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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
2 ************************* INSTALLED: 18 MAR 86 ***********************
3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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20 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
21 What was it again? Oh! Of course.... MADE IT TO THE TOP!
22 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
23 I always thought the top is 1 .. err .. 19 Why would you claim to be on
24 top, when in fact you're in line 20? |||||||||||||
25 UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM
26 <> Aaron <> : We all remember that brash young man with the smooth talk and
27 the Federation uniform promising new heights in BBS technology. It was to be
28 up Real Soon Then, but Then never came, and it came to pass that the promise
29 land of statro-systems just was all a pipe dream, a sort of Robert Preston-
30 ish teaser that was the work of a devilishly clever but sometimes twisted
31 computer cavalier. Can you blame us for being suspicious? This new system
32 makes even the none-too-soon forgotten UNICOM look like a minced C64 BBS
33 written in BASIC. If and when the number is posted, and reports from REAL
34 users start rolling in, your fallen word might revive a little of its
35 lost luster. Until then though, temper your claims as any good used-car
36 salesman would, i.e., only lie if it helps you to close the sale. Frankly,
37 I can't wait to spend a 100+ character/per/second night in heaven if what
38 you say is true.
39 UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM UNICOM
40 A BIT CATTY AREN'T WE? ......one line cutsie lurker.....
41
42 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (catty?)
43 Aaron: Do not be dissuaded. Keep working. RESULTS speak for themselves!
44 Nom De Guerre: My vote is to keep John on board and change your name to Jetsam.
45 Speaking of cats... I spy one of the old favorites around here somewhere!
46 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (77:16)
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49 Rabbitlurk.
50 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
51 *********************************** BOOK OF SOULS
52
53
54 by Danziciel
55 ***********************************
56 "Be not forgitful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have
57 entertained Angels & unawakers"
58
59 FACTS: The third eye. cleft in the forehead, the part of the brain which
60 is linked whith esp & the cosmic consciousness or direct commiunication
61 whith God.
62 Gold - atomic number 79 has always played an important role in
63 all religions.
64 Paranormal activity centers around the 10th & 24th of the mouth
65 The end of this present earth cycle will be 1998.
66
67 Fire usually plays an important role in secret rites.
68 Rosicrucians practice staring at a candel flame, try to make the flame obey
69 thier will. In the rights of which craft the Devil is said
70 to materialize in a bonfire, stepping forward to have sexual intercourse
71 whith the whiches, his penis, it is said, is always ice cold.
72 Sex is heavily intermixed whith cultist rites & beliefs.
73 Particularily in Black Magic & Which Craft.
74 Moon children are supposed to bo produced when the devil or according to
75 assorted demons have intercourse whith human females.
76 According to legend, Moon children grow into exaptionally Evil adults.
77 This does not apply, of course, to asrocogical moon children born under the
78 sighn of Cancer. (June 22-July22).
79
80 *********************************
81 END OF PART 1. BOOK OF SOULS
82 ********************************* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
83 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
84 Hey, guys!!! Lookee dat up above me!!! It's..... ASTROBUNKOLOGY! I tink da
85 sign dis guy was borned under was Keep Of The Grass, whatchasay, hey?
86 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
87 I'LL BUY THAT.
88 ______________________________JD 2446508.8544______________________________
89 The Book of Souls is a very famous work in which much magical information can
90 be found. So poke fun in its direction might be considered sacrilege in some
91 societies. Beware your jest, if that is what they were. The unknowing often
92 wind up the dead, and their souls just another page in The Book.
93
94 A believer
95 _______________________________^^^^^^^^^^^^^^______________________________
96 ======================
97 Suggestion on new bbs: Say NOTHING until it actually is running, and available
98 to the public. I have seen too many people brag about what a wonderful bbs
99 they have/will have. Usually, nothing ever comes of it. If it does, the
100 bbs is frequently no better that average. Besides, if it really is so great,
101 word will spread within days and you'll have all the users you will ever want.
