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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
2 ****************** REMOVED: 25 JUN 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 privately 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 privately 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.
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19
20 I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE CHANGED DISKS THIS MORNING, I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT,
21 I KNEW IT I KNEW IT! OH WELL, WILL YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? WILL I EVER FORGIVE
22 MYSELF? STAY TUNED TO AS THE DISK TURNS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
23 PAM: NOW YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXCUSE (SNICKER)
24 BARD: I HAVE A SONG FOR YOU TO ADD TO YOUR LIST, I WILL LEAVE IT HERE AS
25 SOON AS I GET IT TYPED IN ON MY WORDPROCESSOR. ITS CALLED 'BOOT IT!' SUNG
26 TO THE TUNE OF MICHAEL JACKSONS 'BEAT IT!'. I FOUND IT IN THE LA SANYO PC
27 HACKERS NEWSLETTER, LOS ALTOS, CA 94022
28 I'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS I GET IT TYPED IN.
29 ***************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************************
30 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*DREAMTOUCHER*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
31 WE ALL RISE TO THE TOP SOONER OR LATER. NOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT? NADA.
32 OH YAH... FER ONE THING; THE FOLKS WHO LEFT THAT AD, I MEAN IT WAS AN
33 INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE AD BUT(!!!!) GADS DID IT TAKE UP SPACE.
34 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
35 THEMNAX AND SLARTIBARTFARST JUST MADE IT. THE HOLES LEFT BY THE TWIT
36 BRIGADE IN THAIR MAD RUSH FOR THE BISTROMATH HAD BEEN ALL FILLED IN
37 AND REPAIRED BY THE CHILDREN OF MAXWELL AND FINNAGLE. ALL EXCEPT ONE.
38 WITH A RUNNING DIVE THE TWO BEARLY MANAGED TO JUMP THROUGH BEFORE THE LAST
39 STONE BLOCK WAS PUT BACK IN PLACE.
40 AS THEY LANDED IN AN UNDIGNEFIED HEAP ON THE FLOOR NEAR THAT
41 MOST PARTICULAR TABLE, THE WALL BECAME ONCE AGAIN FEATURELESS MASSONRY.
42 REGAINING COMPOSURE AS BEST HE COULD, THEMNAX SPOKE TO THOSE SEATED THERE;
43 " AH; ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE SLARTIBARTFARST, A PLANET SCULPTUR AND
44 SAGE".
45 "AND I LIKE TO DO THE FIDDLEY BITS AROUND FJORDS", HE ADDED.
46 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
47 0909090909090909090909090909090909 22 JUNE 1984 09090909090909090909090909090909
48 -AEHWH UGUMS CWTUA WLWTE RGMUJ WWTTE COSFB VFVCO BARFH IVGIO VMFUL IPZKN MKNJB
49 09090909090909090909090909090909090 15:09:22 0909090909090909090909090909090909
50 When, oh when is all this stupid code going to cease. It is such a waste of good space.
51 I thought that most of the folks here were adult and not a bunch of "juvies" as you all have been talking
52 about, but alas, it appears that all here are infected with the immature habits and childish manners.
53
54 ################DAMIEN II###########################################################################################
55 #################6/22/84 10:35pm##############################################
56
57 **********************************************************
58 Sing this one to Michael Jackson's "Beat it";
59
60 BOOT IT!
61
62 You're processing some words when your keyboard goes dead,
63 Ten pages in the buffer, should have gone to bed,
64 The system just crashed, but don't lose your head,
65 Just BOOT IT, just BOOT IT.
66
67 Better think fast, better do what you can,
68 Read the manual or call your system man,
69 Don't want to fall behind in the race with Japan,
70 So BOOT IT,
71
72 Get the system manager to
73 BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
74 Even though you'd rather shoot it.
75 Don't be upset, it's only some glitch.
76 All that you do is flip a little switch.
77
78 BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
79 Get right down and restitute it.
80 Don't get excited, all is not lost.
81 CP/M, UNIX, or MS/DOS
82 Just BOOT IT, boot it, boot it, boot it...
83
84 You gotta have your printout for the meeting at two,
85 The system says your job's at the head of the queue,
86 Right then the thing dies, but you know what to do,
87 BOOT IT.
88
89 You always get so worried when the system runs slow,
90 And when it finally crashes, man you feel so low,
91 But computers make mistakes (they're only human you know)
92 So BOOT IT,
93
94 Call the local guru to
95 BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
96 Go ahead re-institute it.
97 If you're not lucky, get the book off the shelf,
98 But if you are, it'll do itself.
99 BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
100 Then go find the guy who screwed it!
101 Operating systems are built to bounce back,
102 Whether it's a Cray or a Radio Shack.
103
104 BOOT IT, BOOT IT.
105
106 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY ******************
107
108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
109 Encore! Hurrah! Play it again, Cistop!
110 ++++++++++++
111 Quizmaster: Not one, TWO AD&D games. One on PCS (the more visible), and another on PMS. To top it all off, I got
112 a job programming for a small business, getting their act together, and on top of all that, the latest Network code
113 is driving me bananas! It's not only the code, my 'de-coder' programs (remember the rings?) buzz and spit back at
114 me recently. I twould think that someone deliberately fried them except no one else but me gets to my computer.
