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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 14 JUN 85 **********************
3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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19
20 You're the tops, you're the Colliseum, you're the tops, you're the Louvre
21 museum... What's more appropriate than Gershwin for the top? Isis has never
22 been at the top before. Isis likes the top. Why did I have to go all the
23 way to the hospital before I got here, though???????????
24 Piper: Sorry to give you the impression I am a professional proofreader.
25 No, I just did it for all of my buddies in college in exchange for beer
26 (those were my younger days) and victuals of other sorts. Still do it for
27 a graphic artist friend of mine. I also do translation from French,
28 Spanish, Russian or German in exchange for reasonable bribes. The closest
29 I ever got to the pro circuit was knowing John (Transmaniacon) Shirley
30 who proofed for Ursala LeGuinn for a while. (namedropper!). Did I ever
31 tell you how much I enjoy your writing? I do, and I don't think it's
32 unreadable at all. Some people accuse me of using too big of words, too.
33 But using the right word at the right time makes for an economy of
34 language as well as a harmony and rhythm too often missing in our lives.
35 Here I am, being uneconomical, on my soap box running at the mouth.....
36 Come to the nerd-o-fest this weekend and talk to me on remote, please.
37 I would love to meet you, even vicariously as my circumstances demand.
38 {*}{*}!!!(bored)isis!!!{*}{*}still left handed AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
39 sorry, Ursula, that is. Blame it on the overworked synapses.
40 {*}{*}hi Tinny! you're not the only one sans brain!{*}{*}
41 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
42 Milch: Ok, but can you DRIVE it??
43 ??????????????? The Doctor ???????????????????????? June 14, 1985 at 12:05 ????
44 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
45 Ahh, so close and yet so far...
46 Friar Tuck: I resemble that remark!! Some of the twits that are only on
47 for the summer aren't all that bad! (Or are you referring only to high school
48 twits, and not us twits from college??)
49 Sox: While we are discussing plots and infiltrations, I have one for you:
50 I am of the firm opinion that Nutra Sweet is a non-silicon-based alien life-
51 form that is trying to form a very unhealthy symbiotic relationship with us
52 Terrans. It's gotten itselves into our food in a dormant state, and once eaten
53 takes over its unsuspecting host. You'll never catch me eating the stuff!!
54 To All: In case you haven't noticed, you're now stuck with me full-time
55 for the next three months. The stuff on these two drives is TERRIFIC, and I
56 hope my contributions won't upset the Quality Factor. So here's to Good
57 Writing, and all that !
58 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\(When'sthenextSCAevent?)/\/\/\/\/\
59
60 Luingil: Are you an *official* SCA'er (dues & all that)? If so, what did you
61 think of the filler item in the latest TI? ("No, I'm in a play".. indeed!)
62 __________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
63
64 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
65 Story-line? Can't type now... On the lamb at the moment. Must run.
66 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
67
68 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
69 Leonard: Nope, not yet. I'm just a broke college student who must not
70 have snitched that one from the one *real* member that she knows. Rats!!
71 (Of course, you know who's getting my next free $20...
72 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil of Annador,Future Oficial SCA'er/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
73
74 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
75 Kosta, please, if you're trully `on the lamb', would you PLEASE get
76 off of her, as Mary would probably like to talk privately to her lawyer...
77 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
78 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*X^n*=*=*=*=*=*=*(by any other name=*
79 piper: VERY sorry to leave you in the lurch! just one of those this.
80 I sorta bit off more than I can chew withe trying to get something goon
81 Alt World and deeply involved on tanis and now gary's got that up/doene
82 for nec 8201's + M-100's I ptobably wont be around all that much herecept
83 to lurk) or bit (which is kinda difficult place for my sslloowwww mind)
84 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
86 Doctor: Like I said, ONE THING AT A TIME. The existence of a clutch is
87 something entirely new. I'll probably kill the engine a half-dozen times or
88 more before getting the knack. Oh, well, at least the financial end of it
89 has improved. Paycheck Friday (21st, I think), debt down to $100.