102 It is hard to keep such a secret in modemland.
103 ======================
104 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
105 Sue: Thank you for the warm welcome, and us college boys do have better
106 things to do with our time... which we try to ignore, so we can revel in
107 the flotsam and jetsam that inhabit crufty corners such as the Inn. Such a
108 gentle, familiar joy; returning here, finding the cruft as I left it, and
109 always someone who remembers... someone who says hello...
110 As for the SmorgasSystem, it is a larger PDP-11. As for being desginated
111 for any specific use, only one comes to mind, I sincerly hope that it will
112 be of value as a communications tool. I have wasted so much time, so much
113 energy, playing with software written by HS students for their C64 and 1541
114 disk, inlicted from the hours of 12pm to 6am [Mom and Dad aren't awake],
115 that end up going down in a month or two that I want to see if a truly
116 usefull, powerful system availiable for public use is really an answer to
117 the demand for quality and utility the BBS public clammers for. I hope so,
118 as it is already a modemer's jungle out there now, and will only get worse
119 as the kid co-sysops migrate to sysopdum of thier own little systems, and
120 instead of having 50 or a 100 systems to sift through, we have 500 or a
121 1000.
122 I see from the enteries at the bottom of DB, my border may not be a
123 unique as it once was... At least no one can take MA 76 away from me! I will
124 hold my ground, so to anyone out there eyeing my <><><> with evil intent, at
125 least don't mangle it.... excessively...
126 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
127 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
128 Just a final quick note.
129 I know that my story has run long, way too long for most people's tastes,
130 and I do apologize for that. But once I realized this I was far too committed
131 to do anything but let it run its course. Rest assured that it is an experience
132 you shall not have to endure again as I am leaving. Permanently.
133 I had fun writing this story, and I prefer to think that a few of you had
134 fun reading it. It was a long and complicated story and I think the only real
135 mistake I made was in making it too long for the format. There probably wasn't
136 a single person with the exception of Mikey who had the time and opportunity to
137 call almost daily and read all 49 episodes. This no doubt led to a lot of
138 confusion and boredom. I shall have to keep this on mind and the next time such
139 an idea strikes me, I shall put it where it belongs. In the deep six.
140 But I do appreciate the support some of you have given me.
141 I'm going now, and I won't be back. Enjoy yourselves, and rest assured it
142 was never my idea to 'take over' the board. I was just trying to give you
143 people some enjoyment. I know I did give some, and that's a satisfaction that
144 all the obnoxious pinheads in the world can never take away.
145 Take care of yourselves.
146 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
147 new bbs!
148 Dim Sum (literary board)
149 hours: 10pm to 10 am
150 number: 644-xxxx
151 fido board
152 call now, before silverman finds it!
153 ..........Permanently?.........Promise?............................linelurk.
154 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
155 Destroyer -- That's sad. I, for one, would hate to see you give up becaus
156 of someone's personal attack. The only way to deal with pinheads is to
157 ignore them and let them immolate themselves in their own excess of spleen.
158 You have supporters on this board, those who like to see someone carry thru
159 a story, flawed or not. Isn't there an old saying about casting pearls
160 before swine? I don't know what gripes some of those who have made a big
161 deal about story length -- a story is whatever length it needs to be.
162 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
163 goooodd riddance..... but watch out for new aliases!!!!
164 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
165 Sue: When I wuz in kindergarten, I used to hate the preschoolers.
166 When I wus in gradeschool, I hated the kindergartners. In highschool,
167 I abhorred the gradeschoolers. As a college boy - guess who I hate?
168 excessively... with evil intent
169 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
170 ************************************************************************
171 Destroyer: I too would hate to see you leave completely. As is obvious
172 by my comments, I *have* read your stories. Else how could I offer
173 critisism? I have read your enteries, and I feel they are good. I still
174 think you could use some work on improving your style (we all could,
175 especially me), but I don't thik you should just give up. You obviously
176 enjoy writing, so why abandon it? There is really only one person who
177 has taken it upon himself to conduct a defamation campain against you.
178 Don't take that as meaning that everyone doesn't like you. I'm sure he
179 would like to believe that, but it simply isn't true. You do have friends
180 out here in modem land, and people *do* read your entries. I hate to see
181 any writer give up and leave. The are few enough real writers as it is.