115 ++++++++++++
116 L'homme: Have fun? I have a utility program for the c-64 that turns the english pound key into an escape key for
117 the dreaded 'quote mode'. I never have problems with it, but then again, I'm used to it...I know that the computer
118 is conspiring against me.
119 ++++++++++++
120 To all:Haven't been on for the last 2+ days, haven't any idea on what's going on, so all those people hwho have existed
121 on this system longer than I have are entitled to use Milchar (don't abuse or kill him, however).
122 This is just 'till I get my bearings...
123 ++++++++++++
124 To all again: The quickest way to reach me (if necessary) nowadays is directly calling (whoever needs the number has
125 already got it), or leaving a message to 'Dungeon Master' on CBBS/PCS.
126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
127 THE SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW FOR 'EXIT'. NO HARM INTENDED, BUT I MUST PULL THE PLUG....ROGER
128 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
129
130 Dawn broke, and I decided to wake my companion. I stood up
131 and gave him a good swift kick in the backside. Slowly he arose.
132 "Why did you do that?" He declared. I looked up at him. Way
133 up. Not that Salsman is that much taller than most people, just that
134 I'm alot shorter.
135 I frowned. Why do I put up with him, I asked myself. Someday I just
136 might answer that question. I remember the first morning I came upon
137 him. The mighty fighter, the warrior supreme. Crying because he was
138 just robbed blind the night before. I hadn't the courage to tell him
139 I had done it, I just let him think I did him a good turn by finding
140 all of his stuff here and there. I guess it was the way he acted after
141 he got his stuff back. I guess it's just the fact that a puppy dog is
142 nice, but to have one that can talk and fight for you is even better.
143 "I'm hungry, Rabindranith," he moaned. Hungry for him was bad
144 news for me. "Don't worry, we'll be on our way for breakfast right after
145 my friend arrives."
146 "Are we going to have a visitor, Rabindranith?"
147 "kind of, I'm not sure if he'll arrive, but I'm sure that if he doesn't,
148 he'll send someone along." With this guy, I was sure of this. I knew he should
149 have been here by now. then I looked up and gasped..................
150 Rabindranith and Salsman
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152 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
153 I hate emergencies. I always hate emergencies. But the one's I hate most
154 are the one's I get involved in. Passing through doors of this sort
155 wasn't the safest thing to do anyhow. I floated for a bit longer than
156 I was expecting, then I left the gateway. Then I started to worry, mostly
157 because I didn't feel any ground beneath my feet..............
158 But instead of the bone crushing thud I was expecting, there was
159 only a kind of WHOOMPH. Looking down, I see that I was closer to my
160 objective than I had realized. "Rabindranith, so good to see you!"
161 He only groaned slightly. "I hope you have more to say than that, you
162 really took a chance on getting a message through to me.
163 "It was nessesary. Just wait till I tell you............."
164 Just then I noticed a large fellow with an even larger sword coming
165 my way, I was beginning to make my usual jump for the running away, when
166 I heard my short friend yell, "Salsman! Wait a sec, this's the guy
167 we've been waiting for." I could see that Rab wasn't in the best of
168 intelectual company this time. I sure hope he knew what he was doing.
169 I couldn't wait any longer. "The reason you called me. I'm almost
170 afraid to ask, but I can only think of one reason you'd call."
171
172 Fast Fred & crew
173 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ to be continued @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ bsal @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
174
175 MiG: (1) To reiterate...GM and CV mean nothing particular to me. How about HP and CV, as in HP 41CV.
176 I may be liquidating a dozen or more HP41CVs, with card readers and ES printers within a month...stay tuned...
177 (2) "Accel" again brings to mind only distance/time every time and Dorothy Hamill.
178 Fast Fred: Correction, please...Life is inherently fair, by the Law of Large Numbers.
179 If you find it heartless, annoying, unsatisfying, unequal...then you have your fair share of it!
180 To balance it out, exert your imagination, wit, and sensibilities...and quitcherbellyachin.
181 Or look around, and see who may have a lesser position...
182 Dave
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184 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
185 SITTING AT A TABLE IN THE INN(I REALISE I AM TYPING IN UPPERCASE ONLY)
186 O.K. now where was I?
187 Sitting at a table in the Inn,Graymalkin was supprised to find a black robed man standing befor him.
188 In his usual quick fashion,Graymalkin had his knife out about 3 inches when he experienced the less then comfortable
189 sensation of having his left nostril enlarged to 9/16ths '' by a ford stickshift.
