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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 2 APR 86 ************************* 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is 10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ***************************************************************** 19 20 *_)!@#*%!_)*%@#_)^&*#$)_&*@_&*+)_#&*_)#*^&@#$_%&*$_)&*#)_^*#$_&^*$_%*&_$%*&_)#$%&*)_%&*$#&_*_)&*&)_*&_)*&_)&*$_)%*&_)&*$_& 21 Mikey: Do I tell you I'm at the top? Seriously, I packed up all the U.S. Digital demonstration material along with all the 22 pamphlets for the computer show. I hope this generates some business. I made ten more copies of the adventureware disks 23 too. I have the VT100 emulation tests on a disk that I can bring by when I get back. I plan on bringing back as much 24 literature as I can fit on the train. See you then! 25 Miss Nomer: If I am lucky I might get a glimpse of Dagney Taggart, Hank Reardon, and John Galt taking a quick peek at the 26 outside world. In order for them to know I know, I'll be humming the 5th concerto. 27 Delphi: I may have sold the monitor again. I'll know for sure when I return. As for the spot meter, what is the degree, 28 what is its EVA range, how old is it, and what's the 29 asking price? 30 Guardian: Don't worry, we'll get the rest of those disks done. I hope you took my comments about money in the proper light 31 the other day. Also, I think the new computer really is a good buy because *you* will use it to its fullest extent. 32 Voyeur: Please begin archive....now: Thanks. 33 &*%(@#)_&*%@()&@#_)(&@_^&@_)&^_)!&^%@#)_^&#^ L'homme sans Parity *%_@#*%_@#&^%_)@#)!@+#_&^@_)^&@_#^&@_&^_@)%^_@#&^_@#&^@ 34 *************************************************************************** 35 I could jump on this "religious" debate, but Nah.... 36 Steve: Ok, I get it. 37 ********************************************kathyD************************ 38 :::::=====::::: 39 Lurkin' Legamorph. *sigh* 40 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::== ===:::::=====:::::=====:::::===== 41 == 42 == 43 ====== 44 == 45 == 46 TAKE THAT, KEEPER OF SOULS! 47 310753926103040000 watts per second, given 10 percent conversion rate. 48 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 49 "Uh, Milchar?" 50 "Yes?" 51 "I think you need a nother spell... chlorine is rather corrosive in 52 the presence of water. Almost as bad as aqua regia. And it'll bleach the 53 ink on your cards....." 54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 55 ps if anyone is *really* desperate, I have 5 rescue "balls" left. Basicly 56 a reinforced plastic bag with air tank... Forget trying to move around in 57 them unless you liking rolling around on the ground. 58 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 59 60 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 61 Emu, if you don't like tall white dogs, I could be a stereotypical 62 fantasy elf, a less stereotypical falcon, or hey, how about a large, 63 flightless, three-toed Australian bird, like an ostrich but smaller. 64 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 65 66 What is the name of this BBS. Is there a file section> 67 68 69 70 71 72 Please let me Know if I can use this sBBS.Thanks Paul Knesal. 73 74 75 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 77 78 To whoever left that baneful looking symbol for the Keeper of SOuls...Are 79 satanists mortally afraid of addition, or something? 80 81 Wondering, wondering, always wondering.. 82 Rivania 83 84 *-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-* 85 I think I shall stay out of the Satanist - Evil debate until it 86 involves at least ten people. If it grows that large, how could 87 one resist getting in on the fun? 88 *-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-Tarquin Overshoe-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-* 89 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 90 Hello, bwms'ers.... 91 My name is TWID. I am now the proud 92 owner of the mystical, magical modulatordemodulator, and as such, I plan 93 on spending time getting to know all the 94 characters at the inn. Being new at this, 95 I beg your indulgence if I happen to mess 96 up now and then. But being the nice(?) 97 people you are, I'm sure you'll keep me 98 in line. 99 100 Chow for now....... TWID 101 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 102 end 103 (oops, how do i get out of this infernal trap?) 104 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 105 I wonder why people ask how they can get out of enter mode. Do they just hang 106 up, or do they desperately try to get out of it fisrst? Does anyone read 107 directions? Does anyone realize what the ASCII code for ETX (End of Text) is? 108 For more of these (HAHA) fasinating 109 (HOHUM) questions, stick around... 