90 All else: So sorry, can't make it to this PorSFiS (I think it's this Sat., but
91 my thinking hasn't been too clear of late (Situation Normal? (What's Normal?
92 (Ha, I can do this too, Piper!)))). I don't think I'd enjoy watching poor
93 Farley squirm under the interrogation
94 lamps of NET, anyway. Until another time, I am
95 +++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ June 14, 1985 ++++++++++++
96 \'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/
97 does anyone know any crisis hot-line
98 numbers for the portland area? I would
99 like it if you could post them here
100 please. Thank you.
101 \'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/tim\'/\'/
102 {*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}
103 Tim: I'd be glad to, but what kind
104 of crisis are you referring to?
105 A.A............223-xxxx
106 N.A............228-xxxx
107 Domestic Violence..640-xxxx
108 (General) Crisis line-Ptld..223-xxxx
109 Hillsboro.......648-xxxx
110 Rape Victims....640-xxxx
111 The best place to find these are in
112 the phone book-blue community service
113 pages. I'm in Hillsboro - so I have
114 Hillsboro numbers, but 223-xxxx will
115 refer you to the best source for you
116 in Portland, so start there.
117 That's better -- reset the margin, Isis, then it won't beep!
118 Luingil -- Next close event is June 28-30, Kreigstreiber in Banks. This
119 is the fifth anniversary, bound to be great!
120 Thanks to all who are keeping this board cheerful and soothing -- I really
121 need it!
122 {*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}
123 \'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/
124 !!!isis!!! thank you for the numbers. And I didn't now they were
125 in the phone book, thanks. By the way, are you in the hospital for something?
126 \'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/tim\'/\'/
127 &*%_#*%_)!#*%_!)*%_)#*%_)@#*%_+@#*%_)@#%)_#@!*%_^&_#$)_#$)!*^_)#!*^_!)#*^!^*#$
128 capt'n barefoot : May I be so bold to ask what part of your sentence was
129 misnamed? America? Paradise? Virgin? Or Island? Since I do believe the
130 first and the last are still true, it must be one of the middle two. I
131 await your response with great trepidation.
132 Milch : Do my eyes deceive me? Have your purchased your own mode of trans-
133 portation? Wait! Let me guess...Hmmm 1968 Ford Pickup with twin-I-Beam
134 suspension? We will all miss you today. I had the tungsten lamps packed
135 and everything. But maybe the public ridicule is enuf.
136 Kosta : Now wait a minute! I didn't know I was opening the door into a hot
137 and heavy menage-a-trois! Behind The Green Door indeed...
138 Leonard : Better get those extra disks you need. Now that summer is here I
139 have no more excuses to keep the remainder of the archives from your hot
140 little hands. I'll get the software needed.
141 Mikey : Any word on that strange 5-key problem? I'll try to run the games
142 disk out to you sometime early next week.
143 Petrov : Let me be the first to welcome you back. But be warned, you'll have
144 a tough time with the sheep in this burg. That's the inside scoop from a
145 friend of yours and a person you should know. (Gene Wilder)
146 )_*%@_)%*_*%)_@*%)_@*%_@*^_)*^ L'homme sans Parity *%_*%@_)#*%_*%_@*%)_*@@_*%
147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
148 L'homme: Well, not quite. It's a 1977 Ford Courier.
149 ++++++
150 There's a signpost up ahead.... I am now entering the lurking zone.
151 ++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
152 !!!!!!!!!!!Political Paranoia Patrol Alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!
153 In case you hadn't heard, there's been a hijacking going on across the
154 ocean -- TWA from Athens to Lebanon to Algiers to Lebanon..... Am I
155 paranoid, or did I really get the message last night that they sent
156 the Delta 9 force (of the great helicopter hostage rescue, remember?)
157 to the Middle East? And did I also hear that they did not send them to
158 Lebanon, but sent them into a strategic position to strike Iran if the
159 plane is blown with passengers on it? Say it isn't so! Please!
