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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************ INSTALLED: 20 DEC 85 *********************** 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 thepright 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 :::::::::::O O::::::12/20::::::TOP::::::voyeur::::::::TOP::::::08:21::::O O:::: 21 WHY WOULD ONE WHO OBTAIN SEXUAL GRATIFICATION FROM SEEING SEX ORGANS AND SEXUAL 22 ACTS GETS TO THE TOP? 23 not even deserving of a reply... 24 25 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 26 RUTHLESS KILLER LOOSE IN NEW YORK CITY 27 By Franklin Pervis 28 29 Muggers, rapists, pickpockets and burglars abound in this bustling metropolis 30 we call New York City. But none of these people offers the threat to our way 31 of life as one man does. 32 33 That one man, who goes by the name of Delta V, kills not for profit, not for 34 the good of mankind or any national cause, but simply for the sake of doing it. 35 He has chosen this profession because he enjoys killing, and cannot be stopped 36 until he himself is dead. 37 38 And my aim is steady and sure... I see Delta V's profile in my sights, the 39 sights of the proverbial pen. Is the pen still stronger than the sword, or now 40 I should say, the Walther? I suppose we will find out soon, but the pen is 41 only mighty when the public unites in a common cause. 42 43 I have provided descriptions of the man in previous articles, and below it is 44 repeated again, along with a police sketch. But he has many faces, and is 45 extremely dangerous. If you spot him, call this paper. My editor will notify 46 me, even though I have gone underground, and am in hiding. 47 48 Delta V is in a shabby hotel somewhere in this city, and my best information 49 has it that he is in a disguise of a street person. He is after a man called 50 McKane. Other agencies are after Delta V, but they cannot impede my efforts at 51 exposing this threat to our very way of 52 life. 53 54 Delta V... your days are numbered. You may kill one on one, or two on one, but 55 20 million people will overwhelm you, and rush your lifeless body into the 56 sewers where it belongs. 57 58 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 59 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 61 RIPPLE, WHERE ARE YOU?++++++++++++++000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 62 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 63 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\29 64 Tariya was startled. "Who I am? You know my name." 65 "And that's just about all I know." 66 "But why would you want to know about me?" 67 "I just do. You have some reason for hiding your past?" 68 She looked down at her hands. "No. Not really." 69 "Then tell me." 70 "All right." she said. "My mother, Marannon Qoasis xennon-Silmarilyn, is the ruler of Shai-Kahn, and has been for 71 the last thirteen years since my father was assasinated. I have five sisters and four brothers, all older than me. 72 Since I am female, and youngest, there is very little chance that I will inherit the throne. Hence, the royal tutors 73 have wasted very little time with me except for the standard education every child gets. If I was called upon to rule 74 the province any time soon, I would be totally incapable. Though nobody has ever said so, I am considered 75 expendable." 76 "Jeez." James said. "I'm sorry. That's awful." 77 "I've had seventeen years to get used to it." she smiled, a little sadly. "When I turn eighteen, the plan is to 78 marry me off to some prince of another province who hasn't even been selected yet. This is done to strengthen 79 relations between provinces." 80 "And that's why you really took off, right?" 81 "No. After all, the man I marry might be quite handsome. There are worse fates. I have an aptitude for the mystic 82 arts. Since I was five, I have been training to become a sorceress. One day, not long ago, for some reason I still 83 don't understand, I became bored. I wanted to see something of this universe before I commited my life to casting 84 spells or having babies. That is really strange because I really had no desire to do anything like this before. It's 85 almost like somebody else decided for me." 86 Maybe somebody did, James thought. He had a naturally suspicious mind, anyway. "What about this bunch that I'm 87 supposed to destroy." 