110 Doughnut man----Some of your arguments are very weak. 1 SMALL example: 111 The Aztecs were made Christian. They were conquered, so Christianity did 112 not help them. 113 Look, I don't know if you realize it or not, but their conquerers were 114 also Christian, and they got rich. Now, I am not saying that Christians should 115 go out and conquer people, but I have 116 blocked that argument and it must fall. 117 I think---Yes, I will, take your message and tell you what I find in it later. 118 . 119 TO: Whomever wrote that message of the 'LIGHT' or something like that. 120 (Drat! I always forget longer names from one disk to another....) 121 Yes, those that wait around and leach may be harmful to society, but those 122 that are the 'Movers and Shakers' may not realize the full impact of what they 123 have done--it takes someone else to do that. 124 As for calling you a commy (It was even spelled wrong!) I would discourage 125 it. I don't see how that message was linked to Communism. And besides, so 126 what if someone is a commie? That is OK as long as they don't try to change our 127 economic system. 128 Want to get into a discussion of Communism with me, whomever wrote against 129 that 'LIGHT' message? I think the religious stuff is enough for now, but I am 130 willing to wait til later. Now just a final side note: NICARAGUA (obviously 131 soviet inspired (HA)). 132 When a young Sandinista was asked what Marxest authors he had read, he 133 (Time up.....) (ch/Marxest/Marxist) 134 *** STARPATH *** 135 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 136 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 137 Staying out of this theology discussion for now. Going into lurk mode. 138 ........PENDRAGON........ 139 140 REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST PARTY REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST PARTY REVOLUTIONARY 141 142 The RCP wishes to get in on the fun, or so I want you to 143 think. Our party doctrine does not mention leaches. Parasites 144 neither, but fear not! 145 Our glorious founder, Larry Kasselbaum of Tualitan and 146 Corvallis made himself clear. In a society dedicated to bettering 147 itself there can be no lowlife, gold-bricking scum! He liked 148 to speak as if he was still in the war. He further said, if 149 capaitalism did not foster a stagnant class of elite, he might 150 have been a raving capitalist swine. In stead of that, he 151 founded the RCP as a tax shelter. 152 Taking his words as the word of God (Though our doctrine 153 makes us Godless heathens, in the eyes of capitalist evangelists.) 154 We have no choice but to suggest euthanasia for the unemployed. 155 Either that, or they can jointhe RCP and sell newspapers for our 156 founder, Larry! 157 158 REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST PARTY REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST PARTY REVOLUTIONARY 159 160 DOUGHNUT.DOUGHNUT.DOUGHNUT.DOUGHNUT.DOUGHNUT.DOUGHNUT.DOUGHNUT.DOUGHNUT. 161 ME AGAIN, 162 well, all i can say about christianity and the need of its followers 163 to "subdue and convert" is that one need only look at the record. 164 look at the "Holy Inquisition". real good, the slaughter of over 1 million 165 people for basically no reason. look at the witchhunts. look at the 166 dark ages. look anywhere that christianity shows its ugly face. 167 (ooh, will i get critisism for that!). i really dont know why, but 168 christianity is the only religion ive encountered that seeks to 169 convert others and impose w.a.s.p.-christian rules and laws on 170 others. i dont want the story of creation taught to me at school. 171 the day it is done, i will get up and leave. "in god we trust" on 172 my money is bad enough, lets see a little seperation of church and 173 state for once in this country. quite impossible realistically, but 174 im a dreamer. oh yes, to clarify, i am not sure that you could call 175 this the "satanists vs. christians" debate, as i am dubious as to this 176 keeper of souls being a true satanist, i wonder about his sanity in 177 fact. i work in an asylum (woodvillage "nursing" manor) and you, keeper, 178 show definte paranoid schizophrenic behavior processes and delusions. 179 perhaps you should seek help if you think a demon is really talking to 180 you. i say this not because it is impossible, although it is extremely 181 unprobable since i doubt the existance of demons in such a form, but 182 nontheless, you should definately get a full mental-workover test. 183 if anyone is wondering just what i do believe as a satanist, it is 184 basically covered in the 9 satanic statements.....here are some (or all...) 185 9 satanic statements: 186 1) satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence. 187 2) satan represents vital exsitence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! 