160 Sorry to invade BWMS with the real world, but I am
161 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PARANOID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
162 {*}{*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}{*}
163 Tim: Sorry, I was assuming that people knew and gossiped. I am in the
164 hospital recovering from a partially collapsed lung, and am consoling
165 myself by hanging around on the boards. Glad you found the info useful!
166 I used to do hotline work in Corvallis -- so I know something of it.
167
168 Isis Corollary to the (W)Hole Theory
169 Since we have been speaking of holes and socks, let me add my theory.
170 The combination of current from the motor, heat and motion have created
171 a condition inside laundry dryers such that a micro black hole is
172 attracted into the field. These black holettes are of such a size that
173 they attract one (and only one) of a random pair of socks within the
174 dryer. The space warp caused by this phenomenon is such that when the
175 sock reappears, it will do so anywhere in the universe that has a dryer.
176 The reappearance of the socks looses a subatomic particle known as a
177 Selectron. These particles are known to gently nudge BINGO beads into
178 the gravity feed. Scientists at Stanford are working on a Selectron
179 field theory that may be able to predict BINGO winnings by the amount
180 of socks a person has lost, but this research has been labelled Top
181 Secret for fear that the Soviets will ruin the economy by BINGO parlor
182 infiltration.
183 {*}{*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}{*}
184 '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-
185 The following is a quote from John Gardner. Since many writers hang
186 out here, I thought they mighy enjoy it...
187
188 Like other kinds of intelligence, the storyteller's is partly natural,
189 partly trained. It is composed of several qualities, most of which, in
190 normal people, are signs of either immaturity or incivility: wit (a tendency
191 to make irreverent connections); obstinacy and a tendency towards churlish-
192 ness (a refusal to believe what all sensible people know is true); child-
193 ishness (an apparent lack of mental focus and serious life purpose, a fond-
194 ness for daydreaming and telling pointless lies, a lack of proper respect,
195 mischievousness, an unseemly propensity for crying over nothing); a marked
196 tendency toward oral or anal fixation or both (the oral manifested by
197 excessive eating, drinking, smoking, and chattering; the anal by nervous
198 cleanliness and neatness coupled with a weird fascination with dirty jokes);
199 remarkable powers of eidetic recall, or visual memory (a usual feature of
200 early adolescence and mental retardation): a strange amixture of shameless
201 playfullness and embarrassing earnestness, the latter often heightened by
202 irrationally intense feelings for or against religion; patience like a
203 cat's; a criminal streak of cunning; psychological instability; reckless-
204 ness; impulsiveness, and improvidence; and finally, an inexplicable and
205 incurable addition to stories, written or oral, bad or good. Not all
206 writers have exactly these same virtues, of course. Occasionally one finds
207 one who is not abnormally improvident.
208
209 Hmmmm.... I knew there was some reason I was so weird. Now I
210 realize I'm not alone.
211 '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-' The Jung and Restless '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-
212 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
213 How very odd to come home from school and find that someone has left
214 an entry IN MY NAME! There's no real problem, though. There was nothing
215 wrong with it that I can see. (It was also quite short and will probably
216 be forgotten quite soon). The record should be kept straight, however, so I
217 now point out for all to see that the "Petrov" entry concerning Kosta/Mary
218 Lamb was not entered by me. It's good to see that I (and the Petrov
219 personality) have not been forgotten. Careful readers would have noted
220 that the closing name "PETROV" was capitalized while I only capitalize
221 the "P". Keep a lookout for a Petrov entry in the near future--Petrov
222 has returned.
223 Petrov
224 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
225 (A ten line disclaimer for a one line entry?)
226 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
227
228 ****************************************************************
229 L'HOMME: Checked it out, and all works well, I think that maybe
230 what you are running up against here is that it is a VT100 emulation,
231 this means that if you want it to be other then numeric you MUST
232 select application mode. This is normally done by the remote computer
233 (PDP-11 or VAX) via a command string. You can do it from the Command :
234 prompt by entering the command 'PRINT ESC "="' which is the command
235 for the VT100 to switch to application mode. Again, make sure you put
236 the keyboard in num-lock to make it work. (What were you talking to
237 that wasn't switching the keypad to application even though it expected
238 it to be used?)
