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Note: Apparently someone decided to delete the entire disk. I had a recovery
program that would undelete the stuff and was going to run it on this disk
to recover the deleted information. Unfortunately, I Accidently ran the disk
through the wrong program which erased the first character of each line.
You might note that some lines appear twice that is because they were properly
deleted lines, but since the undelete undeletes all lines, even the properly
deleted lines become visible.
Also noticable on this disk for the first time is the notice at the end
indictaing the total number of lines on the disk. With this disk I changed
the archive method. I used to just log on to BWMS and list the entire disk,
capturing the contents with my communications program. With this disk, I
changed to using a CP/M program to read the disk and copy the contents to
a CP/M file. This change was triggered by the need to undelete the disk.
1 f you are in need of help, you need but ask...
2 *********************** INSTALLED: 8 OCT 84 ****************************
3 elcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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5 ENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
7 WMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
8 nd operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
9 o restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
10 rivately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
11 may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
12 eriodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
13 o leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
14 NTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
15 essage you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
16 he line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
17 ype 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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22 t the top.....I believe is correct phrase...
23 t the top.....I believe is correct phrase...
24 Being gone most of last week & reading DB I wish I had been here !
25 s for NAPP...I forgot....How was it ? ....I think I'll go get some sleep
26 pent the better part of the last 48hrs sailing...& anchoring & anchoring
27 sailing on and on....I curse the St Helens wind hole !.
28 :::::::Alex most tired::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
29 ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ---------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
30 he Mathematician's head was swirling at the ideas that were being tossed
31 ack and forth. He decided that his own prejudices were much too strong.
32 e had always thought of women as being one of the greatest of God's
33 reations. They have been the ones who have carried many of our most human
34 alues, through time, to this era. Sure some have learned patterns of
35 ehavior that are not too endearing, but haven't we all?
36 ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
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38 ell as long as we have debates about the right and place of the two genders
39 e will always have to legislate morality. Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't
40 eed the ERA or the Civil Rights laws? But alas as long as we have bigots, male
41 nd female chavinists we will never be free from these tirades........
42 #############################################################################
43 #######################################DAMIEN II AKA CYM#######################
44 HERE IS A SMALL BIT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU PEOPLE THAT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO SUCH THINGS;
45 BOY GEORGE HAS BEEN OFFERED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO APPEAR IN A PHOTO-SPREAD FOR PLAYGIRL MAGAZINE. HE SAYS HE'S TOO SHY
46 O GO THROUGH WITH IT.
47 DOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT
48 ELLO MIG
49 HIS IS CHARD. I FINALY GOT ON BACK WATER
50 HEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU AROUND HMMM
51 HEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU AROUND HMMM
52 HEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU AROUND HMMM
53 HEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU AROUND HMMM
54 HEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU AROUND HMMM
55 ld Habits Die Hard, I Did It Again. the Phantom Glitch..
56 O ALL
57 F ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE EXCALIBER SYSTEM PLEASE LET ME KNOW
58 DAN GRAYSON
59 ey, what did you think of the great debate? Why bother, huh? Will be inter-
60 sting to see Thursday's (?) between Ferraro & Bush.
61 I WANT TO KNOW IF ANY ONE OUT THERE KNOWS HOW TO GET THROUGH THE CAVE DOOR IN TRANSYLVANIA
62 ###################################### May you live every day of your life. JONATHAN SWIFT
63 MOVED RECENTLY AND LOST MY LIST OF BULLETIN BOARD NUMBERS...I REMEMBERED BWS
64 ND PROBABLY THAT'S ENOUGH, BUT IF SOMEONE WOULD LIST A FEW, IT WOULD BE
65 ONDERFUL! THANKS........
66 ONDERFUL! THANKS........
67 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^%%%%%%%%%%%%++++++++@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@##################!!!!!!!!!!!!!!{{{{{{{{{{{{{{
68 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
69 Sunrise at sea, on a clear morning, is surely the one referred to in the
70 ong. All the world does indeed seem to be waiting for that instant when the
71 irst rays of the sun spill over the horizon, spreading out to embrace the
72 ew day. Up since first light, the ancient practitioner had taken his star
73 ights, adjusted his reckoned position, and settled down on deck with a cup
74 f freshly brewed 'Ethiopian Mocha Harrar', awaiting the morning spectacular.