88 "I hope you're not to destroy the circle, for the whole government would soon collapse. There are twelve inhabited 89 provinces on Kadan. The leaders all meet regularly at a secret, neutral location to attend to planetwide and offplanet 90 matters. This is the Circle of Twelve. All the leaders of the provinces are accomplished conjurers, and very 91 powerful." 92 After a couple hours of strategic questioning he had a fairly good idea what Kadan was like. He was amazed. It 93 didn't sound like the boring place that she had mentioned when they first met. Finally he asked, "Do you plan on going 94 back?" 95 "Eventually. I'll have to settle down some day. This adventuring isn't nearly as much fun as I thought it'd 96 be." 97 "Not with me it ain't. I'm a well-known screwup. Hang around with me and Murphy's law is gonna getcha sooner or 98 later." 99 "Murphy's law?" 100 "'Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, and at the worst possible time' I could probably add a few extra details to 101 it." 102 "Oh. So could I. Anyway, I've told you my story, now it's your turn." 103 "Huh?" 104 "Fair's fair. I want to know just exactly who YOU are." 105 James groaned. 106 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 107 108 quit 109 110 ||||||||||||||||| Lurking... ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME |||| 111 ______________________________________________________________________________ 112 But PEN NAME, I thought you were leaving. Anyways, good luck in your move, and 113 may you find (with a big bow to the B52's) your own Private Idaho. 114 French Toast 115 ______________________________________________________________________________ 116 117 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 118 As I sit in the chair before this gleaming green screen, listening to my 119 brother's radio and pondering the words spun out before me, my mind races thru 120 its own little contemplations... 121 I wish that I had been here to read more of Pen Name's work, now that he 122 is reading and I will never have the chance. 123 I wonder what the piper has been up to in the last 6 months, for he men- 124 tions names I have not heard and weeps for friends I did not know were gone. 125 I try to guess what the NET has been up to in the past half-year, and who 126 the heck this Delta V is. 127 (I hate not looking while I type:line 5 should read is leaving. Imaklutz.) 128 In the next 2 weeks before I leave for Academia, I shall endeavor to add a 129 little extra glow to this slowly moving Inn conversation by adding a little of 130 my own work, or that of my growing pile of friends' works. Someone has to keep 131 Mikey busy... 132 HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE SATURDAY!! 133 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\(anyAnTiransoutthere?)/\/\/ 134 135 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 136 NEOHAMA 137 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 138 #968 139 140 I'm a number in a crowd. Number 968 to be exact. Nobody cares about what 141 might happen to me. Nobody cares about what might happen to anybody. "Just get 142 the work done," says the teacher. Each quater he makes out the schedules for 143 each kid, not caring about their interests. He hates kids who do badly. He has 144 to try and help them. He won't flunk people, it's too much trouble. It goes on 145 and on this way, with only one way to solve it, CLICK BANG...................... 146 147 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 148 AND YOU ALL THOUGHT I WAS GONE WELL THE GRIZZLY HAS STE STEPPED OUT OF THE LURK 149 SORR BUT THIS VERSION OF AE STINKS. 150 THE GRIZZLY IS BACK FO ABOUT 5 MINUTES. 