************************: 279 280 Mr. T: 281 282 Your observation is astute. Commander Lacell changes sides 283 more often than his socks. Don't trust him. 284 285 We don't need any forceful action at this time but stand by. 286 Try to infiltrate the Wassir organization using a false name 287 if you can. Good luck. 288 289 LeRoy is following your action. You are not alone. The McKane 290 organization takes care of its own. Your fuzzy animal's in the 291 mail. 292 293 Monsieur d'Autun 294 295 :*************************************************************: 296 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 297 298 Well, this political espionage is getting very interesting. unless 299 the piper can continue his story, we may all fall to the battle. Oh well, 300 I'm just glad to be back to 80 columns. 301 does anyone out there know much about the apple super serial card? I 302 have a few questions, but if noone cares I won't bother you all. 303 304 Commander: you still out there? I need that message delivered quick!!!!! 305 306 Note to the others: beware, I may start a new plot line if things start to 307 drag much more!!! 308 309 Fast Fred 310 BSAL (ret) 311 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 312 No reply from the Wiz yet. At any rate, I'm gonna figure out what's happening. 313 Lemme see now. Ah. Here's a good place to hide the gem. No one will 314 try that reality. Ok. Now, off to find the commander's ship. Maybe then I can 315 get to the bottom of all this. 316 The Ninja 317 P.S. Even ninjas (ninji?) like small furry animals. 318 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 319 sometimes it's truly amazing to think that a person wouldn't even bother to 320 check a false diamond against a handy peice of glass. 321 what?? a party aproches. 322 "welcome sirs,and how may I serve you?" 323 the Bard,bold as usual,says "we come in search of the source of the uptime 324 weapons that are flooding our land" 325 "thats a simple task,but first I must judge your worthiness" said the wizard 326 "what is the BAUDOT dcode for the letters RY,in binary. when you have answered 327 this then I will consider your request." 328 thats strange,their magic user calls himself the apprentice,but his aura has 329 traces of the name "Eric" in it,and something else... 330 :::::::::::::WIZARD::::::::::::: 331 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 332 (AP FARGO) In an early dawn raid, elements of the DEA, U.S. Customs, 333 N.D. State Police, and SPCA made the largest drug bust in North Dakota 334 history. Netted in the raid were 54 kilograms of cocaine, 31 kilograms 335 of cyclomates, 8,541 Barbie and Ken dolls in kinky clothing, and 593 336 small, furry animals. 337 338 Arrested were 17 assorted thugs of that ruthless crime ring: the McKane 339 Organization. Both the suspects and contraband were located in an abandoned 340 warehouse on the outskirts of beautiful downtown Fargo. Property records 341 indicate that the warehouse was owned by McKane Enterprises Inc. A DEA 342 spokesman said that the warehouse and all other McKane assets will be 343 seized under the Racketeering Act of 1974. 344 345 Ms. Gertrude Heathcliff, SPCA representative, gave the following statement: 346 "It was horrible, just horrible. The conditions in the warehouse were 347 wretched; no heat, no water, and no potty facilities. McKane was going 348 to sell those small, furry animals to an earmuff factory. And what he 349 was doing with those Barbie and Ken dolls is a crime against nature. I 350 didn't even know that was humanly possible." Ms. Heathcliff indicated 351 that anyone wanting to adopt a small, furry animal should contact their 352 local SPCA office. 353 354 Arrest warrants for multiple felony counts are still outstanding on the 355 following subjects: Leroy McKane, Monsoir d'Autun, and Dufus Penfield. 356 Any citizen with information on these nasty guys should contact either 357 their local FBI office or SPCA representative. 358 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 359 360 QUESTION 361 TOP 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE CONNECTED WITH THIS COMPUTER. 369 FRANKLY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO RUN IT! 370 I HAVE LOOKED OVER YOUR HELP COMMAND AND IT GIVES ME 371 I AM A NEW USER TO YOUR COMPUTER. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE 372 ABOUT IT. IF THE OWNER IS READING THIS AND HAS SOME INFORMATION 373 ON THIS SYTEM PLEASE MAIL IT TO 374 375 376 HILLSBORO OR. 97124 377 To the above: 378 This system is easy to explain; it is an electronic bathroom wall on 379 which many write messages to each other. Periodically, the owner paints 380 over about half of it, but the space soon refills. 381 Type LIST to see everything on a disk. 382 Type DA or DB to change disks. 383 Put imagination to use reading the HELP file. 384 There! Now you know more than I did to start, may it serve you well. The 385 Rest I leave up to you. This is a simple place, but fun. 386 && The Mad Actor && 387 P.S.-- type OFF before you hang up. 388 && TMA && 389 !"#$%&'()0*=!"#$%&'()0*=!"#$%&'()0*= 390 This is for cap'n crazy... 391 392 "Tim,Tim benzedrine" 393 "glug,glug valvoline" 394 "1st,2nd,neutral,park" 395 "hi the hence,thy leafy narc" 396 Shtoner 397 !"#$%&(0*=!"#$%&'(0*=!"