190 After dropping his knife and sitting down. The Ninja releases hi
191 him,and gives him a small`envelope,then disappearing into the shaddows once more.
192 Looking about to find this black robed man again,Graymalkin only sees 2 indeviduals that
193 look different. One is drinking from a burger-thing star wars olass and the other is a
194 vertual entourage of phone company equipment,and he was wearing a shirt with the emblem
195 "TPC-we know who`you are"
196 Drinking some beer to combat the pain from having his nose
197 threded.
198 Graymalkin opens the envelope and reads aloud in his best voice.
199 "The twit you seek know as 'teddy salad' is known in real life as...
200 (drums`come from nowhare,light comes`in)
201 Kent Wright and has a phone number of
202 626-2900. Realing`from the cheers of the patrons
203 Graymalkin looks first at the two men at the table,who are grinning. Then sees a fast shaddow leaving the Inn,
204 He could bairly see the chrome from a stick shift.
205 The Man in Gray
206 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
207 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? QUESTION FOR THE DAY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
208
209 I'M TRYING TO LOCATE ANYONE WHO HAS HEARD OF A NEW MODEM ON THE MARKET (AT LEAST THEY'RE RUNNING ADS IN SOME OF THE
210 COMPUTER PUBLICATIONS)...CALLED TEL-A-MODEM; SUPPOSEDLY HAS SIMULTANEOUS VOICE/
211 DATE; TOW PHONE LINES WITH BUILT-IN TELEPHONE WITH BOTH 300/1200 BAUD. HELP
212
213 ########################################################################
214 The Innkeeper continued to dose off in front of the Inn, while the magik
215 that held the Inn continued to grow weaker allowing greater and longer
216 glimpses of the bare bones from which it was made. As the Inn shuddered on
217 the edge of disappearing altogether, a new aurora began to form and
218 stablize the Inn once more. Through it all, the foot bridge remained as
219 solid as ever, proclaiming the entrance to the Inn's grounds. Next to the
220 Inn itself, the Rowan tree continued to flourish, the small fruits that
221 ladden its branches grown ripe in the sun. As if in response to that, a
222 slight 'BAMPH' sound occurs, and a figure appears near the Rowan tree.
223 Pausing momentarily to look around as if tring to get bearings in a place
224 that somehow seemed different then before, the figure soon spies the
225 Innkeeper lazing in front of the Inn. A mischievous look comes to her eyes,
226 and she slowly sneaks around to behind the Innkeeper so as to not let him
227 be aware of her presence. Then coming up close to him, she simply says;
228 "Boo." Looking over the edge of the roof of the Inn where he had landed,
229 the Innkeeper looks down to see who would dare to disturb him thus. His
230 eyes grow wide in recognition as he sees who the perpetrator was; "PAM!"
231 Unfortunatly, the Innkeeper wasn't paying very good attention to his
232 position, as he immediatly tumbled off the roof to land rather awkwardly on
233 the Ivy strewn ground in front of the Inn again. Looking up from his
234 sprawed position on the ground, he says; "I'm afraid I am not making a very
235 good welcoming impression to my favorite barmaid, I hope you'll forgive my
236 clumsiness."
237 ##################### The Innkeeper #####################################
238
239
240
241
242 GARAGE SALE !!!
243
244 SATURDAY-SUNDAY 10-5
245
246
247
248 PORTLAND
249
250
251 SOME COMPUTER ITEMS & BOOKS
252
253
254
255 ****************************************
256
257 ##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==LYSIAS==##==##==##==##==
258
259 JUST AS HE HAD EXPECTED, PERSEPHONE WAS FURIOUS. "YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU GOT THAT CLOSE, AND THEN LOST IT?, SHE
260 SCREAMED. "GOBACK AND GET IT OR I'LL HAVE YOUR MEMORY PUT ON AN EPROM AND SENT TO ATARI".
261 LYSIAS WAS TEMPTED TO REFUSE, KNOWING THAT HE ALONE HAD THE KEY TO THE TIME WARP, BUT SHE COULD MAKE THINGS ROUGH FOR