151 BUY 152 THE GRIZZLY 153 HAVE A NICE DAY 154 ||||||| Border thieves! |||||| Too much time on my hands... |||||| PEN NAME ||| 155 """""""""""""""""" 156 Pen Name: Well, you know what they say about imitation... I'll be sorry to 157 see you go, I rather liked what little you wrote. Gotta run, time for Miami 158 Vice... 159 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 160 ______________________________JD 2446420.1676______________________________ 161 If you don't like bo(A)rder thieves, then create a unique border that no one 162 but a real klutz would be cheap enough to 'steal', and be secure in knowing 163 that it is yours, and is identified by the recognizable content, and not the 164 usually rambling vaccuousness of boardborrowers. [*=*] [*=*] 165 It was warm in Tucson, and the peace and quiet of the Hilton on Miracle Mile 166 was a pleasant change from the open hostility of everything that was NewYork Cit 167 y. He had had a very enjoyable day, visiting old haunts like the BumSteer on 168 North Stone Ave, and the University area, the old Merlins Pub, a college crowd 169 place. He reflected all this, and the events in NewYork. He remembered, almost 170 verbatum, the words of his instructors at 'spy schol'. "People who have worked 171 in banks for a while become indifferent to handling large amounts of cash." 172 "It is the same with salesmen in jewellery stores;wen it's time to close, 173 all they want to do is go home after a long day." They take the items from the 174 display windows like men unloading bags of cement. If you miss one, thats the 175 way it goes" 176 "It may take a few days, but eventually, you will find that a careless clerk has 177 left a very valuable item in the window. Passersby don't notice this, because 178 they expect the windows to be empty..." 179 It took two days. The store was in lower Manhattan, not that far from the 180 wineodom of the Bowery. 181 No one in Manhattan 'sees' anything. When Delta Five parked the stolen painters 182 truck, and placed the ladder against the wall, no one noticed. 183 He climbed up to the alarm bell, and squirted the cans of packaging foam inside 184 the steel box. It hardened in seconds. The bell was silenced. He put the ladder 185 back on the truck, and went off for a beer;killing time till it was darker. 186 After a Budweiser or two, he went back. They were still there, 5 rings in a 187 tray, left in the window. He took the hammer and smashed the window, and snatche 188 d the rings. The timing was perfect. The firecrackes he had taped to the windows 189 of several nearby stores with cigarette fuses had gone off, and, breaking the 190 glass, set off the alarms. The cops would be busy... 191 Trotting around the corner, he quickly reversed his jacket so it was now bright 192 red, instead of Navy blue. Walking quickly, he put the rings in the cigarette 193 pack, with the brown paper wrapped around it, and the stamps in place, and 194 dropped it in a mailbox. 195 Two days later, it was in the Postoffice box he had rented a few days before 196 and after visiting his friend in Brooklyn again, he had 35 thousand bucks 197 in his pocket. 198 He lay back and sipped his Budweiser, and wondered how the "City of New York" 199 would react to his 'deal': "This guy Pervis seems to think 20 million NewYorkers 200 are out to get me. "Well, Mr. Koch, If that many people want to kill me, then 201 why shouldn't I kill all of them?" 202 "The information you now have will prove conclusively that if I arrange to 203 expose the 'good citizens' of NewYork to the botulisms I have in my posession, 204 I can do exactly that. Let us see if Mr. Pervis wants me bad enough to kill 205 20 million innocent people" In other words, this guy Pervis is about to committ 206 genocide. Dead people can not vote, Mr. Mayor. " Should I hear from Mr. Pervis 207 again, then you know what to expect" 208 209 Delta V slept peacefully that night. 210 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DV [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] 211 212 MCKANE UPDATE MSCANE UPDATE MACKANE UPDATE MCKANE 213 PERVIS IS UNDERGROUND. HE HAS ACCUSED DELTA OF KILLING HIS SON. DELTA DOES NOT 214 KNOW THIS. PERVIS DOES NOT KNOW THAT DELTA HAS TWO CANNISTERS OF 'NERVE GAS' 215 THAT HE GOT FROM TWO OF MCKANES OPERATIVES, AND THAT TO SAVE HIS LIFE, DELTA 216 WOULD USE THEM. OR IS HE BLUFFING?. WASSIR FINALLY MET DELTA A YEAR AFTER DELTA 217 SUNK HIS 2MILLION $ YACHT. THIS WAS IN SWITZERLAND.WHEN THEY MET. WASSIR SET UP 218 DELTA AND HUMILIATED HIM IN A BAR IN AFRICA. NET AGENTS L'HOMME SANS PARITY 219 (!) AND FELLOWS HAVE BEEN INACTIVE, FELLOWS UNDERGOING DREAM THERAPY, AND 220 L'HOMME , NO ONE KNOWS. (HINT). DELTA WANTS TO JOIN FORCES WITH WASSIR TO DEFEAT 221 MCKANE,AND HAS (?) PROVEN THAT MCKANE DESTROYED WASSIRS TOILET PLUNGER FACTORY. 