#$%&'()0*=*=- 398 399 :::::::::::::::::O O::::::::voyeur::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::: 400 #to those confronting the wizard: the code for RY is 401 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 (hey, cute pattern, wiz) # 402 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 403 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 404 As the others moved forward to confront the wizard, the piper hung back at 405 the doorway. Dorothy asked him, "What's the problem, piper? You don't seem 406 awfully eager to head for the wizard." 407 The piper felt himself blushing slightly, then replied, "Dorothy, it's 408 kinda silly for a grown man to feel this way, but I just wanted to try to let 409 you know just how much you and your friends have meant to my life. There is 410 a special kind of magic that fills a childs soul -- a wonder that lasts a 411 lifetime. Knowing you and your friends through the Oz books made my childhood 412 a much better place." He stopped and hesitated for a moment, then kissed her 413 on her withered cheek. "Thank you very much -- for being you." 414 She smiled briefly, and -- perhaps it was a trick of the light -- within 415 the aged form, the piper felt more that saw the shape of a pretty young girl. 416 Dorothy smiled, but looked at him skeptically. "You must want something. 417 What is it?" 418 The piper flushed again, then asked, "None of the rest of the party seem 419 too concerned, but I know that there were many other children and others 420 that I had felt were my friends as a child. What happened to them?" 421 Dorothy answered, "The children that cam before puberty have mostly stayed 422 the same age that they arrived. A few have decided to grow old -- Betsy 423 Bobbin now appears in her late 40's -- 424 but most children do not really want to age. The magical creatures have 425 remained generally unchanged, except for Jack Pumpkinhead. He grew a number 426 of large gourds one year by mistake. When his last head spoiled he had to 427 make do with a large gourd with a painted face. He found it so convenient 428 and much lighter than a carved pumpkinhead, and decided not to return to 429 sucessive pumpkinheads. He moved in from the farm and became one of Ozma's 430 main advisors." She paused for a moment. "You had better join the others. 431 If the wizard gives you any trouble, contact me." She looked at the piper 432 for a long moment. "If you don't come back this way, and need to talk to me, 433 tie this over your eyes and follow what you see." She handed the piper a 434 silk handkerchief embroidered with a golden "d". The hankerchief was feather 435 light and smelled faintly of violets as the piper put it inside his tunic. 436 He bowed deeply to Dorothy, nodded his head at Tik-Toc, who had followed, then 437 stepped within the doorway to join the rest of the party. 438 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 439 440 441 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 442 443 444 God bless the children of 445 the 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 Beast 453 ------- 454 455 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::satan's-rocker::::::::::::::::::::::::: 456 457 :***********************************: 458 : Mike B. - LOVED IT - Grand D. : 459 :***********************************: 460 461 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY 462 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 463 TO: Portland area & Inisfall area NETWORK operatives 464 SUBJECT: McKane & Wassir 465 Your intial efforts against Mckane seem to be progessing well. We note 466 that Wassir & co, are taking credit. While we don't mind the false trail, this 467 kind of thing should not be encouraged. We do have a reputation to protect! 468 If they persist, take appropriate action. 469 | | || || | | || | | || || | | | || || | | || | | | || | || || | | || | 470 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 471 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY 472 Big Raid is Hoax! 473 Fargo, ND (AP) 474 DEA and ASPCA official deny any knowledge of the raid reported 475 yesterday. "We have no idea where this rumor started" said one DEA officer, "in 476 fact there warehouse we are supposed to have raided has been closed for some 477 time. And no one has ever heard of this 'Mckane Enterprises'" 478 The ASPCA notes that while there are large numbers of animals available 479 for adoption, their records show that this is due to a slower than normal 480 adoption rate over the past few months. "They did not come from this raid", said 481 a spokesman. It is theorized that a computer "hacker" may have inserted the 482 story into various news agency computers. Investigations are proceeding here at 483 Associated Press 484 ................................................................................ 485 M. d'Autun looked at his mail, what was this? His letter to Penfield--- 486 marked "Cannot Deliver as Addressed"......... 487 He picked up the phone to call the Post Office -- he started to dial 488 -- strange, the call didn't seem to be going thru. He depressed the switchhook 489 and listened -- there wasn't any dial tone 490 ................................................................................ 