262 HIM, SO ONCE AGAIN HE ACQUIESCED. IF ONLY PLUTO HADN'T BOUGHT THAT NORTHSTAR---.
263 WHAT HE REALLY DREADED WAS NOT GOING AFTER THE "ROTHMAN" RUBY, BUT THE TEMPORARY CONFUSION, AND VULNERABILITY UPON
264 EMERGING FROM THE TIME WARP. MOUTHING THE KEY, HE ONCE AGAIN FOUND HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE INN. DIZZY AT FIRST, HE STEAD
265 IED HIMSELF AGAINST A LAMPPOST. A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOLPE WERE ON THEIR WAY IN, AND HE WAITED FOR THEM, WONDERING WHAT THE
266 Y HHAD AGAINST ANCHOVIES. ALWAYS LIKED 'EM MYSELF, HE THOUGHT AS HE ENTERED THE INN.
267 HE TOOK A TABLE IN THE BACK, AND THOUGHT ABOUT THE RUBY. HE KNEW WHO IT REALLY WAS, THAT WAS TRAPPED INSIDE, AND HE KNEW
268 WHAT PERSEPHONE HAD PLANNED FOR HIM, AND IF SHE WERE TO SUCCEED THEN HE WOULD FIND HIMSELF IN A VERY POWERFUL POSITION,
269 BUT HE DOUBTED THAT SHE COULD PULL IT OFF. THAT WIZARD THAT FREQUENTED THE INN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE REALLY HAD. MAYBE
270 THERE WAS A WAY TO ENLIST HIS HELP. THAT WAY, THEY ALL WOULD
271 BENEFIT FROM THE POWER OF THE RUBY. LOOKING AROUND, HE DIDN'T SEE ANYONE THAT HE KNEW, SO HE ORDERED ANOTHER ALE, AND
272 &%(&@#%()&$#()&%@)#%&@)#*%)#!*%#)&){body}amp;%)#$*)*@#%)@*%)$*%)*#$)%*$)*%$#)*%)#$*%$#
273 L'homme was already bored with this new place. All of the old gang seemed to
274 be dispersed amid various activites, and it simply wasn't the same as it was
275 before in the last adventure. "What has happened to our group?", L'homme
276 questioned himself. "Why do these things ALWAYS happen?" "Bard and voyeur
277 hadn't been seen for quite some time. Snow runner was off in the woods
278 somewhere with the other animals, Dream Toucher had met with some others
279 he had known before he hooked up with our group and was busy with them, and
280 the piper had departed for an extended vacation by himself. Habitrail Harry
281 hadn't been seen ever since we had arrived back at the Inn, and the Ninja was
282 off fighting juvies with the help of someone called 'greymilk'. Yes the
283 whole gang had gone in their separate ways, which is the way most things
284 end up. It was fun while it lasted...". With that last thought, L'homme
285 rose from his bar stool and exited the Inn. As he walked to his car, he
286 thought about the "McKane" organization, which had been on the tongues of
287 the group the last time they met at the tower. "Oh well... Maybe another
288 day"..."I still have quite a bit of ethanol left over from piper, maybe
289 I'll just drive around this reality for awhile, and see what happens."
290 )*$#)@*$#)@ L'homme sans parity - pas de aventure aujourd'hui *)*%$#%#$%$#%$#%
291
292 PS's to voyuer : What is the status of the Risk game? Is it or isn't it?
293 Leonard : Still need some Westercon information...
294 MIG : Are you in Risk? Need a ride if so? Good job on Teddy!
295 Ninja : Are you still interested in the BW archives? RSVP
296
297 *^%)$*^)%$*^$%
298
299
300 Ninja: OK, I find it very strange that you are calling you
301 peers "Juvies", it's just a little odd don't you think? Or it's
302 just something you get from beaverton. By the way, how's your car?
303 How do I get all of this information? I have a sugar cone of my
304 own. Luke B.
305
306 NOTICE, THE BROKEN BLADE ][ IS NOW UP
307 GIVE US A CALL SOMETIME AT 635-9412.
308 TELL TWO FRIENDS, AND THEY'LL TELL
309 TWO FRIENDS, AND SO ON AND SO ON .....
310 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
311 To: The Ninja
312 From: The Rhineston Cowdoi
313 I am writing to set the record strait. You are the 'juvie'. Anyone
314 that sits up until three in the morning writing these stories that
315 could be topped by any maloderous 'juvie'. Oh, by the way, I have
316 broke your code. My daddy works for a very important computer assoc.
317 and is overly equiped to break such an imature means of communication
318 between commrades tThe Rhinestone Cowdoi
319 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
320 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
321 Luke: No harm intended. I would never try to crash your system. I do
322 appreciate the help you have given me. You are a 1st class juvie hunter yourself
323 I haven't called any of my friends juvies. (if any think I did, the only juvies
324 in the last few days are teddy salad and Tom Tom and the Mad Mod)
325 Rhinestone: Don't read the stories if you don't like them. Most of the patrons
326 use this board for stories, however. (under more normal times)
327 jjjjjjjjjj
328 The Ninja returned to the Inn once more. This time he stuck his stick
329 shift up Greymalkin's other nostril and twisted. He handed him a sheet of paper
330 and disappeared into the shadows. The paper read "That's 636-9200"
331 Outside of the Inn, the Ninja spyed his old friend whom he had asked
332 to return to the Inn. Unfortunately, Fred was jumping through some sort of gate
333 "Wait!" screamed the Ninja as he jumped between three bolas.