222 IAN MCHINERY IS KEEPING A (CHARACTERISTIC)LOW PROFILE. MISS NOMER HAS BEEN ON 223 VACATION OR SOMETHING. NEW CHARACTERS ARE WELCOME A LONG AS THEY FIT IN, AND 224 CYSTOP MIKEY DOESN'T 86 ME FOR MONOPOLIZING THE BOARD. [*=*] 225 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*))) 226 +++++++++0000001TED : I'm here I also left you a message on the 646 227 number you gave me. 228 (((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 229 (((*)))((( yepanotherAnTiranhere )))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 230 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 231 Hello, Zepher! Just to let you know my ear is better. No, my modem is still 232 not working, but I am at my cousins for the evening, and I am using his. 233 A call is invited. I haven't been rude, just sick. 234 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]***RHD inc.***]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 235 236 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+- 237 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 238 ______________________________JD 2446420.6084______________________________ 239 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 240 ||||||| Final entry...adios |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME |||| 241 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,` 242 Just a number in the croud... You have more to life than just school! 243 Sure we all have to get the work done, a lot of people have teachers that 244 couldn't care if you were there or not, deadlines make the world go 'round. 245 But what about all of the things that you do while you are not at school or 246 doing home-work? What about all of the people that you know. All of the 247 fun times that you have had and all that are to come. If you pull the plug 248 now you will be cutting something short that was meant to continue, live on. 249 This isn't the time to end, it's the time to be merry. Go out and do something 250 nice for yourself! Go see a show, go dancing, meet new people, find some new 251 freinds. I know it's easier said than done, but if you don't try it can never 252 be. SO TRY! Play a little game with yourself. Say that you will meet 3 new 253 people every day. And every day smile or say hi to as many people as possible. 254 You'll find out that people will say hi and smile back. Just TRY for a while. 255 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Mark,`,`,` 256 Wow, it sure has been dead for a while, except forthat Delta five guy! 257 help 258 259 260 261 262 off 263 Just a thought...The Grizzly is back, look at all of the people jumping up and 264 down with joy of his return. I wish I knew him, I would be a popular guy too! 265 And when I entered in a message people who have been calling in before would 266 stop leaving messages. Ah, what a life. It's a shame that only a few people 267 have the opportunity to be soo great. What is this world comming to? 268 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 269 And we could all write in UPPER CASE ALL OF THE TIME!!! 270 IF ONLY WE COULD BE SO... 271 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 272 FAH-LA-LA-LA-LA. IN THE MOOD, JIM. 273 --00-- --00-- --00-- --00-- EPIPHONY --OO-- --OO-- --OO-- --OO-- 274 OBNONOXIOSNESS IS EVIL 275 PERVERSION IS A MATTER OF TASTE 276 --00-- --00-- --00-- --00-- EPIPHONY --OO-- --OO-- --OO-- --OO-- 277 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 278 UPPER CASE, YOU SAY? ITIS NOT BY CHOICE THAT I AM STUCK IN THIS "#$%& FORMAT! 279 ++++++++++++++00000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 280 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 281 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 282 283 One Long Saturday... 284 (Part 1) 285 286 10 AM Saturday morning. Jim Miller's head felt like somebody had set off an M-80 in it and the room kept slowly 287 spinning but he knew that if he didn't get up and get something in his stomach, he'd be ruined for the rest of the day. 288 That must have been some party. He wished he could remember it. 289 He shuffled into the kitchen of his small, one-bedroom house, trying to make as little noise as possible. Thank 290 god he didn't have to go to work today. He couldn't have imagined anything worse than having to run the car-crusher in 291 his present condition. 292 He pulled out a loaf of bread to make toast. Well, it was a start. He reached into the bag and pulled out a piece. 