491 Mohammed Wassir 492 Albainian Revolutionary Party 493 494 Sir: we have a large quantity of drugs that we feel you might be interested in. 495 We are making you a special deal. Quit taking credit for our work & you can have 496 the drugs (and certain other ownerless items we seem to have acquired...), 497 continue-- and you shall discover how uncomfortable life in a "goldfish bowl can 498 be. 499 We deal in information-- and there are many who would be glad to know 500 about some of your dealings. For instance, the matter of those suitcase nukes 501 that were on their way to Libya? Col. Khaddafi would be MOST interested in where 502 they wound up. 503 I await your reply. 504 Ian MacHinery 505 Portland branch Mgr. 506 T.P.C. (a NETWORK corporation) 507 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 508 "I believe that would be 01010 10101" said the bard. 509 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 510 PS I already KNEW the answer! 511 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 512 Well, I'm looking forward to some of us getting together at the 513 Library, on Saturday. Perhaps THIS time, the piper can attend! 514 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 515 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 516 S's-rocker, 517 Yeah!!!!!! 518 P.S. See you at Ozzy, Crue, etc. 519 ---Master--- 520 521 P.P.S. Could we please hold down on the use of control characters. Bells and 522 tabs are ok, but clear screens and escape sequences are a bit nasty. 523 524 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 525 :*************************************************************: 526 527 URGENT 528 529 TOP PRIORITY 530 531 ATTENTION ALL AGENTS 532 533 534 We are in desperate need of information about the T.P.C. 535 (toilet paper conspiracy?) and its branch manager Ian 536 MacHinery. All McKane organization operatives, and would be 537 operatives, are instructed to investigate this secret 538 organization. 539 540 This will mean a bonus for the first agent to crack this 541 conspiracy. We need this information immediately. 542 543 Monsieur d'Autun 544 545 :*********************************************************: 546 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS REPRODUCED FROM A TELEX COMMUNICATION 547 WE RECIEVED THIS MORNING FROM BRAZIL: 548 549 My dear Wassir: 550 551 Our territory has been invaded by a mysterious outsider who 552 threatens to disrupt our interests. Perhaps we should join 553 forces to battle this menace. 554 555 Your comrade in crime 556 557 LeRoy McKane 558 559 :**********************************************************: 560 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 561 Vacations have their drawbacks, especially for some students. 562 My parents are out of town for the week, and my brother and I are just 563 now running into problems. We're almost out of things to eat, but have been 564 able to survive on corn dogs and giovanni's pizza. 565 But now we have a real problem, we're out of socks. 566 this wouldn't trouble us so much except we aren't quite sure how to 567 run the washing machine. 568 569 yes, vacations have their drawbacks.......... 570 Fast Fred 571 BSAL (ret) 572 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 573 ________________________________________________________________________________ 574 DATELINE : PORTLAND OR 575 576 REALITY CORP. - DIVISION OF TANDY CORP 577 578 Re: Illegal Use of Reality Pills by Unauthorized Personal 579 580 To: Whom it may concern 581 582 583 It has come to our attention that certain users of this medium have 584 somehow come into access of reality pills, pills not meant for consumption 585 by the masses, but for the consumption of special individuals hand picked 586 by us for our tests. 587 We are not sure how the above mentioned individuals received these 588 pills, whether the leak be inside our organization or outside. We are of 589 course interested in, shall we say, plugging these leaks, as soon as 590 possible. 591 Any aid from the good users of this system would be greatly 592 appreciated. An of course cash benefits could result in the sucessful 593 prosecution of any involved in this plot. 594 595 Thank you for your patience. I will be checking in periodically. 596 I hope we can secure this situation. 597 598 Sam Peckinpah 599 R.C. div of T.C. 600 601 ________________________________________________________________________________ 602 603 either the system is having fits or i'm suffering another 604 attaco of interlocking time warp! i take off for a short 605 jaunt around the univeres an come back to an international 606 plot to dastroy thr economy as we know it fini fin 607 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 608 I DID IT! 609 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 610 611 612 I WON'T TELL 613 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 614 to the previous user: 615 616 is your computer screwed up, or just suffering another attack of interl 617 the oracle 618 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 619 I GIVE UP!!! 620 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 621 622 A T T E N T I O N 623 ----------------- 624 625 626 earth things 627 628 629 IT`S IMPERIAL MEGYESI IS COMING SOON!!!!! 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