334 The Ninja
335 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
336 PLEASE CALL THE BROKEN BLADE ][ AT 635-xxxx
337 IT WOULD BE HELPFULL TO REMEMBER THAT THE PASSWORD
338 IS "PASS", TRICKY HUH? GIVE US A CALL SOME TIME.
339 ----------------------------------GURU OF BLIS-----------------------------
340 T. ROSIVELT WASN'T THAT FAR OFF WHEN HE SAD WALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK.
341 TROUBLE IS, WHAT THE CURRIENT POLITICAL FASCION SEEMS TO HAVE A HARD TIME WITH
342 IS THAT THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THAT AND WALKING SOFTLY IS NOT(!) THE LEAST
343 OF THE TWO!!!!
344 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
345 it was dark in the inn and late at
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347 Ninja:
348 It's been a few weeks since we have chatted. I see people still
349 haven't given up giving you and your friends a bad time. I forgot
350 the time and your location of meetings. Please leave a schedule on
351 another board(the Broken Blade ][ or the billboard at work). The
352 Big Boss is buying me a computer with the works so I'll be giving
353 you a call some time. I should have a board up some time soon after
354 so all information classified can remain that way.
355 Catch ya later,
356 KING SILICON
357 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
358 !!@@##$%%^^&&**(())!!@@##$%%^^&&**(())!!@@##$%%^^&&**(())!!@@##$%%^^&&**
359 TO THE NINJA:
360 i am completly suprised at how acurate you found out kents identity and
361 his number (oops this mesage is to the man in gray) but have you ever
362 thought that he could just change his name to say 'the dax man' and
363 all your efforts would ammount to nothing. I am going to California
364 next week so all of you juvie hunters can have a big party...
365 by the way you never did tell me what the good is of showing what a
366 persons name is and his number is. You can be stereotyped as a 'juvie'
367 if you are under eighteen but you can also be considered a 'juvie' by
368 calling 'krank calls' to someone like us...
369 aufwiedersehen
370 tom tom & the mad mod
371 p.s. to the person who stated that I stole his boarder, I must appoligize
372 to you. I have changed it so sorry.
373 !!@@##$%%^^&&**(())!!@@##$%%^^&&**(())!!@@##$%%^^&&**(())!!@@##$%%^^&&%%
374 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
375 To all Juvie Hunters:
376 I have been put under the title of "juvie hunter", I appreciate the
377 gesture but no thanks.
378 Luke Binkelywalker.
379 ps. This person (Luke B.) will be going on a very long stay over
380 seas somewhere, probibly Hawaii.
381 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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383
384 Riskers,
385 Tonight Saturday ......MiG has the #
386 Say ......eightish ......
387 :::::::::::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
388 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
389 All: I have returned!!!!!!! The Doctor is back!!!! I have gotten too bored
390 being the Lord-President of Galifrey!! I have been at a FFA District Leadership
391 Camp since Tuesday, and haven't been able to geyt on. (Until today) I just
392 thought that you guys might like to know that I have returned. Things are
393 getting boring around here. Let's start a new adventure going. Anyone got a
394 'Baddie' that we could go against??
395
396 ????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ???????????????????????????
397 P.S: Jericho has gone back to his own time...
398 ????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor again ?????????????????????
399
400 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
401 IT'S 8:10, AND MIG DIDN'T CALL ME TO TELL ME THE TIME OF THE
402 GAME AS HE HAD PLANNED TO. WHAT'S HAPPENING?????
403 FRED
404 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
405 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? ? ? ? ?`? ?/
406 All Riskers.I was unable to get ahold`of Alex at home. Due to the uncertainty of where he lived and`of how I was |o get
407 v~| hum,got some noise there.
408 due to not knowing how I was getting to Alex's house,I had to decline the game.
409 To give you people an idea of this,I live in Hell,troutdale oregon,at a 666 prefix.
410 Alex is at a 626 prefix. Get the idea yet? about 2.5 hours travel time using tri-mutt.
411 How about some other night,next saturday is out due to Westercon.
412 Luke Binklywalker:whatever you like,I don't care what ppeople call themselfs,
413 but thanks for the info just the same.
414 Ninja:I went back to Le Nerd and found that the number there is listed as 626. Kindly remove stickshift.
415 Tom/Tom&&Mad Mod:when the NETWORK publishes a phone number,
416 this is an indecation to the twit that we know who he is. As for "krank" calls,we (NETWORK) do not make them.