239 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
240
241 \'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/
242 !!!isis!!! sorry to hear about the lung, I hope everyting is going alright
243 for you now... When do you get out?
244 Thanks again for the numbers.
245 \'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/\'/tim\'/
246 ((())) ((())) ((())) ((()))
247 Since we were just given a short disertation on writers, here's a
248 quicky on reading:
249
250 Reading involves accompanying the author on a mental trip
251 to some selected destination, not a purposeless wandering through
252 an unintelligable maze.
253
254 ((())) ((())) ((())) ((()))
255 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
256 Milch: Still waiting...
257 ?????????????? The Doctor ??????????????????????? June 15, 1985 at 10:08 ??????
258 --P--
259 {*}{*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}{*}
260 What, me churlish? Bless your little archetypical mind, Jung! I hadn't
261 ever seen that one before. Enjoyable.
262 I get out sometime today, so I am in a very good mood. Then I won't be
263 bugging BWMS quite so much, though I may be home for a little while coming
264 down off all of the drugs they have fed me. If you think my thought
265 patterns were distorted, you were right.
266 I am not altogether sure that I agree with the above comment on reading,
267 because of the often unsure relationship writing has to art in general.
268 One of the things that the art movements, especially minimalism and forward
269 from there, have taught us is that art may be performed for art's sake,
270 and need not always carry a profound message, am essage that often detracts
271 from the whole. This creates a very confusing situation as regards writing,
272 amking the borders between prose and poetry just that much fuzzier.
273 I am reminded of the experiment that several writers undertook (go awaa,
274 memory fog!) for the MMA in the late fifties. The assignment was to pen a
275 story that would fit on a regular postcard. All the critics ended up
276 doing was arguing which was poetry and which prose. Some of the examples
277 could definately have been termed conceptualist, even.
278 I know my views are on the radical perimeters, but let me make it clear
279 that none of this is an excuse for sloppiness, verbosity or any of the
280 other countless banes of our collective literary existence. (Index: am
281 I up to a 12, yet?)
282 {*}{*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}{*}
283 slavicca satrap enmakane
284 aufkasa selawitz usserparnav
285 markaswa ostawasw nazi otten
286 berber satarap enthrik
287 khamsi} nasahib awarswam
288 uswari jarrak mossari tharfewlin
289 naskarfam tewin awivetilean affar
290
291 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 25.26.75 ttttt
292
293 *^#$*^#$*^)_#*^_)#*_)!@*%_+!%(_@%*_)@*^_)*@_)#^*_)!*%_)$^&*)_*$_)^*#$_
294 Mikey: OK, I'll check it out again. I am glad it was my mistake and not
295 a bug in the program.
296 TIN MAN: Pleasure to meet you last night! Now about some of those jokes
297 you were telling...
298 Petrov: Baaaaa. If you get a chance rent the movie "Revenge of the Nerds."
299 There is a scene in it I think you would be very fond of. Baaaaa.
300 *%)#$*_)%*@)_%*_)@@_)%*@ L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%_)@#*%_)@*%_)@*%)_@
301 ****************************************
302 Hi I was wondering if i was welcome on this system. Am I? Well if not just let
303 me know.
304 The Unnatural (My hearts made of Nutra-Sweet)
305
306 !#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!
307 Well, I'll say that you are welcome. It may take
308 a while to be well-known, but have fun in the
309 meantime.
310 #@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!#@!@
311 ****************************************
312 I cant leave my normal header since this system does not have my character
313 on it. I hope everything here at the inn are just dandy. Things have
314 been rather interesting here but I hear
315 things at the Inn have been rather interesting.... Such is life...
316 Well, back to lurk mode.
317 A happy day to all at the Inn. My glass is raised in salute.....
318 ********************* PaPa Smurf *******
319 He crept up to the car, silently waite is what hooo!!!
320 --Words fall mouthlessly without a care. A child stares at me. She only sees
321 this image. She does not understand. Like grains of sand she falls away. Her
322 eyes are filled with fear. Ruefully I smile to stereotype my mind. And she...