75 He would just have to imagine that famous cream that the piper speaks of!)
76 e always enjoyed the satisfaction of using simple instruments and the
77 nowledge in his own head, no high-tek toys on this craft. At the urgent
78 nsistence of some of his friends, he had taken the multi-phase transmuter
79 long. Anyway, when out of sight of land, only the communication function
80 orked, and not too well at that. He supposed it had something to do with
81 he fact it operates on the emanations of the collective consciousness. In
82 ny event, lately events at the Backwater Inn had been leaking through the
83 ransmuter. Flickering images and sound that faded in and out made it hard
84 o discern what was happening (not uncommon even on a clear day).
85 Alex's plight of being caught in the St. Helen wind-vacuum was a fate
86 e could identify with. Once in a previous incarnation he had skippered a
87 oat in a race called the 'six-pak'. (Heaven only knows why--they must have
88 onsumed several cases during the race.) He remembered that when the wind
89 id blow near St. Helen it blew straight down. The only place that was more
90 emorable for such phenomena was south-west of Guadalupe. Becalmed in the
91 ee of Guadalupe again, but that's another story...
92 '`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
93 '`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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95 s I made my way to the camp site, Scout following closely behind me, I heard the sound of something diving at
96 igh speed. FLOOM ! What in the world was that? Looking behind me, I was forced to laugh. My brave steed
97 as attempting to hide behind a Ponderosa Pine seedling. After I stopped laughing, I wondered what a Ponderosa
98 ine seedling was doing here, certainly not its native habitat. Off to one side, I saw a stone marker and went
99 ver to read it.
100 _________________________________________________
101 | |
102 | It is the tradition of all who come this way |
103 | on a journey to enter the Ruby Valley to |
104 | plant a tree of a type that would not be |
105 | found here otherwise. If you return from |
106 | your quest, you should take your tree from |
107 | this place, for it has become holy. If you |
108 | do not return, pray to your god that your |
109 | tree will grow straight and tall, that in |
110 | it's branches, your soul might find a pointer|
111 | towards heaven, to find peace. |
112 | |
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115 Hey, has everyone seen this sign ?" I cried. No one had. I looked around me and saw a holly tree, a cyprus,
116 banyan, a palm (not really a tree, I thought, but the idea was good), and a whole collection of trees that
117 ould not grow in these parts, all healthy and straight and tall. It was obvious that many had come and gone and
118 ot returned for their tree. I began to fear for the lives of our band of adventurers. Taking a small twig
119 rom my belt (the same twig that I had snatched as I fell at the Inn so long ago.) I planted it carefully,
120 atered it, and knelt by it to pray. Finishing my prayer, I heard a mournful tune played on what sounded like a
121 andolin. I wandered off in the direction the sound came, and saw a pleasant campfire, along with the main
122 ncampment of the group.
123 ncampment of the group.
124 riar Mossback\
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126 IKE THAT SIGN!!!!
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128 HOOOOSSHH!!! The Manticore swept by, nearly taking a piece of Milchar with him. a Power Word: Stun hampered the
129 east for a moment, and Milchar remembered how he had taken care of the last Manticore... "GHRED! NYTOL! FYGOX! ZEATT!!
130 , Milchar cried. The Manticore, shrinking rapidly, flew off as he was being chased by a nearby bird...
131 t that moment, Milchar heard the Friar call out something about a sign. Walking briskly, he found the Friar and some
132 thers reading sign made of Adamant. "Ahh, the Legend of the Tree. I have planted two trees here, but took them back
133 o my tower. I would think that our camp near here would be safer than it is. I fear something is amiss. We had
134 etter drive harder tomorrow, I wish to be there early. No telling what might happen if Dimat's protecive spells have
135 aded."