417 It is much easier to find out where said twit goes to school or works and then,if he keeps things up,
418 well,some things are not fit for public consumption. As for a name change,unless the twit raicaly changes his
419 tertiarily intrinsic habits,we can find out who he is by a simple database check.
420
421 The Man in Gray-L'homme avec le nez Elargit.
422 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
423 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
424 Just listening in, I see that no one has used Milchar. Hmm... Oh well. I'll figure out something.
425 +++++++++
426 Doctor: What? Jericho gone? I thought you left because of the anti-technology law passed (how are you going to
427 explain the TARDIS, eh?). Welcome back, anyway. Are you going to come with me to work Monday? It'll be a 7:30 to
428 4:00 affair, so I don't expect you to be there all the time.
429 +++++++++
430 Sigh.... Only one reply about the One and Only East? Quizmaster, have you no ambition? Maybe this one will interest
431 you more:
432 We are little airy creatures,
433 All of different voice and features;
434 One of us in glass is set,
435 One of us you'll find in jet,
436 T'other you may see in tin,
437 And the fourth a box within.
438 If the fifth you should pursue,
439 It can never hide from you.
440 Now, can you guess what the "five little airy creatures" are?
441 ++++++++++
442 Mig & Ninja: Well done! Both of you are cause to make twit-hunters everywhere real proud.
443 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
444 IT WAS DARK IN THE INN, CLOSER TO MORNING
445 THEN NIGHT. THE INNKEEPER WAS ASLEEP
446 IN THE BACK ROOM. A LOW BUZZING NOISE
447 STARTED. AT FIRST IT WAS VERY LOW BUT WAS NOW BUILDING
448 IN VOLUME. THE INNKEPER WAS AWAKEND, BY BOTH THE SOUND AND THE BLUE
449 GLOW COMMING FROM THE OTHER ROOM.
450 HE SLOWLY WENT TO INVESTAGATE.
451 WHEN HE OPENDED THE DOOR HE SAW A
452 PILLER OF BLUE LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
453 OF THE ROOM. AROUND THE PILLER WAS
454 A DARK AREA, JUST INSIDE THAT WAS
455 WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMALL SPARKS.
456 THAT WAS THE BUZZING SOUND.
457 AS HE WATCHED THE PILLER THAT NOW LOOKED LIKE BLUE FLAME A FIGURE WAS
458 FORMING IN THE CENTER OF THE LIGHT.
459 SLOWLY THE FIGURE STARTED TO TAKE FORME
460 IT APPERED TO BE HALF MAN HALF MACHINE
461 IT WAS ABOUT 6'6" TALL AND ALMOST
462 ALL BLACK, THE EYES WERE A STROBING
463 BAR OF GREEN LIGHT WHEN IT STARTED
464 TO TALK THE AREA WHERE THE MOUTH
465 SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLASHED RED. THE
466 CHEST HAD A BOX ATTACHED TO IT WITH
467 CABLES GOING FROM THE CHEST TO THE TOP AND
468 BOTTOM OF THE BOX. ON EATHER SIDE
469 OF THE BOX WERE SWITCHES AND CONTROLES
470 THE INNKEPER QUIETLY SAID WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DID YOU COME FROM
471 AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE
472 I( THEN THERE WAS A SHORT PAUSE) AM
473 D4QP FROM REMOSA IN THE GALAXY ANDROMEDA.
474 I HAVE COME FOR THE GARNESSA!
475 THE INNKEEPER REPLYED WHAT THE HECK IS
476 A GARNESSA? THE DROID SAID: WELL I THINK
477 YOU CALL IT A RUBY.
478 AHHH THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE AFTER! THEN
479 D4QP ASKED
480 PLEASE LET ME EXPLAIN! THE RUBY WAS
481 TAKEN FROM OUR GALAXY 1500 YEARS AGO
482 AND THAT STARTED A GRATE WAR BETWEEN
483 THE BERENICES AND MY PEOPLE. AND
484 WITH THE CRYSTLEL MAY MASTER WHO IS NAMED DARWIN BRADSHAW
485 WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO END THE WAR
486 ONCE AND FOR ALL. DARWIN IS A GRATE
487 KELVEN WORROR BUT HE DOES NOT KNOW IT YET. SO IF YOU DON'T HELP ME AND
488 THE BERENICES TAKE OVER OUR GALAXY YOURS
489 WILL BE NEXT.
490 ***** WILL THE INNKEEPER HELP D4.
491 AND IF HE DOES NOT WILL OUR GALAXY BE TAKEN OVER BY THE BERENICES RACE?
492 TUNE IN LATER WHEN WE HEAR THE INNKEEPER SAY NO #### ARE YOU FOR REAL.
493 !***********************************
494 ***********D4QP BYE AND HAVE********
495 **************A NICE****************
496 ************************************
497 SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT
498 "My GOD! What was that?", demanded professor twitson of his assistant, Ed.