182 And it is even more painful to lose one because of a personal vendetta
183 that some individual has. To put it simply, I am not asking you to leave.
184 I'm just not that way. I don't want to see anyone leave. I even let people
185 like NDG use the system, because they too have there place (if I can just
186 figure out where...). I offer you critisism, but only to help you improve
187 so that you can obtain a wider audience and maybe, just maybe you'll fid
188 a way to make a living at it. The most wonderful thing in the world is to
189 get paid for doing something you enjoy.
190 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
191
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192 Whomever: Lines 164-169 are *NOT* from Aaron, or so I would gather from
193 certain clues within the message itself. The difference between it and
194 the earlier message that *was* from Aaron is quite marked. Some things
195 never seem to change.....
196
Aaron, you aren't the only one who can claim the MA 76, though I will
197 give you credit as being the first one I can remember to carry the banner.
198 I've used it since the day back in.... 1983?.... that I first saw you make
199 that recommendation. It's the best margin in my opinion, getting the most
200 entry per line possible while never wrapping around to the next line, even
201 with NU Y.
202 Destroyer, one thing you should try to remember is that, just because
203 you were discouraged here by a jerk (yes, Guano, I am speaking about you),
204 you shouldn't just stop writing. Writing is like any other learned skill,
205 you have to do it and do it and do it some more before you gain the ability
206 you're looking for. I think your work shows a lot of ability and desire.
207 There are things that need improving, but there isn't a writer in the world
208 about whom that cannot be said. Throughout life you are going to encounter
209 the "critics", people without a flicker of the creative spark that drives
210 one to write or draw or sculpt, and they will be nasty and abusive in an
211 attempt to stop you from doing what they cannot. Take the few constructive
212 comments they make for what they are worth, and discard the rest. If you
213 wish to change your style to fit the medium, do so. BW is a special medium,
214 with different limitations than you are likely to encounter elsewhere. If
215 you go over 50 lines in an entry, you are going to irritate someone (though
216 why I have yet to understand.... some people make a career out of becoming
217 irritated). But whatever you decide to do, don't stop writing. You didn't
218 stop walking as an infant the first 100 times you fell down; the ability to
219 get discouraged is a learned trait. Don't take the lesson now!
220 <___________<__________<Sue Donim<________<_______<______<_____<____<___<__<
221 WHY?????
222
223
224 Gerbils gobble but they don't fall down. Aaron, we are all waiting with baited
225 breath (what other kind of breath is there?) for the Initial Public Offering
226 (or IPO for short) of your system. When can we expect this Olympic system and
227 its exalted facilities to be unveiled?
228 The MA 76 kid
229 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
230
231 I am sorry to see you go Destroyer. I guess not even your
232 vast fortitude can take the abuse Monsour Guano gave you. Maybe we'll
233 meet in another life?
234 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#JDS#$#$#$#$#$#$#
235 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Milchlurk++++++++++++
236 WHY NOT?????
237
238 WOULD BECKY PLEASE CALL THE 1-800 NUMBER?
239 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
240 Bullcrap... The above entry was *NOT* made by me and in no way reflects my
241 feelings. I am very glad to see the Destroyer depart from the climes and if
242 anyone doubts the authenticity of this message feel free to write me a note on
243 Blue Parrot and I will verify.
244 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#The Real JDS#$#$#$#$#Who *hates* being mimicked#$#inaccurately#$
245 /*********\Mikey: please call Blue Parrot when you have time. You have mail there./****************\
246 *********************************************************************
247 Young Master West: We are waiting.... and we are very patient. When the
248 urge does happen, it will be welcome.
249 *******semilurkmode*************kathyD***************************************
250
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251
Oh yes..... I almost forgot! Crufty is as crufty does.... and here I
252 am, all out of cruft and no time to go to the store. Oh well, people have
253 always said that I was a crufty individual, and I've always had a deep and
254 abiding interest in handicrufts.
Crufty, Inn-deed! <snicker!>
255 <___________<__________<Sue Donim<________<_______<______<_____<____<___<__<
256 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
257 Hello I'm new to the modem scene. I've only had my system for a short
258 time and am just learning where the boards are in the area.