293 It looked raw but felt suspiciously hard. How old was this stuff? He rapped the piece of bread on the counter and 294 stared at the chip it had taken out of the linoleum. It was so stale he could hammer nails with it. If not for the 295 preservatives it would have been a nice shade of fuzzy green by now. Jim's stomach recoiled at the image so he quit 296 thinking about it. 297 Disgusted, he flung the piece over his shoulder. The sound of breaking glass made him turn around. He had tossed 298 it a bit too hard, and instead of hitting the garbage can it had gone through the window. This was shaping up to be a 299 real swell day. 300 There was something strange, and Jim had to do a double-take before he could figure out what it was. Through the 301 window, which faced the field that passed for his back yard, he saw part of something made of gray metal. It looked 302 like someone had parked a car in his back there. He hadn't been that drunk, had he? 303 Wincing at the bright sunlight, he stared out for a better view of the thing. His jaw suddenly dropped. No. It 304 couldn't be. Pulling open the back door, he ran out to confront the apparition. 305 It was a flying saucer. 306 It was about forty feet across, all made of silver metal, and stood on three legs, just like the one in 'Lost In 307 Space'. There was a ramp exending from the bottom of the ship, and by bending down and looking, he could see inside the 308 thing. 309 "Greetings, sentient." 310 Jim jumped so violently he cracked his head against the rim of the spaceship. Next thing he knew, he was lying on 311 his back, blinking away stars, and trying to think past a headache that had suddenly grown far too large for his skull 312 to contain. By the time he could see again, he almost wished he couldn't. 313 Standing next to him was what had to be one of the saucer's passengers. It was about three feet tall, and had 314 steely grey skin. It had two arms and legs and might have looked human except for the fact that it's head bulged 315 grotesquely above the eyes and it had no chin, making it look like a light bulb. The creature wore a skintight blue 316 uniform and was completely hairless, as far as Jim could see. All thoughts of a possible practical joke faded away. 317 Either that booze last night was a helluva lot stronger that he thought and he was having D.T.s, or he was about to 318 have a close encounter of the worst kind. He didn't know which hypothesis he preferred. 319 He sat up and gasped when he saw that there were more of them. Six, to be precise. As he stared around, the one 320 closest to him spoke again in unaccented english. "Are you injured? You became still so suddenly we feared you might 321 have terminated your life force." 322 Jim felt the bump on his head and said, "Uh, no. I'm all right. Who or what are you?" 323 The creature executed a complicated bow and declared, "Please accept our apologies for bad manners. We know very 324 little of earth culture. My designation is Amogo." it (he?) gestured around at the others. "These are my shipmates 325 Genis, Helak, Fodon, Sejit, and Mogon." 326 And I used to look forward to Saturdays, Jim thought wearily. "Well, let me extend greetings on behalf of planet 327 earth." He held out a hand and the little alien gravely shook it. His skin was cold, just like metal. "Let me guess, 328 you're here to give us the secrets of the universe, right?" 329 "Oh, no no no." protested Amogo. "We are an advance scout." 330 "Scout for what?" Jim asked, a little warily. 331 "Depending on the content of the report we return with, our empire intends to conquer and enslave this planet." 332 333 (To Be Continued...) 334 335 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J.D. SILVERMAN $#$#$#$#$#$ 336 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--) 337 This is an upload test. This is only a test. 338 If this had been an actual upload you would 339 have self destruted before you gt this far. 340 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--) 341 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--) 342 This is an upload test. This is only a test. 343 If this had been an actual upload you would 344 have self destruted before you gt this far. 345 (--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--)(--) 346 EN 347 348 349 PRI 350 X 351 THIS IS TEST #999 352 ---- beeeeeeeeeeeeeee "click" 353 354 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 355 L'homme: congrats!! 