188 3) satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit. 189 4) satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of 190 love wasted on ingrates. 191 5) satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek. 192 6) satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of 193 concern for psychic vampires! 194 7) statn represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more 195 often worse than those that walk on all fours,who, because of 196 his "divine spiritual and intellectual development" has become the 197 most vicious animal of all! 198 8) satan reps all of the so-called sins, for they all lead to physical, 199 mental or emotional gratification! 200 9) satanis the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept 201 it in business all these years! 202 203 read them. think about them. dispute or reject them if you wish. i 204 ACCEPT them. they are the TRUTH and tht is that. well, i shall now 205 catch ludwig van's glorious ninth (fourth and 2nd movements, 4th is best!) 206 no doughnutlurk for awhile i guess... 207 dughnut.doughnut.doughnut.doughnut.doughnut.doughnut.doughnut.doughnut... 208 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 209 FROM DISK B "CATHOLIC"?"PRELITORIAT"??? 210 TO:PENDRAGON WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEK FOR "FOR FUN"OR SHOULD I 211 SAY WHO ARE YOU DOING? 212 TO:KEEPER UP LOAD ON NO-NAME 213 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- 214 PRINCE DRAGON 215 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- 216 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 217 AFTER APRIL 6TH IT IS ALL IRRELEVANT ANYWAY. 218 219 YOU WILL SEE! IT IS THE LORDS BIRTHDAY AND THE SCRIPTURES TELL US HE WILL 220 RETURN AGAIN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH AND IT WILL BE ON A SUNDAY! 221 THIS SUNDAY IS ALSO A PERFECT MATCH TO THE 52 YEAR CYCLE THAT CORTEZ 222 APPEARED IN. THE SCRIPTURES ALSO SAY THAT TO MANY HIS ARRIVAL WILL 223 APPEAR AS A COMET... ISN,T THIS WEEKEND THE BEST WEEKEND FOR VIEWING 224 HALLEY'S COMET??? 225 226 THERE SURE HAS BEEN ALOT OF EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, AND OTHER NATURAL 227 DISASTERS LATELY! 228 229 TO THE WICKED HE WILL COME LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT, BUT, THE RIGHTEOUS 230 WILL READY AND WATCHING FOR HIM. AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE WILL BE 231 WATCHING!O 232 233 NOT TO MENTION THE COLINEATION OF THE PLANETS......??????? 234 235 REPENT... THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH TIME! 236 237 I would like to speak to all of you about something that needs to be said. This concerns a lot of people 238 according to my research- one out of four. What I am speaking to you all about is eating boogers. Yes, the 239 practice of, well: 240 "Everyone's doin' it, doin' it 241 Pickin' their noses and chewin' it, chewin' it. 242 Now: before you get uppity-let me ask you- can you honestly say you never did it? 243 Lets say you are getting a cold. You sniffle, like everyone else, but when you feel REALLY phlegmatic, you 244 snort really hard, and as you swallow it, you find a semi-hard 'chewy' bit, and you unconsciousnessly munch- 245 I mean- we've ALL done it...If you have ever experienced this, then you are a latent booger eater. 246 Lets say that you have been at work for three hours without a break. Your nose is congested, and you can't 247 wait to go to the bathroom to blow your nose. But before you make it, you sneeze. You take out your hand- 248 kerchief, but it's too late. You stifle the sneeze, but you feel something hard sliding back and forth in 249 your nose as you breathe. You can't wait to get rid of it...You tend to breathe hard, in and out, trying 250 to figure out what you will do with it...It keeps moving back and forth inside your nose... Finally, in 251 desperation, you look around-no one is watching- an you give one helluva snort- and there it is, in your 252 throat. You don't want to swallow it, so you scrunge it up, and now it's in your mouth. 253 It sits there for a while, while you try to decide what to do with it...Pretty soon, you realize that it 254 really doesn't taste *THAT* bad. So-you chew it for a while, and then swallow it. Congratulations. You have 255 just joined the human race! 256 PPPPPPPPPPI've just quit the human race!PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 257 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===== 258 ...and the tall man with the smiley-face shirt sadly and quietly slipped out 259 of the Inn. I could sense his inner turmoil as he left, not even bothering to 260 close the oaken door as he disappeared... leaving me wondering and with many 261 unanswered questions. The combination of both, as well as my frustration at not 262 being able to tell this man that I was the one he sought compelled me to 263 follow. I jumped off my table and out the still open door, which, thanks to one 264 of the kind patrons of the Inn, closed behind me. As I passed through the door, 265 my ears were assaulted by a bang that made the ground tremble. Outside I saw... 266 nothing. And that was the strange part. Not a trace of the man anywhere. I 267 looked off in all directions. Nothing. Surely if he had left I could at least 268 see something of him in the distance... but he just wasn't there. 