323 the child of my enemy... she does not see; she can not find the heart within
324 me. Her blue eyes look to brown. A dark well of emptiness is what she sees.
325 Little girl, why do you fear, why can't you hear my pleas for understanding?
326 Why are you afeared at my sight? What might I do to you? "Take me away."
327 we say. And, that we do; we float away. Our eyes are locked to each other.
328 As you grab your mother's leg, you're pulled away. Your eyes are filled with
329 fear... of me. Such sadness what you see. I can not be another way. Is it
330 wrong to say, "I'm okay. Do not fear me"? 'Cause I'm afraid, too. If you look
331 inside me, I'm just like you. And, I'm afraid to be. You will never know.
332 I can not show you how I feel. You walk away, don't want to stay. How sad it
333 is. A little girl can break my heart and fill my mind with fear.--
334 HI, HOW ARE YOU?
335 EXIT
336 EXIT
337 OFF
338 BYE BYE
339 HANG UP
340 ???? The Doctor ????
341 ========================================================
342 The dizzying feeling left as my stomach returned to
343 its normal position. The doors slid open again. The
344 numbers above the door no longer were light, now only a
345 single word was iluminated in a sickly yellow glow.
346 "Lobby". Something was very wrong here... I thought we
347 had started out at ground level in some sort of prison
348 cell, and here we are on the ground floor after a short
349 elevtor ride. Something about the lobby seemed very
350 familar too. Stepping out of the elevator, Pam grabbed
351 my hand, "Come on, let's get out of here before they
352 come after us!" She seemed to know where she was and
353 what was happening, so I followed her as she dragged me
354 towards the front doors. As we burst through front doors
355 of the building, we stepped outside to be confronted
356 with a large white marble statue of three playfull young
357 ladies, a lot of red brick, and a very smelly noisy
358 white and orange bus going by.
359 I was so stuned by the realization that we were
360 back in Portland that Pam nearly pulled my arm out of
361 its socket when I stopped dead in my tracks. "B bu bu
362 but how?"
363 "You idiot, they obviously flew us back while we
364 were drugged. Come on, let's get out of here!"
365 We hopped a bus heading east. As I sat down next to
366 Pam, I began to relax. Maybe, just maybe we actually got
367 away.... but that sickly laugh coming from the back of
368 the bus sounded very familar......
369 ==================== Marvin Deepe ======================
370 The Unnatural--> Welcome to BWMS from a sometimes un-welcome but always contentedly
371 lurking Inn-Habitant.
372 PaPa---> Please call.
373
374 090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909
375 I AM NOT A NUMBER - I AM A FREE MAN
376 HA - HA - HA - HA -HA
377 you are number nine
378 WHO IS NUMBER ONE?
379 there is no number one...
380
381 The haunting opening of an old british origeon tv series, brought up by
382 the association of anxiety and paranoia, rattled about in the back Carmichael
383 Sean's mind as his '72 stretched body 3/4 ton 5 speed, hydraulic clutch, manual
384 gear box small block 235 6-cylander chevy van sped down highway 395 north of
385 lakeview.
386 090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909
387 I highly recomend a walkabout to cinima-21 to see Ware the Green Ants Dreem
388 its playing all this week. cultural encounters. great story. characters...
389 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
390 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
391 isis -- monday a.m. I did not get the msg abt nerd-o-x till yesterday...
392 I'm glad you are making a prompt (by the numbers harch-two-three-four)
393 recovery. In apology, consider yourself the recepient of one very warm hug.
394 *=*=*= -- I'm sorry too. (But that's the risk in multi-author stories.)
395 I was stalling to give you time for an entry, will continue at my own pace
396 now. (Feel free to jump in if you see another opening.)
397 Monday morn -- gotta go, gotta work WORK? work.
398 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
399 --Patti--
400 ????? The Doctor ?????