356 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>...psu-cs!nelsons<><><><><><><><><> 357 Luingil: There are only three forms of "gainful employment" in Reno: 358 (1) Gambler 359 (2) Card Dealer 360 (3) Prostitute 361 Which were you? 362 363 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 364 365 I love you P. J. 366 367 ********************************************************************** 368 369 *HEY, SCUZZBAG* 370 *IF YOU OPEN THIS PACKAGE, YOU AGREE* 371 *TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS* 372 373 1. We (the vendor) provide this program for use on a single 374 machine, insofar as it may be used on any machine at all. 375 376 2. 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This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic 422 of Albania, and by the philosophy of its famous citizen Mohamad 423 Wassier. 424 425 426 By reading this far, you have already consented to this 427 agreement. It's too late now sucker! 428 429 ************************************************************************ 430 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 431 Very good. That unlisted number is actually in Fort Worth, though. Wassir, you 432 rascal, where are you hiding? 433 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 434 435 Hmmmmm..... I would really like to take credit for the above entry; but 436 alas it is not mine. To whomever entered it..... keep it up. Good stuff. 437 438 Mohammed Wassir 439 <The Hibernating Albanian> 440 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 441 442 ******************************************************************** 443 Just a note to say "Happy Holidays's" from Ontho, Leo and Alex. 444 **************************kathyD************************************** 445 ______________________________JD 2446421.7570______________________________ 446 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Happy Holiday's Everyone )))(((*)))((( ripple )) 447 Happy holidays from Lake Oswego! Don't drink and drive for all of us out here! 448 --> "Life isn't a test; it's an actual emergency." Don't remember who 449 said it. <-- 450 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 451 John decided the spy biz wwas pure hell. 452 NEXUS had demoted him to field agent several weeks ago, and he'd been in 453 the retraining program ever since. Yesterday, he finished. NEXUS promptly 454 assigned him to the Delta V/NET affair- the last thing on earth he wanted to 455 be assigned to. 456 At least he still had his toolkit. John had been allowed to keep it since 457 he had proven his skill with electronics long ago. His masterpiece had been 458 the FD-78, the only completely self-motivated vehicle. It had called itself 459 Fred. 460 The memory summoned up other thoughts that rose as ghosts would from their 461 graves. If only UNDERGROUND hadn't found it necessary to sell it. If only- 462 Damn that Farley! The louse probably had run it off a cliff by now. 463 John composed himself, then looked out over the country he was passing over. 464 He could just make out the glow from New York's lights. Soon the plane would 465 land. Then, to find out what was so important about Delta V. NET was 466 mixed in it somehow- maybe Parity, Fellows, and Farley. John searched through 467 his toolkit and pulled out the modified welding laser. Only two shots, then 468 back to projectile weapons. I'll make do. 469 Farley was gonna suffer the world's first case of fatal heartburn. 470 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ O'Hara [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 471 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 472 Memories: 473 "See the lightbulbs, on the console, blink a bright red, not green..." 474 "Though their brains are half corroded, fa la la, fa la la, fa, la, la..." 475 My best wishes and love to those Innhabitants who remember these, aand also 476 to those who don't. Merry Christmas! 