269 Then the idea hit me. Why hadn't I thought of it before? He must have gone 270 out and around to the BACK of the Inn. I quickly hopped towards where he must 271 have been... thinking about what I would say... but mostly how I would say 272 it... that was the major problem. Why did I have to lose my temper and bite his 273 hand? Not only was it unsociable, but it complicated things considerably. 274 Berating myself for my own stupidity, I wasn't paying attention to the path 275 ahead of me. As a result, I didn't see the large, shining black object that 276 suddenly blocked my path until I ran into it headfirst. Rubbing my sore nose, I 277 backed away until I saw that it was a boot, nearly as large as myself. Rising 278 from the boot and its mate nearby was an immensely tall man dressed in a grey 279 business suit and wearing a grey suede hat. He glared down at me, and another 280 man standing next to him that I hadn't noticed before handed him something. It 281 was a long, black pistol with a scope mounted on top. But the description of 282 the gun wasn't important at the moment. What was important that he was aiming 283 it straight at my heart... 284 (continued...) 285 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===== 286 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>) 287 -__-___- -__- ___---- ___-__---_ ___--__---__--______---___---_ 288 '``'`''''```'''`''''`'``'''```''`'`'`'```'''`'`'`'``'`'`'`'```'`'``'`'''' 289 THAT IN CODE SO GO TO IT -NET?- 290 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 291 Hmm... Our adventure seems to have stagnated. I'm feeling low on creativity 292 right now, and not able to come up with a twist. Anybody care to jump in? 293 "Religious" debators -- ever consider that "statanism" is a knee-jerk 294 reaction to christianity? They both presuppose a large foundation of common 295 beliefs -- one accepts mindlessly, the other opposes mindlessly while 296 neither questions the concepts that underlie both beliefs. Oh, well, I 297 guess that makes my position clear.. 298 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 299 -------- I guess not. There's constitutional provision for the separation of 300 religion and state(nism)----------------------------------------------- 301 302 *********************************** 303 to: DOUGHNUT man 304 Id also like to make a commint about that qote. 305 "GOD DOESNT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT EARTH" unqote 306 Well I think your might be right about 307 him not caring about the planet, but he 308 definitly does care about the souls on it. 309 becouse if you look at it this way. 310 When Lucifer was casted out of Heaven their 311 was only 1/3rd 312 .................................................................. 313 Zeph: looks good. 314 I'm lurking today. 315 ...............................Entropy............................ 316 317 *************************************************************** 318 not the end... 319 *******************kathyD******************** 320 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 321 Well, I think that it is true that both religions tend to be similar in the fact that they give 322 spiritual assistance to those who need it. Is anything more needed? I mean, really, you can talk 323 about how the other side is damned forever, but what good does that do for you? The only that does 324 good is the uplift that your religion does for you. Perhaps your eternal soul will be saved---but 325 doesn't it sound kind of selfish to join a religion just because you don't want to be forever 326 damned? 327 As for this to happen on the sixth-I doubt it. Of course, if you prove me wrong, then a least 328 you won't be able to gloat about it. I don't think that trying to pressure people to join your 329 religious views just before the end of the world is very pious, either. 330 In 1982, the planets lined up in a way that they had not done so for quite a few years. (I 331 can't remember whether it was thousands or millions....) Anyway, the gravitational pull was supposed 332 to kill us. It didn't. (At least I don't think so....) 333 As for doughnut man and his rampages, let us remember that not all Christians are not the 334 old-style Catholics and would not go and force our religion anyone---but that a 'satanist' started 335 this whole thing by trying to alter our thinking... 