259 Can anyone tell me what this board is used for?????
260 LIMPID LIZARD..................
261 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
262 ============
263 From various comments above it appears that someone is faking "aw shucks"
264 messages to The Destroyer. Hmmmmmm. I don't trust anyone who claims that
265 he'll never use this system again, since it is so difficult to prove who's
266 who. My guess is that he'll soon make his appearance (if he hasn't already)
267 as yet another user.
268 ===========
269 Limpid Lizard, this board is used for whatever purpose you choose as long
270 as it is not destructive. Read the opening lines to this disk and also
271 the help file, you'll get the hang of it.
272 ___________________________________________________________________________
273 To "====": I doubt that the (as you put it) "aw shucks" msgs are faked.
274 Destroyer may not have been the best writer ever seen on this board but he
275 was at least readable!
276 Aaron & other MA 76 people: Try MA 75 as MA 76 with NU Y can result in
277 extra lines on the screen (printing in column 80 causes the cursor to go to
278 the next line, then comes the LF/CR)
279 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446509.6506____________________________
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280
281 Crufty? <groan>
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283
284 Leonard: extra lines, yes. Extra lines, yes. Wrap-around, no (which was the
285 point, as I remember). Sam Smegma
286 -------------------
287 *%_$)*%_)%*@#_)%*@_)#%*!_)%*!#_)*%@#_)^*_)*^@#)_^*!#_^*@_^*@_*^@$_)^*_@_*^*
288 Above: So much for dynamic random access memory. :-) Reread.
289 Guardian: I see the origin of your confusion. Everyone makes mistakes
290 though, and I have proof. Shall I give you phone numbers and extensions?
291 Mikey: The battle continues. I saw a message from a 1040ST owner on 3CPU
292 that contained a statement something like 'PRINT FRE(0) = 750k.' Now that
293 is painful to see. Next week, I am going to make a concerted effort to
294 get out to USD next week. I have some more 'important' news and I would
295 like to see the progress on the emulator.
296 So... perhaps we'll get together yet before the new moon.
297 %%*)_*)_*%#)@_*%)_#@*%)_^*@)_*^ L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%_)@%*@_)*%@_#)%@%
298
299 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
300 OK, you old Backwater debaters, I know you are out there somewhere. I just wanted to ask you a couple questions. First
301 off, have you heard of our Chief of Police Penny's latest idea to make Portland's streets safer? She wants all new hires
302 on the police force to be NON-SMOKERS only. As you all know, smoking greatly affects a person's ability to enforce the
303 law, besides, no one likes to ride to the local bastile in a smelly patrol-car. Now this rule is not in effect yet, due
304 in part to its questionable legality. Now I ask you, is this the sort of actions we like to see our police officials
305 taking? Is this the stuff of enforcement? First we make them cut their facial hair, then we make them stop smoking, what
306 on earth is next?
307 French Toast
308 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
309 Next, French Toast, is mandatory drug testing, followed by notes from mommy
310 attesting to the fact that they did indeed brush their teeth this morning.
311 Then they will be disarmed so as not to violate any animal's civil rights,
312 resulting in them chasing down the street yelling "pretty please stop."
313 And so it goes.
314
315 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
316 Leonard: Back in the days I raised the MA 76 banner (with a little
317 help!), I was using an average terminal. Like most terminals, a character in
318 the 80th column didn't phase it one way or another... it was the 81st char-
319 acter the inserted the CR/LF combo... Now, being substatially poorer, [but
320 University of Portland would claim "Ah, but so much more well rounded..."]
321 I have had the misfortune of using sub-average grade terminals... and guess
322 what? Yes, it's that 80th character that gets it into the 'gosh, you need a
323 new line... here, let me add one for you..." mode. Had I been just a tad
324 poorer, MA 75 might be my battle-cry now. But, of course, if everyone used
325 MA 76, even those users with lower grade terminals could run without extra
326 lines, as they then could be set to "no wrap", with no ill effect. Such is
327 the stuff ANSI is made of...