477 ++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++ Only 2,9255 minutes 'till Santa 478 ++++++++++++++++++++++ aargh, make that 2,955- oops, 2,954. ++++++++++++++++ 479 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 480 THE THIN WISP OF SMOKE AGINST THE BACKDROP OF EVERGREENS WAS THE ONLY INDICATION 481 OF TROUBLE THAT AMAHL COULD SEE. YET, IT WAS ENOUGH FOR HIM TO TURN HIS FLOATER 482 TOWARDS THE FOREST. AS HE CAME OVER THE RISE, HE COULD JUST MAKE OUT THE IMAGE 483 OF TWISTED METAL AT THE EDGE OF THE TREES. THE FLOATER RUMBLED AS HE POURED ON 484 POWER FOR A QUICK PASS OVER THE WRECK. IT WOULD NOT BE HEALTHY TO LINGER NEAR A 485 FRESH WRECK, WHATEVER CAUSED IT MIGHT VERY WELL DECIDE TO DO THE SAME TO HIM. 486 THE COMPUTER TRACKED CAMERAS WOULD TELL HIM JUST WHAT HAPPENED ANYWAY. 487 SWEEPING OVER AT A COOL 450MPH, HE PASSED OVER THE WRECK AND A JET OF FLAME 488 SPOUTED AFTER HIM, FOILED BY HIS SPEED. WELL, WHATEVER WAS DOWN THERE WASN'T 489 IT JUST MIGHT NEED A FEW GAS BOMBS TO QUIET IT DOWN. OH WELL, WHY BOTHER? A 490 LOOK AT THE CAMERAS TOLD HIM THAT A FIRE PLANT HAD SNAGGED SOME KIND OF SMALL 491 FLOATER, PROBABLY SOME YOUNG GUYS SOUPED UP RIG. FIREPLANTS OPERATED ON A 492 COMPLEX PLUMBING ASSORTMENT IN SYMBOSIS WITH DECAY ORGANISMS. TRIGGERED BY 493 MOTION, THEY SHOT A METHANE PRESSURIZED JET OF ALCOHOL, IGNITED BY SOME KIND OF 494 REACTION AT THE PLANTS TIP. ANYTHING MOVING NEAR A BIG ONE WAS IN FOR A HOT TIME 495 OF IT. HE WOULD GO BACK IN THE EVENING, WHEN THE PLANT HAD QUIETED DOWN. 496 +++++++++++00000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 497 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 498 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 499 Great dred fills my heart as I step cautiously upon the 500 small foot bridge. The worn boards creak softly beneath my step. 501 The worn timbers belied their inner strength. Though they lacked 502 the external beauty of newly cut wood, their strength was drawn 503 from the winter hardened woods of the highlands. They had 504 withstood the years of many feet, and would stand for many more. 505 I stopped at the railing. How long ago had it been since 506 last I stood here? It seems like an eternity. It has been in many 507 ways. How many friends have come this way? How many have gone? 508 The wind ripples the water, shattering the pure reflection 509 of the moon as it shattered my thoughts. I once met a friend in 510 this place while lost in the great dark forests. But where is 511 that friend now? The warm glow from the nearby Inn momentarily 512 shines upon the ground as a noisy group of patrons stumble out 513 the door. 514 Releasing the railing, I moved in the direction of the Inn, 515 stoping at the sturdy oak tree outside the Inn, I admire how well 516 it has grown in the time I had last seen it. Though its leaves 517 were gone in it's winter state, it still stood firm and proud. 518 And there next to the oak... the ever present Rowan tree 519 stood tall and firm. Ah the memories it brought out. Quickly 520 moving to the Inn to avoid the tears that were welling up in my 521 eyes. I swung open the door to be greeted by a gust of warm air 522 from within the Inn laden with smells and noise of the people 523 within. Firming my resolve, I step inside to see what has become 524 of this place since last I had been here. 525 Of the Inn itself, nothing had really changed. Some of it 526 the worse for wear, but largely still the Inn. But the people and 527 the atmosphere, there does seem a change there. No familar faces 528 appeared in the crowd, and the happy friendly feeling of 529 companionship seems to be gone. It is as if the Inn now catered 530 to mercenaries instead of adventurers. 531 The air seems heavy and dark. Where are the bright happy 532 faces redened by the glow of the fire that I once knew? 533 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX O Tarn O XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 534 535 (((*)))(((*)))(((*))) 536 Mikey : I should see you today 537 Juggler : Let me know if Friday will work 538 L'homme : congrats, go ahead and sent it anyway 539 Ted : talk to you on PCS 540 <><><>< : call ok? 541 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 542 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 543 "Eleventh Floor. Weapons, armor, traps, bombs, thermonuclear devices." The 544 cool, sexless voice of the elevator chased Parity's daydream away, forcing his 545 attention to the now open sliding door, and the brightly lit hallway beyond. 