401 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
402 AS I LOOK AROUND THE INN, BACK FROM A LONG JOURNEY TO CORN VALLY, AND OSS YOU ,
403 I FIND THE COUNTER OCCUPIED BY MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I REST, THANKFULL THAT THI
404 S SOOTHING PLACE STILL EXISTS.
405 +++++++++++++++++++++++++0000000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
406 ***************************************
407 ***************************************
408
409 Well Hi, I have just a few questions
410 about this system. How do i skip the
411 messages before mine? Because it takes
412 20 minutes just to get to my first message. So if sombody would help me out I
413 would really be gratful.
414
415 Thanks
416 The Unnatural
417 Call Artesian Labs at 538-xxxx
418 call there or be square
419
420 Skippy? SKIPPY?? skippy??? Have you gotten your yacht tiller fixed yet?
421 Why are you looking at the messages here when you should be out working in
422 your non-existant garden with all of the weeds rearing their ugly heads into
423 the golden sun of the Yuppie Hills high above glorious SAN JOSE North??
424 {}{}{}{}{} Some Questions Defy Answers {}{}{}{}{} Maynard G. Krebs {}{}{}{}
425 Isis? The sig was vague... Selectron is a small telephone interconnect
426 company located in Multnomah. I wouldn't really want to be associated
427 with such mercantile fershuggners.
428 #########################################################################
429 to "skip msgs" try using the ln command (to get to the desired line) then
430 use PRINT to start printing at that point. You might try typing HELP &
431 (gasp) reading the directions....
432 ___________________________________________________________________________
433 HELLO?
434 THIS IS THE WIZARD GORT FROM THE LAND OF THE SOUTH. I HAVE BEEN EXILED
435 AND AM NOW RETURNING TO THIS KINGDOM AND BEG ENTRANCE. I HAVE BEEN AWAY
436 FOR A LONG TIME. CAN YOU HELP ME FIND THE OTHER WIZARDS OF THE BBS's?
437 PLEASE LEAVE MESSAGE FOR THE WIZARD GORT.
438 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^
439 I too have just returned from the land down under. That cultural
440 center of the galaxy, Eugene Oregon. Art, music, theater, culture!
441 All can be had from very reasonable prices. All you have to do is
442 ask. It is great to be back in Portland, but this means you are
443 going to have to put up with a whole summer of everyone's favorite
444 and now much more mature computer user..........THE PHEONIX!!!!!!!
445 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^
446 PS:It is great to be home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
447 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*X^N*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
448 Just in from Eugene person: I dont know what's supposed to be so great about
449 Portland. I dont mean to be down on the place ware I happen to be living BUT
450 at least in Eugene you can get chocklat egg creames! (or you could last time
451 I was there)
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453 Instead of continuing south toward Alturas and it's driver's wooded moun-
454 tain childhood home beyond, the curivelinier, hardedged, psicodelic painted
455 early 70's extended body chevy van turned east, out into the black rock dessert
456 toward Denio.
457 Carmichael felt cleansed by the uncluttered vastness that streached out
458 befor him: cleansed of the mental clutter and sensory overload of urban life,
459 freed once more of the twin oppressors; stress and mundaneness, he felt himself
460 once more able to see and think clearly. When he spoke the proper phrase
461 at the town's one gas station, he was led to a combination shed and warehouse.
462 He was told to make himself compfortable thare, that others would join him
463 shortly.
464 The heavy sliding door was rolled shut on its track and, as he later des-
465 couvered, locked.
466 The interior walls of the 'L' shaped space he was in were unpainted gal-
467 vanized corregated steel and covered with a thick layer of dust as was the
468 cement slab floor.
469 At the other end of the other leg of the empty space was another side
470 rolling door which oppened into another dusty 'l' shaped space. This one
471 however was not empty. It held a heavy wood construction picknic table, the
472 kind usualy found in national parks. Thes, though it's surface was deeply
473 gouged and carved by uncountable generations on addolescents leaving thair mark
474 in the world, was non the less spotlessly clean. Set out on it was a fresh
475 salad in an intricatly carved, pollished and laqured large wooden bowel. There
476 were also two smaller bowls of similar design, eating utensels and condements.