328 Cheap Imitation Aaron's Border Person: Your a college boy too? But
329 wouldn't that imply you graduated from high school? Well, unlike the real me
330 you probably don't have cholesterol... Do you cause cancer in labratory
331 animals? Are you dangerous to phenylketonurics? Have an aftertaste?
332 MA 76 kid: Gerbils gobble, woggles wobble. IPO is late next week, requests
333 for previews gladly honored. And we wont fall down.
334 Sue: Those who can, do. Those who can't, cruft. Don't forget other
335 prominent MA 76 supporters, like BAD (except when he was MA 7, eh Mike?) and
336 the other brave souls who layed down their margins so that we might have
337 freedom from superflous LF's.... Sob... Where have all the flowers gone?
338 Aaron
339 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
340 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
341 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\NDG\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\NDG\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
342 "THOSE THAT CAN, DO, AND THOSE THAT CAN'T, SHOULDN'T TRY."
343 DOES ANYBODY REALLY BELIEVE THIS CRAP ABOUT THE DESTROYER LEAVING? ESPECIALLY
344 SNCE SILVERMAN HIMSELF COMMENTED ON IT SOME TIME LATER. WHP DOES HE THINK HE
345 IS FOOLING?
346 BY THE WAY, THE RESULTS OF MY LITTLE POLL ARE GOING WELL. THREE PEOPLE WROTE
347 TO SAY THAT THEY THINK SILVERMAN IS THE GREATEST. NINE MORE WROTE AND SAID THAT
348 HE SHOULD TAKE HIS B.S. ELSEWHERE A.S.A.P. WHAT THEY BASICALLY SAID WAS THAT
349 AT FIRST, THEY ENJOYED HIS STUFF, BUT HIS EGO SEEMS TO HAVE OUTGROWN HIS GOOD
350 SENCE AND HE NOW INFLICTS UPON US LONG, BORING ENTRIES BECUASE, QUOTE, "THEY
351 ARE FAR, FAR BATTER THAN ANYTHING THIS SUBLITERATE CROUD HAS EVER SEEN ANYWAY.
352 " I DID NOT VOICE THIS OPINION, BY THE WAY, I AM JUST SAYING WHAT OTHER
353 PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME. I, PERSOANLLY, AGREE WITH WHAT THEY SAY COMPLETELY.
354 A SPECIAL NOTE TO JOHN SILVERMAN: DO YOU REALLY THINK WE ARE ALL AS STUPID AS
355 YOU APPEAR TO INDICATE WE ARE? OR DID YOU JUST DROP YOUR DESTROYER CHARACTER
356 IN A LAST-MINUTE BID FOR SYMPATHY FOR YOUR GREATEST FIASCO EVER? EITHER WAY,
357 I AM SURE THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD HAS LOST WHATEVER RESPECT FOR YOU OR
358 YOUR WORKS THAT THEY HAVE EVER RETAINED. FACE IT, NURDLY, PEOPLE DON'T *LIKE*
359 HAVING THEIR INTELLIGENCE INSULTED. IT IS JUST THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR THAT HAS
360 CONVINCED ME THAT MY CAMPAIGN TO RID THE PUBLIC OF YOU IS TOTALLY JUSTIFIED
361 IN EVERY WAY. PLEASE TAKE YOUR CHILDISH TACTICS AND MORONIC TALES AND PUT
362 THEM WHERE PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE THEM: IN THE GARBAGE. SELL YOR MODEM AND
363 COMPUTER AND BUY A LAWNMOWER AND START YOUR OWN BUSINESS. BECAUSE MOWING LAWNS
364 WILL MAKE YOU FAR MORE MONEY THAN WRITING EVER WILL. YOU ARE JUST WASTING
365 YOUR TIME, AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, OURS. I DON'T EXPECT A RESPONSE FROM YOU,
366 BECASUE I IMAGINE IT IS RATHER HARD TO TYPE WHILE YOU ARE CRYING. THE TRUTH
367 HURTS, DON'T IT?
368 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\NDG\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\NDG\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
369 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
370 Sigh. Infants will be infants. Bye the way, it's spelled SENSE. (pet peeve)
371 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
372 actually, nom de guano's tirade is even more appropriate when turned on his own
373 writting. (sic)
374 so I wish he would take his own advice.