336 *** STARPATH *** 337 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 338 ?ever notice the anagram? ever notice the anagram? ever notice the anagram? 339 It will work," he said aloud, first tentatively 340 then emphatically, "all I had to do was move the primary digit to the 341 other side!" His startled mind raced toward the now obvious conclusion 342 with all the enthusiasim of a two-foot toddler making a screaming mad 343 dash at a three-foot beach ball. "Damn", he thought, "I still haven't 344 solved that intractable illumination problem... if only I hadn't spent 345 all that grant money on the woodshop I wouldn't be in this mess." 346 347 Releived, however, that one of the project's few remaining fundamental 348 problems was essentially solved (after all, it was only April and he had 349 many months ahead of him to spend perfecting the technique to clevery 350 reveiled by his unfolding of this evening's equations), he tossed down his 351 slipstick and left his study to go amuse himself in the woodshop. 352 ?ever notice the anagram? ever notice the anagram? ever notice the anagram? 353 354 355 356 357 358 POO! HOW 'BOUT LETTING ME CORRECT MY MISTAKES? "ENTA" 359 ______________________________JD 2446524.5612______________________________ 360 )|(-----------------------------------------------------------)|( 361 Nathan handed over the copy of the Times without 362 thinking, and went back to his ginger ale. A few sips 363 later, it dawned on him that someone was asking him 364 questions. Nathan looked up to see the hiker who called 365 himself Emu. 366 " You know where New York is? God, somebody else in 367 the place comes from civilization? " 368 Nathan paused, realizing his manners. He took of his 369 reading glasses, and outstrected his small hand to the 370 Emu. 371 " I'm Nathan Critchfield, at present a terribly lost 372 confused poet. A poet with writer's block if I may add. 373 I've suffered from writer's block all my life, but I 374 know I'll get over it soon." 375 Nathan took a deep breath and asked the question 376 which had bothering him as he had been sipping his 377 ginger ale. 378 " If this is my bedroom, is it my ex-wife who invited 379 all of you in here? If it isn't my bedroom, would you 380 be kind enough to tell me about where I am? 381 )|(------------------------------Nathan-------------------)|( 382 Note : change " to the Emu " to " to Emu ", and anything 383 else I missed. 384 )|(-------------------------------------------------------)|( 385 386 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 387 hello all. 388 new and shiny faces. that's what i get for being away for so long. 389 but it seems like the last time i was on(6mos or more)the main point 390 of discussion was religion. guess what boys and girls!!! it still is 391 doesn't anything change in this world? 392 lemme see forst there was adam and eve then came the snake and ruined it 393 all and it was blamed on the woman and they were supressed for almost 394 2000 years. then the big guy wasn't happy with things and told noah 395 to build the pacific princess and then the all powerful one made this 396 great blue marble the biggest swimming pool known in the universe. 397 then mary and joseph didn't go through a travel agency and had to look 398 forever for a hotel and en up spending the night in a barn. then 399 the big daddyo sent his laddyo down to fix the world. well personally 400 i think it's time for a return engagement. 401 all you communists. communism has to be aquired not forced. the struggle 402 turns into a dictatorship controling the people and making sure they are 403 all good little commies.look at the totalitarian state that happened in 404 good ol' russia. no laddies and germs. lets try it the right way. if it 405 happens it does if it doesn't it won't. as for the revolutionary spray 406 paint by my dads office stop it!!!!!!!! 407 have a nice day 408 alan kennedy 409 the grizzly 410 king silicon 411 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 412 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 413 So much for lurk. Priss (or is t prince?) dragon you might wish to explain 414 your comment, unless I'm correct that you are as preverted as you try to 415 be. 416 Rivania, haven't heard from you. What's shaking in your neck of the woods? 417 ........PENDRAGON........ 418 ||||] 419 things have changed 420 i got on the first time 421 ||||| 422 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. 423 "Uh, Nathan, I don't know how to tell you this. This is not New York 424 City. We're not anywhere near New York, at least in the physical sence." 