546 "Please observe all safety precations." The door slid shut just as Parity 547 stepped out into the hall. Strategically placed signs pointed the way to the 548 various offices and laboratories on the 11th floor, but Parity ignored their 549 direction. He already knew which way he needed to go. Ian's instructions had 550 been clear enough. '...after discussing the reorganization with me, go to the 551 11th floor and wait for Agent Fellows. He will meet you at 1130 hours...' 552 Ian was always succint and to the point. Sometimes he was too succint. 553 Parity tore his gaze from the floor and stopped walking. He was standing 554 before an unmarked orange door. He took a key from his right front pocket, 555 unlocked and opened the door, and stepped inside. The door closed without 556 assistance. Parity replaced the key in his pocket and sat down in one of the 557 three chairs that occupied the otherwise sparse room. Parity looked up at 558 an electronic clock on the wall. It's LED readout said 9:30AM. He had two 559 hours to wait for agent Fellows. He knew the time would pass quickly. 560 N N PARITY N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 561 562 _____________________________________________________________________ 563 Luingil: Welcome home, even if it is for a few days only. I have a 564 sneaking suspicion that others from the past will soon be making a 565 show of themselves also. Is that sheep dip I smell? Hmmmm. 566 French Toast 567 _____________________________________________________________________ 568 569 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ILOS 570 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++M++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 571 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 572 To All And Sundry: Hello there! It's nice to see my name in print again. 573 Ripple: Greeting to ye! Has anything interesting happened in An Tir 574 since the War? That was the last thing I attended. 575 About Reno: My "gainful" employment was that of Change Person; I was 576 catering to gamblers, envying the card dealers, and watching 577 the prostitutes. I came home broke, but with bills paid. 578 I have seen a lot of old friends poke their heads into the Inn lately, 579 and it is fun to see what they have to say and what they've been doing. 580 (Sheep dip indeed...) This is my favorite way to spend an evening... 581 968: When I was in high school, I felt the same way you do (or did when 582 you wrote). It took me 3 years on my own and a second try at college to 583 show me that there really are people out there that think the way you do 584 and appreciate the same things you do. Never give up on anything - even 585 yourself - just because no one seems to care. You are you, or whateveritis 586 is special to you, and if other people can't appreciate that, #$@%&* them. 587 588 M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S T O A L L ! ! ! ! 589 590 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/(wannasupportacollegekid?)/\/\ 591 592 ______________________________JD 2446422.8641______________________________ 593 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 594 595 596 [*=*} [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DELTA vIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=z] 597 598 599 600 601 602 Upload test from VipWrir to Color Com E to transmit buffer to BWMS. 603 With lower case conversion, and multiple files.End. 604 K 605 606 WELCOME TO BWMS (BACKWATER MESSAGE SYSTEM) 607 TYPE 'HELP' OZ 'LIST' TO SEE MSGS 608 609 >LIST 610 FILE ON 611 MARGIN IS 80 612 STATUS: ENTER ONLY 613 NUMBER OF LINES: 593 614 Sorry for the wasted space,still have some bugs in this program. DV. 615 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 616 .-.-.-.-.-.Merry Christmas!!.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emulurk 617 And supposing I'm a Jew? 618 Then happy hannuka. Don't be such a grouch! 619 620 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 621 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*))) 622 Glad to see that I am not the only Bugs fan around here!!! 623 (((*)))(((*))) 624 <><><><> : Give me a call and we can try to get Copylink up and flying ok? 625 +++0TED1 : Thanks. 626 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 627 I'm glad this is the bottom since it's my first time here and I'm trying to 628 figure out how to enter some of my thoughts on this system. I would'nt want TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 628