375 **************************************************************************
376 I don't often take an opinion, but here I find that I have a very strong
377 one. As is stated above. NDG, your words are most aptly applied to yourself.
378 There is not the overwelming hatred for Destroyer that you imply. There
379 are indeed those who don't care about his entries. There are also those
380 who do like his entries. And there are those who don't care one way or the
381 other. I have noticed that those who have stated that they don't like it
382 spend 90% or more personally detracting him. While those that have offered
383 support have taken the time to clearly state their position with a minimal
384 amount of name calling. Name calling offers little other then to show your
385 own lack in being able to express yourself. I'm surprised you haven't
386 attacked someone else. Piper maybe? no, he's too safe, not controversial
387 enough. You would rather pick someone who isn't as powerful to attack so
388 that you can gain the attention you want. Again I say that I think it is a
389 shame that you feel you must use your talents to defame and denigerate
390 others. All you gain is negative attention. Why not pursue positive
391 attention and be creative? Be constructive, not destructive. You'll get a
392 lot further inthe world by applying positive actions instead of negative.
393 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ************************************
394 ~~~~~ NON-SMOKING COPS???? - I DON'T MIND IF THEY SMOKE. Idon't care if
395 they BURN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
396 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
397 Ugh. I'm on one of those cheepie terminals right now. An HP 110. Anyone
398 for MA 75? As Chris Bradley would say, "Chow!". yi yi yiiii! Aaron
399 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
400 Aaron, thank you for brightening my day with your last entry. I now have
401 a reason to smile at the stack of work that sits next to me. Chow yourself.
402 Yiii yiiii! (I wonder if those shows ever got video taped?)
403 Mutual Friend and current Employer.
404 PS: I hope you are keeping out of chuck.sia, otherwise we'll have to get
405 the lazer out. yi.
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407 !##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!
408 Mike: I've never seen "Physician Heal Thyself" to work. ! NDS !
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411 Rabbitlurk.
412 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::
413 As I understand it, the reason for going for non-smoking cops is that
414 the health benefits and insurance for a non-smoker cost the department less
415 money. A compromise that would solve the money problem and not offend
416 smokers (gee, we don't want to do *that*) would be to have smokers pay the
417 difference in premiums themselves. But then we'd have to figure out a way
418 of insuring that they weren't lying. And (no doubt) it would be violate the
419 union contract....
420 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446510.5706______________________________
421 ......................................................................
422 Guardian: did you get my note at your place of business?
423 Zephyr: What's up these days? Long time no hear from...
424 ...........................................Entropy...................
425 two possible signs that there may yet be some hope for humanity...
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427 If only Jimmy Swaggert would look in here. NDG is the best argument for
428 abortion on demand I've ever heard of. How about a post-natal abortion?
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430 .-.-.-.-.-.-.Spring.fever.-.-.-.-.-.I.love.it!!.-.-.gimme.more.-.-.-.Emu
431 *************************************
432 I know!!! Isn't it great! The only
433 thing is that I went outside at 3:15
434 to get a tan and then at 4:00 the
435 sun went down!!! Pissed me off! Oh
436 well, there's supposed to be a lot o
437 f sun this weekend!!! (Yaaaayy!)
438 -DK-
439 DKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDK
440 Announcing a new Fido BBS. An open forum BBS for writers. Everyone is welcome
441 including the ///destroyer///.
442 Call 288-xxxx. MS-^Dos/CPM compatible. Password is required. L. Parson, sysop.
443 300 BAUD allowed. 1200 preffered.
444 LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
445 IS CRAGMORE REFERING TO THE GREEK LETTER WITH HIS BOARDER OR IS HE PSI-CIC
446 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
447 JoshuaJoshuaJoshua...................................................Joshua
448 (I miss the "ch" command)
449 For those of you who watched "Assassin" on channel 6 9pm Thursday, the gun
450 our hero (Robert Conrad) was waving around was a Heckler & Kock VP'70Z, the
451 selfsame weapon I used to blow away Rajneesh Dangerfield a while back.