425 Nathan didn't bat an eyelash at Emu's words. He was confused enough 426 already, and Emu saw that the straight unadorned truth wouldn't make it 427 for an explanation. He decided to try another tact. 428 "Nathan, you say that you're a poet?" 429 "Yes, though like I said, I've had a writer's block for a long time." 430 "Well, I know what that's like. I started a story once about a little 431 girl, but it kind of trailed off." 432 Nathan was beginning to look a little more relaxed, but still was 433 obviously confused. Emu continued. 434 "You know, Nathan, I've had a theory about writer's block, and you 435 just might be able to help me prove it." 436 "What do you mean?" Nathan asked. 437 "Well, I think that there is a tremendous epic in you mind, just trying 438 to fight it's way out. Now I think that idea has finally taken you over 439 and put you into another reality, where it can play itself out." 440 "Does that mean that I am really in my bedroom, and that you're not 441 real? I'm hallucinating?" 442 "No, no, this is all very real. I don't think I can explain it to you, 443 but I think the idea of all this is for you to write down all that happens 444 to yourself in a verse form. You do need to find your way home, and the 445 adventures that you enter are the epic poem that you are supposed to write." 446 "I'm still confused on how you got into my bedroom, but I think I under- 447 stand what you mean about writing the epic. I can be a modern day Homer!" 448 "Well, I don't know about Homer, but that's the idea. All you have to 449 do is find your way home, if you want to go home. Now, how is the Dow 450 Jones report?" 451 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 452 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~666~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 453 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 454 ------------------------|- 4*4*86 455 ------------------------+--------- 456 In the Seventh Month of the Year 457 One-thousand nine-hundred and 458 Ninty-nine, Twenty-fourth day; 459 A god of fire and veangeance shall 460 descend from the skies."-Nostradame, 461 Black Prophecy Circa 1586 462 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 463 "When the lightning so harmful 464 to the rod, 465 Is taken from thrown to the sea than shall the 466 reign of Seth and Satanas begin. 467 and all of you frail-minded spiritually weak fools shall die. 468 Under Hell`s pressure you all shall 469 fold, 470 Eternal centuries, Eons of Mould. 471 ---------------------------------- 472 Death, destruction 473 Armageddon Arriveth---------Martis 474 | 475 + 476 ----------------------------------- 477 1999 478 1888 479 1966 480 1555 481 7 482 483 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppplurkingppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 484 HA! CLEVER! 485 Starpath (?) The planets are ALWAYS in some kind of configuration that is *different*. Any given pattern will not 486 repeat for one great Sidereal year, which is one nutation cycle or about 25,000 years. Nothing special happened in 487 in 1982. All the planets were in one quadrant of the Zodiac, but with Neptune and Pluto in a basic sextile 488 aspect for the last umpteen years, and will remain so for a lot more years, it's not anything special... 489 And with long retrograde periods for both Pluto andNeptune, we'll have another basic conjunction now ad then. Uranu will 490 take about 28 years to move thru one fourth of the Zodiac, during which time Saturn will have made one complete orbit 491 through the Zodiac. So it's no big deal-except for those doom merchants who forecasted the end of the world because of " 492 all that mass" pulling on one side of the Earth... As near as I can tell, the world did not end in 1982. Reeks of Veliko 493 vsky's comet Venus... DV 494 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 495 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 496 Though I shaketh the heavens with poor spelling and my grammar be 497 beyond the pale, verily I say unto you Arise! Yea, though I walk in the 498 hideous shadow of our most terrible god Malaprop, know ye that mere facts 499 and truth will not stay my vision, nor prevent me from spreading the Word 500 of my most precious and beloved absurdities. Know ye that such things as 501 logic and critical thinking are no match for the powers of the great and 502 powerful God of Superstitious Nonsense! For his in his right hand is the 503 awesome bow of ignorance, and in his left is the hammer of uninformed 504 opinion. Against these none may stand. Beware! For this is the dawning 505 of the age of the Foolmass, and all shall be crushed under the weight of 506 our numbers and lost in the yawning chasm of our hebetude! 