477 Protruding from under one edge of the serving bowl ware it had been tucked
478 was a note. It simply said: " help yourself! "
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481 Within the piper's body a war was taking place. If you listened close,
482 you could almost hear General Leukosite.
483 "Tenn Hut!"
484 "At ease, troops. We're fighting a number of containment actions today.
485 The sacrifice of all, even to the smallest platelet, is essential to our
486 victory. Get out there and DIE!"
487 "!!RAURHHH!!!"
488 The sound of the crowd cheering the general's speech was nearly overwhelming.
489 The ranked troops were nearly wild with enthusiasm, except for one trooper
490 not too near the center of the mass, near the rear. White cell first class
491 Harold Donevan, WHDC 11032-448643-33093, shrank within himself at the
492 warlike call.
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494
495 ...and when you put your hand into a bunch of goo that was once the
496 onrushing disease ... you'll know what to do. that's all.
497 get well soon, piper!
498 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& the scarlet lion &&&&&&&&&&&&
499
500 Piper: I love it! Dr. Frankenstupe
501 =+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
502
503 --Patti--
504
505 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
506 + As the wheel of life turns, there are times when strong winds of +
507 + change blow through one's life. Presently, in my life, it is the +
508 + tradewinds bringing new and exciting adventures. During the next +
509 + two weeks I'll be saying farewells to all my Portland friends, +
510 + then it's off to an island tropical paradise. The Backwater Inn +
511 + and all the friends I've met here retain a very special place in +
512 + my memory. If any of you wish to hear the irregular mummerings, +
513 + from a place where the sun shines first and always, be sure that +
514 + I have your address. (Call 286-xxxx during the next two weeks or +
515 + write ST. Thomas, U.S.V.I., 00801. This ole' sea +
516 + gypsy wishes you 'Fair winds & smooth seas'. +
517 + +
518 + /capt'n barefoot/ +
519 + (aka alchemist - Mesolithic Mathematician - Melissa - et. all) +
520 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
521 + P.S.-- L'homme, since virgins are in short supply it's definitely +
522 + paradise. +
523 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
524
525 +^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^HE DREW HIS SWORD, THEN SWUNG. A DIRECT\
526 +^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+
527 HE DREW HIS SWORD, THEN SWUNG WITH ALL
528 HIS MIGHT. A DIRECT HIT. THE ORC'S
529 HEAD FLEW ACROSS THE STABLE AND INTO
530 A WATER TROUGH. HE WILL NEVER MESS WITH
531 ME THOUHGHT ZILMAR. ZILMAR SILENTLY
532 OPENED THE STABLE DOOR, THEN CREPT
533 BACK TO A LARGE BLACK STALLON. HE
534 JUMPED ON OUT OF THE STABLE AND INTO
535 THE FOREST. I'M FREE THOUGHT ZILMAR
536 AS HE RODE FURHTER AND FURTHER, BUT
537 THAT MY FRIENDS WAS ONLY THE BEGINING
538 OF ZILMAR PROOCH'S ADVENTURE!!!
539 +^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^THE ADVENTURESMAN+^+^+
540 ?? YOSP ??