499 "I don't know sir, but that last one had the largest reading since the
500 earlier readings from Phantom Writter and Hawthorne." "As much as Hawthorne,
501 that's incredible!", replied twitson. "Ever since the Network installed these
502 spelling sensors, we have been getting high readings almost everytime someone
503 uses the "Backwater" system. "Yes I know", said Ed. "Especially when what
504 the Backwater people call "Twits" get on. But this latest "D4QP". I have
505 rarely seen such high ratings. And to top that off, many of the words that
506 were spelled wrong were less than 6 characters in length." "That makes the
507 readings go right off the scale!". "Who ever this D4QP person is, he or she
508 would make a good specimen for the intensive teaching program they are
509 developing down at the mental hospital" "That's a great idea! Let's see if
510 we can trace D4QP's next contact and try to convince this person to go along
511 with the experiment." "OK...that's a plan. Anyone who can make as many
512 stupid mistakes as D4QP will be a sure success down at the hospital" "What
513 about that Hawthorne character?" "Let's leave him alone for now, he doesn't
514 seem to be hurting anyone at the moment, and his outbursts are few and far
515 between" "Great. Let's check in on the sensors in another 12 hours. Maybe
516 we will have that trace by then."
517 SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT SPELLALERT
518
519 *)#@*$)@%*)@*%@)#*%)%*)#$*^%)#^*#)^_*)^*!)$%#^_%*^_%*$^)*)^*$%)^*%$)^***$)^*$%)^*$)^*$)%*^)$%*^)$*^)$*)#*^)^)$%*&)$%&*
520 Risknetters: I too have read the 8:00 pm message a little late, like 1:00 am.
521 Can we try for another weekend sometime soon?
522 voyeur: the terminal program works as advertized. I have a question about the
523 two rather similar BASIC programs on the disk. And yes...tic tac rip off was
524 just that...a rip off.
525 Milchar: Your sound routine will be famous... thanks again...
526 MIG : Cute...really cute...are you sure about the sister?
527 *%$*#)%*$#)*%)$#*%)#$%* L'homme sans parity - je voudrais jouer un Risk *%)$#*%)#$*%)*%$)#*%#$)*%$#%)#$*^*$^)$#*^)#$*^
528
529 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
530 THE DOCTOR, FAST FRED AND LYSIAS ALL SEEM TO HAVE STORY LINES GOING AS DOES
531 GREYMALKIN AND NINJA.
532 TIMELORD PERSON: HAS YOUR TARDIS RETURNED TO THE INN?
533 IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO GO AFTER; THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE THIS MCKANE OUTFIT
534 AT LARGE. THEMNAX IS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING FOR THEM TOO AND L'OMME SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A LEAD, OR WAS THAT BARD?
535 LOAM: I REALIZE YOU MUST BE UNDER A STRAIN TRYING TO GET A COMMODE TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL BUT THAT SPELLALERT...
536 HOW DO YOU SPELL A LERT?? ANYWAY? INSPITE OF D4QP'S EXCESSIVE INDULGANCE IN CONTROL CHARICTERS IN TIMES RECIENT, HE
537 DOES SEEM TO BE WRITING SOMETHING INTERESTING. IT EVEN MESHES WITH LYSIAS AND SCARLET, ET.C. OFF COURSE I DON'T KNOW
538 HOW OUR EXTEAMED INNKEEPER MUST FEEL ABOUT BEING DRAGED OUT OF BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!
539 THEMNAX AND SLARTIBARTFARST ARE SEATED AT TABLE WITH, I ASUME, YOU, AMONG OTHERS. DREAMTOUCHER HASN'T WONDERED OFF ALL
540 THAT FAR, HE'S IN THE TUB/POOL. I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURPRISED IF SNOWRUNNER MET SOMEBODY BY THAT FAVORITE FOOTBRIDGE OF
541 THE INNKEEPER'S AND PAM'S, SHE'S ALREADY SCENT MARKED THE ROAN TREE. I'M AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT TO DO NEXT MYSELF.
542 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
543 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::
544 ALEX: I believe the expression goes something like "What we have here,
545 ya see, is Fail'r to communicate" (it's hard to write colloquially).
546 Saturday the phones were busy between MiG, L'homme, and myself, trying to determine
547 the status of the game. Despite the nice day, too many people were inside,
548 calling up this board, so I was unable to get on until now (2 am Sunday).
549 I'm still interested, so I guess we will have to try to work up an agreeable date for
550 all again.