452 And here you thought this was all fantasy....
453 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
454 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
455 :PURGEUSER CHUCK.SIA
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457 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
458 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (note found)
459 Entropy: Stated plainly, YES! Needless to say that it made my night. Odd, eh?
460 L'homme sans Parity: Sure, yea, right... I'll take whatever you have to offer
461 if you'd like. But I think I know you a little better than that. A shady
462 character like you always has an iron-clad alibi. And don't forget to list
463 the extensions; 2000 is a large playground to sift through. Operatives, Hmph!
464 kathyD: A new twist to the image I see. I must say that it agrees with you.
465 to tell you the truth, I've been wanting to come back for quite some time now
466 anyway. I'll be getting copies of my old stuff soon so I'll be able to cont-
467 inue in somewhat of the same manner as before... I hope. Except this time I
468 will keep straight who's alive and who's not. (I could've sworn the equest-
469 rian lived though! Drat!)
470 Thanks for the welcome back home.
471 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (80:04)
472 Okay, so I didn't spell alabi right. Or did I? >G
473
474 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppmarkin' where I'm lurkin'pppppppppppppppppppppppp
475 <><><><><><><><><><><><><>><><><> There's alot of that going 'round...<><>
476 HELLO from the Vancouver Technology Faire. Now I have subjected teachers
477 and administrators and other interested folk to the world we call Back-
478 water. At least there wasn't much foul language on the board this time.
479 Actually the comments I am getting from the audience as I type this are
480 quite interesting. Hopefully at an upcoming P.C.S. or PorSFiS I can share
481 them with all.
482 Mountain View Highschool.... signing off!
483 ===========================================================================
484 *********************************************************************
485 NOTE: TO ALL READERS OF BOOK OF SOULS..
486 BE THOU NOT SO HASTY TO BRING JUDGEMENT OVER POWERS
487 YOU CAN NOT EVEN COMPREHEND..!!
488 ********************************** AUTHOR *
489 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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492 ++++++++++ ++++++++
493 <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> < LIFE & EVIL >
494 66666666666666666666666666666666666
495 * Life & Evil it`s all the same We`re all trapped together in
496 Life`s cosmic game.
497 If you ever get a glimpse of what`s outside this Hell,
498 That`s when you`ve escaped the Trappings of your Mortal Shell.
499 So laugh at what you choose Because you are what you abuse
500 And your life was not yours to choose after all.. or was it??
501 !!! Martis !!!
502 +++~~~~~~~~+++
503 ***********************************
504 GARBAGE...
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512 Hum. Not my lurkline higher on the disk...maybe that whole section is faked?
513 No matter. Execpt I hate to see disk space wasted by Mr. Guanoo.
514 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++ 21 Mar 86 at 2:19p
515 hello
516 on
517 hello
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519 my good god, you people ought to step back and take a good, long look at your
520 selves. I have been away for some time, traveling new lands and sighing at new s
521 sunsets. I come home to find this nice bbs decended to petty, picayune namecalli
522 ng and downright viciousness. Everybody wonders why we have a problem with worl
523 d peace..you people cannot even get along in the confines of a small northwest
524 billboard system. I do not know the destroyer, or his writings, so I will not
525 pass judgement. All I ask is human kindness and perhaps a touch of sensitivity.
526 p.s... to those who believe that the destroyer will not be back... If you
527 delivered a marvelously vebose swan song worthy of ethel barrymore, wouldn't
528 you come back at least t? 'Nuff Said. Note: according to the Holy book of the
529 Pariana Riva, children of one human parent and one divine parent are called
530 " Riders of The Perpetual Wind". It is said that their life is one step below
531 Hell. One half is morbidly aware of their mortality, and of the passage of
532 time, and their other half strives to attqain Dematri Sumta (Divine peace).
533 This quest proves mentally unbending for the mortal half much of the time, and
534 this accounts for the high level of insanity amoung this race. One cannot be a
535 God if they are not of the pure blood. It is sad. Wouldnt you like to help
536 these poor wretches? Send 9.95 today to tibet, the home of many of these.