541 ^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^
542 Great, I leave for a little while and someone starts using my boarder.
543 Maybe it was never mine in the first place but... I don't mind if another
544 person is using the same boarder, just as long as the two of us aren't
545 mixed up. I have been writing poetry and will probably keep doing so
546 with or with out this boarder. If the Pheonix is too stuck on this
547 I'll change. Then again, who really notices anyway?
548 ^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%--to-->S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S$S
549 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
550 YOU POOR SLOBS PITYING YOURSELF ON HAVING TO LIVE IN EUGENE. WELL, YOU DON'T
551 KNOW WHAT LIVING IN A SMALL BACKWARDS TOWN THAT'S MAIN ENTERTAINMENT IS WATCHING
552 THE ELECTRICIAN COME DOWN FROM PORTLAND TO PLUG IN THE 1 STREET LIGHT IN TOWN
553 EVERY EVENING, IS LIKE. I HAVE HAD TO LIVE IN (UUGG, CORVALLIS) CORN VALLY FOR
554 THE PAST YEAR. THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR(4) BULLITEN BOARD SYSTEMS, THREE RUNNIN
555 DUPLICATE SOFTWARE, (FIDO NET) AND THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE ADVANCED. TWO OF THE
556 ESE BOARDS ARE OPERATED OUT OF O.S.U. AND THE OTHER TWO ARE WITHIN FOUR MILES OF
557 THE UNIVERSITY. AND THEY HAVE NO BWMS!!! THAT IS THE WORST CRIME.!! IF YOU TRY
558 TO GET AN ELECTRONIC PART, YOU ARE DAFFY. THE NATIVES THINK ROBOT IS A MIS-SPELL
559 ING OF A BOAT THAT GOES WITH OARS! THE LARGEST EXPORT IS GAS, EITHER PRODUCED BY
560 THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION, OR ROTTTING COW DUNG!! SPEAKING OF THE UNIVERSITY
561 DON'T GO DOWN THERE DURING THE SUMMER. THE TOWN CEASES TO EXIST! THEIR SOLE INCO
562 ME IS SPONGING OFF THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS!! IN FACT, IT IS SO BAD, THE UNIVERST
563 Y HAD TO SET UP A COMMITTEE TO KEEP THE TOWNSPEOPLE BUSINESSMEN(THATS MEN) OFF
564
565 THE BACKS OF THE STUDENTS!! THIS IS BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY IS EVEN MORE CROOKS.
566 I WARN YOU, PEOPLE, YOUR WALLET IS NOT SAFE IN THAT TOWN.
567
568 OH, WELL, WHAT CAN I DO, I HAVE TO GO BACK IN THE FALL(BOO HOO)
569
570 AN ANTI SMALL TOWNER,,,
571 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++00000000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
572 ++++++++++ YOSP, Doctor? My, we aren't dropping names, are we?
573 Bon Voyage, cap'n! ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++
574 Themnax, old friend, I have been told that mayhap thou hast some interest in
575 some arcane object called a 'file'. 'Tis said that it is called "ESCSEQ" and
576 may be found in a place called "Omega Quadrant"?
577 .....................................the apprentice..........................
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581
From Prometheus, Ponderous and not Pondergaard
582 My dear Cap'n, are you really leaving? This is sad, and it makes me regret
583 not having sent you three or four introductory messages. I did send a few when
584 you were using the name Melissa Atherton, but that really doesn't count.
585
I respected your debates with Laissez-Faire with a vengeance. Expect a few
586 letters to your position in the, er, Virgin Islands.
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588
589 l'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oef
590 From the Egg comes life. Mysterious life, albeit very similar to you
591 own. From the Egg comes Fencer. He is life...
592 FENCER- COMING SOON TO A BWMS NEAR YOU!
593 l'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oeufl'oef
594 ??? YOSP ???
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596 Farewell Cap'n, You absence shall leave a void to be filled by none.
597 Good luck in paradise, and with the virgins (you might take a copy of the
598 Purity test along just in case!).
599 (Return from reading db)
600 Farely- From the UNXI System V Synopsis pg 24 under the heading 'DOCUMENT
601 PREPERATION SOFTWARE' sub heading 'WRITER'S WORKBENCH'
602 The UNIX system WRITER'S WORKBENCH Software help to analyze prose text
603 from indicated files and print out suggested corrections, giving line
604 numbers and contexts of any errors found. WRITER'S WORKBENCH INCLUDES:
605 - Programs to find abstractions, nominalizations, split infinitives,
606 acronyms, expletives, passives, ect.
607 - Programs to locate awkward phrases, sexists terms, frequently used words,
608 and double words.
609 - Programs that indicate punctuation and spelling errors.
610 - Programs to analyze sentence style and readability adn provide statistics.
611 - Programs to print information on English usage and help on a particular
612 topic. one line left, neat huh, will never replace folk like isis though!bye
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