551 L'homme: Really? My modifications to the program actually work as advertised?
552 I must be slipping! (why don't they ever do that for ME?). The two BASIC programs?
553 As you can see, one is derived from the other. I can't imagine what questions
554 they might provoke. (or is it that your head is so full of crappadore basic
555 that you can't remember how a REAL Basic program works.
556 The Group: I guess I am more-or-less taking a vacation from active participation
557 here on BW, and reverting to a state more in keeping with my moniker.
558 Unless, of course, something Interesting arises again. It's too bad that
559 PAM's rare visits are soliloquies instead of participation in an 'adventure'.
560 That would be (to put it in terms all too many of the Innhabitants understand)-
561 AWESOME!
562 (oh my god, what have I said! Now I'll have MiG and ninja after ME! I plead temporary
563 insanity due to an overdose of heat)
564 Enough babbling from me for the moment. Take it away, Aaron...
565 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::voyeur::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::
566 ##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##LYSIAS##==##==##==##==LYSIAS HAD BEEN SITTING AT THE TABLE AT THE BACK OF THE
567 INN FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AND AS NO ONE THAT HE RECOGNIZED HAD COME INN, HE HAD THE TIME TO REFLECT ON HOW HE CAME TO BE
568 WHERE HE WAS. HIS MOST IMPORTANT INCARNATON WAS, OF COURSE, IN GREECE, IN 459 BC.THIS LIFE WAS A SECOND CHANCE GIVEN HIM
569 BY THE CENRTAL SCRUTINIZER AFTER A LIFE SEVERAL MILLION YEARS BEFORE, IN WHICH HE HAD BEEN A COSMIC PHONE PHREAKER ON A
570 LITTLE PLANET CIRCLING A STAR IN THE PLEIADES CONSTELLATION. BECAUSE OF THIS, HE WAS SENT TO HADES. WHILE THERE, THE
571 LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD, PLUTO, HAD LEARNED THAT LYSIAS KNEW THE KEY TO THE TIME WARP, AND COULD USE IT AT WILL. SOON,
572 PERSEPHONE, WHO, IN SPITE OF WHAT THE HISORY BOOKS SAY, WAS PLUTOS GIRLFRIEND, LEARNED OF THIS, AND USING HER INFLUENCE
573 (!) WITH PLUTO, WAS ABLE TO COERCE LYSIAS TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME, SEARCHING FOR A RUBY, THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM HER,
574 AND WHICH CONTAINED THE SECRET OF THE TOTAL POWER, (FOR GOOD OR EVIL), OF THE UNIVERSE.SINCE THE RUBY HAD BEEN STOLEN BY
575 A WIZARD, ON PLANET EARTH, (SHE BELIEVED) WHO FREQUENTED A PLACE CALLED " THE INN ".THE WIZARD HAD HAD MANY INCARNATIONS
576 AND IN EACH, HAD SOMEHOW MANAGED TO ALWAYS FIND, AND KEEP, THE RUBY. WHEN HE WAS IN THE LIFE OF A PERSON NAMED "ROTHMAN"
577 HE LOCATED IT, ETC, ETC. LYSIAS HAS SPENT THOUSANDS OF YEARS TRYING TO TRACK IT DOWN, BUT EVERY TIME HE GETS CLOSE, THE
578 WIZARD MANAGES TO DISAPPEAR. WITH THE RUBY. BUT, THIS TIME, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOST, AND LYSIAS IS REALLY CONCERNED
579 BUT-AS HE HAS THE KEY TO THE TIME WARP, HE KNOWS THAT SOONER OR LATER, HE WILL GET IT
580 IF HE COULD MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE WIZARD AT THE INN, THEY COULD TEAM UP, AND MAYBE EVEN GET CERTAIN CONCESSIONS FROM
581 PERSEPHONE. LYSIAS REMEMBERED ALL THIS AS HE SAT A THE INN, AND, ORDERING ANOTHER ALE, WAITED-----
582 ***********************************************************
583 WHERE ARE YOU PAM? THE WEEKEND IS ALMOST OVER! - MIKEY
584 ************************************************************
585 PAMELA: WHY THE NO SHOW? <SIGH> I WAITED FOR YOU. - MIKEY
586 ************************************************************
587 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
588 Riskers,
589 Sorry about the short notice. It was arranged with
590 hast. There hasb
591 rep
592 ............well so much for editing ......as I was saying there has been
593 discussion on a potential game the weekend following Westercon (sp).
594 Any and all comments regarding the proposed date should be stated soon.
595 So that we may coordinate our efforts.....MiG has all pertinent datum as to
596 location, phone etc.
597 MiG - Feel free to pass on the information ....so long as the recipient
598 has valid interest in the game.......( I know - unnecessary caution )
599
600 Anyway the outcome of Saturdays game - lost 2 .. won 1 .. burned out on fourth
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