136 ++++++++++++++++++
137 arfaal-Durath was happy. He was watching the village burn. With a few people in it. Somehow he thought that
138 ilariously funny. There was another target... Another gout of Cold Emerald Force rained down on the unfortunate soul.
139 e didn't feel much. Narfaal turned his attention to the construction of the hold, and saw that it would be finished
140 omorrow morn. "Good, I shall have a use for it when those bungling upstarts arrive. Hargo! Begin the preparations
141 or the 'welcome wagon'! Hah! Hah, ha ha ha ha ha..."
142 ++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 11:04 on 10/08/84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
143 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
144 , God. It's happened again. It all started when my Aunt Dorothy (known as
145 otty for reasons soon to become apparent) taught me about soul-travel. She
146 ould get me to concentrate. Really concentrate. And we would go ANYWHERE.
147 e started out doing hard stuff-going to other galaxies, meeting bizarre life
148 orms, but that was too strange and uncomfortable for me, so I started going
149 o just Disneyland, the Flaming Gorge, and to this place in Nepal where I
150 eally liked the light. Dorothy said she got the idea from watching the
151 izard of Oz because that girl was Dorothy, too. Unfortunately, Dorothy died
152 actually, I think she went off with a boyfriend somewhere over the rainbow)
153 efore she taught me how to control this stuff. So whenever I'm really ATTEN=
154 ING to something, I suddenly find myself somewhere else. Like during the
155 ob interview when I was whisked off to Afghanistan. It's not easy learning
156 o fight Russians, speak Pushtu and ride a camel in a suit and high heels
157 me, not the camel) And now, while balancing on a ladder, cleaning the gutter,
158 eeping branches out of my face, and leaning and reaching just SO...I'm
159 onfronted with a medieval-looking bunch on horse- and UNICORN-back, with
160 ssorted musical instruments planting a tree. Are they hostile? Do they speak
161 n Indo European language? Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy, why didn't you teach
162 e canasta like other aunts?
163 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU reluctant voyager UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
164 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
165 reetings from that legendary place called Western Washington University,
166 n that legendary town of Bellingham.
167 that legendary town of Bellingham.
168 Zaphod and Dr. Megabyte
169 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/10/9/84 2:42am\/\
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171 The piper felt the air growing cool on his seat astride the Pegasus. The
172 arty seemed to have gathered on the edge of a bleak plain, near an isolated
173 roup of trees. Leaning forward, the piper saw that Milchar, somewhat isolated,
174 as in trouble! Urging his steed to greater speed, he prepared to attack just
175 s the monster shrank and dwindled down unti it was no threat. Urging the
176 egaus upward, the piper traded speed for altitude, and flew upward until
177 he party was almost indistinguishable below him. At what must have been
178 early a thousand feet, the piper and his steed broke into the beams of the
179 etting sun, and those of the party below must have seen a rather spectacular
180 ight as the white wings of the great Pegasus were painted with the brilliant
181 rimson of the setting sun. Locking his nknees around the feathered bases
182 f the giant wings supporting him and his steed, the piper inflated his pipes,
183 nd played the haunting tune called "A Highland Lullaby."
184 At the conclusion of the tune, the piper glided in silence, then smelling
185 he sharp pungent smell of wood smoke looked back and saw that the party had
186 ighted a fire and was preparing for their dinner. During his period of
187 meditation" (all right, daydreaming at altitude) he and his steed had strayed
188 uite far from the party, and diving out of the last rays of the sun, they
189 egan a great sweeping turn that would eventually bring them back to the party.
190 carcely had they left the brilliant rays, than the piper's attention was
191 rawn to a small tent, pitched high on a bare, wind-swept ridge with a
192 amiliar-appearing figure before it. The Pegasus stalled in mid-air and took
193 early 800 feet to recover, then sidelsipped down to a landing near the lonely
194 igure. "L'Homme!" the piper exclamed. "What are you doing here? The last
195 e had heard of you, you had joined the NET, and were somewhere with some
196 trange religious cult --- But never mind that now, we are off on another
197 dventure, would you care to join us?"
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