537 Well, enough of this trivial pap. You will perhaps see writings of mine soon.
538 Or perhaps I will vanish into the blue wind of spring whence I came, eye
539 agliter with the sparkle of forbidden knowledge. Or maybe I'll just saunter
540 down to metro on brodway and get a cappuchino. WHOO KNOWS what the woman of th
541 black heart will do next.
542
543 Yours, floating in eternity...
544 Rivania.
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550 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
551 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
552 RIVANIA :: ~~~~~~~
553 I would very much like to read some of your so called secrets..
554 Im shore I would find a few of them that would tickle my funny bone...
555 But be worned not to venture too far into the reaches of time
556 or you may never find the way back from were you once began !
557 *********************************** AUTHOR of the BOOK OF SOULS
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560 dear modemites,
561 did you know that the telephone company wants to charge you for local calls
562 just like long distance? You know per the minute per the mile, and even
563 what time of the day it is? This is called Local Measured Service (lms),
564 and it threatens to doom all bbs because it would make it to expensive to
565 call. I work for an organization that is fighting them on this and we are
566 doing an initiative campaign to stop it before it happens here. its happened
567 in eight other states and a residential phone bill has gone up 2-3 times what
568 they were. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO US? If anyone out there
569 would like to sign the petition or even circulate it please call Scott Williams
570 at 222-xxxx .
571 signed,
572 jeff halverson
573 *******************************************************************************
574 Smoking policemen... now there is a novel concept. Maybe what the chief is
575 afraid of is that while on a bust the policeman will rush up to the offender,
576 pull his gun, yell "Freeze, police!" take a deep drag off of his handy cig,
577 being short of breath as a result of the overexertion causes him to inhale
578 more deeply then normal, causing him to go into a fit of coughing, which
579 causes him to accidently shoot the suspect, then becuase he is doubled over
580 from the deep wracking cough, he accidentally fires the gun again, and
581 shoots himself in the foot. Yes, lets not allow any smoking of the police
582 officers, it's too dangerous.
583 Besides, who would want to smoke a policeman anyway, it's damn difficult to
584 get them wrapped up in those little papers....
585
586 On the serious side, I don't expect anything to come of it, it was just a
587 ballon that Herrington let up to see what the reaction would be. The are
588 many problems with the concept. The biggest being that she can't tell a
589 policeman what he can and can't do when off duty.There have been many cases
590 tried to that effect, and they have always gone in favor of a person being
591 allowed to do what they want on their own time. This is based around the
592 very concepts of which this country was formed, life, liberty, and the
593 pursuit of happiness. You have a contractual obligation to perform the
594 duties as assigned you when on the job, and within reason that can even
595 include not smoking if that is a component deemed a negative on the job.
596 If it is in the contract, and you sign it, then you are obligated by the
597 terms of that contract. On the other hand however, In your own time, when
598 you are not under the terms of the contract (generally deemed as when you
599 are not being paid), then you have every right to do what you wish with your
600 life if that includes smoking then there is no reason why not. It is not
601 an illegal activity. Now if he is in uniform, and he signed a contract
602 saying he would not smoke on the job, and he is on his own time but in
603 uniform, they could concevibly say that he is promoting himself as being on
604 duty by the act of still wearing his uniform, and thus cannot smoke. Of
605 course if they are going to use this argument, then they must accept that
606 he is indeed on duty, and thus must be willing to pay him overtime.
607 I suspect that that would be more expensive then the insurance. Actually,
608 I can understand some aspects of it. If a person desires to smoke, that
609 is their decision, but on the other hand those that don't wish to should
610 not have to pay for the privillage of the person to smoke. Smoking is
611 indeed an expensive habit both in terms of purchasing the cigs, as well as
612 added health costs involved. But, desiganted smoking areas, partners who
613 are compatible, and optional health coverage that the smoker himself can
614 pay. In time something along those lines may come into being, but in the
615 meantime you'll hear the same old political battles rage of consitutional
616 rights being abused or suspended.
617 ****************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
618 I think that Cragmore is referring to being "sigh kick" the reaction of
619 being depressed when someone kicks you were it hurts most. <ahem>
620 NDS: No, I've seldom seen it work either, but I keep trying... oh well.
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