507 Your friend, 508 Reverend Arthur Deco 509 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 510 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 511 I am not Milchar and I do not want anyone to think I am. But he left a 512 border up. Far be it from me to waste a border. Simply had to use it, 513 you know how that is? Don't you? 514 515 Good. 516 517 )|(---------------------------------------------------------------)|( 518 Emu - give me a system where I can send you mail. I wish to 519 confer about the direstion of our dialog ( get one or two minor 520 points straightened out ). 521 )|(--------------------------------Nathan-------------------------)|( 522 ______________________________JD 2446525.6123______________________________ 523 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. 524 Nathan: I really don't inhabit any BBS's other than BW, altho I s'pose 525 you could leave a note addressed to Emu on Blue Parrot, 253-xxxx. Why 526 not just go with what ever you come up with? I'll follow... 527 Rev. Art Deco: Can I quote that? 528 All religious debaters: Don't let labels fool you, what ever side you might 529 be on: just because someone says they're a Christian doesn't mean they 530 really are, and that goes for any label one might take. In other words, 531 don't confuse the 'Church', in any form, Catholic, Protestant, whatever, 532 with true Christianity. Their *are* many people in those institutions 533 that are true Christians, but there are also many who aren't, whether 534 they will admit it or not. Please don't blame Christianity for the evils 535 that the estabolished church wreaked upon humanity in the so called 536 dark ages. Being a Christian and being 'religious' are two amazingly 537 different ideas. 538 Also, please remember that this can be extended to many labels that 539 men and women may take on. Humans in general have a nasty tendency to 540 speak in 'forked tongue' if they think it will benefit them. 541 End of speach. 542 (uh, 'scuse me, that should be 'End of speech') 543 Prometheous: (excuse the spelling) Just because I call myself an emu doesn't 544 make me an emu... :-) 545 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 546 )|(-----Emu, call the Blue Parrot - Nathan-------------------------)|( 547 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 548 TWID here...... 549 550 Starpath: As far as your comment as to does anybody read directions, 551 a person can only deal with so many new things at once. 552 After a few shots at this, (and the directions dumped to 553 my print buffer), I should be a pro at this. 554 555 Emu: Even though I haven't been in on the religious "assault" 556 from the beginning, and I don't know where the discussions 557 have gone, I have a feeling that your last statement may 558 have been one of the only true statements that I have seen 559 and can agree with. 560 561 Everybody Else: It's going to take a looooong time to get to know 562 what's who and where in this land. 563 564 Chow for now...... 565 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 566 :::::=====::::: 567 Lurkin' Legamorph. 568 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::9===Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=== 569 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 570 Above person: Surprise, I haven't been on since the 1st. Not my border, I 571 always leave something stranded amidst all those plus signs. 572 All else: To-day another birthday, and the close of my second year on BW. 573 Nearly half of it's existence, if Mikey's usage chart begins when BW started. 574 Boy, do I feel old. Until tomorrow. 575 Also: I'm moving into Portland this weekend (for a month at least; perhaps 576 two or three) and may not have access to a phone line. Hmmm, maybe I could 577 plead with Emu to relay my words as he is in my EE lecture. (listening, Emu?) 578 ++++++++++ 579 "Don't worry about that, Bard... I'm covered with a nearly undetectabele layer 580 of magic filter, except near my head where it it plainly visible." I showed 581 him one of my 3x5 cards. "These aren't paper and ink, either. Enchanted 582 vellum, instead. I had to replace all of my old ones the last time I returned 583 home to Celene and did it right." 584 Bard nodded with approval, a bit of relief on his face. 585 TBard began surveying the damage of his transport, and I began looking for 586 that interference. That plant... where? I examined it more closely. 587 Transparent razor-sharp leaves, unyielding. 588 And then I recognized it, and saw a bit of pattern. If the alien ate this 589 stuff, then it would explain much... 590 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++ 11:57pm 04 Apr 86 +++++++++++ 591 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= 592 PENDRAGON:MOI? 593 I SAY :FUN:WHEN I SAY THAT IT IS NOT "SEX" OK SO WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN? 594 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 595 !@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@@!!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@@!@!!@!@!@!@!@ 596 i gave up the god myth, and i'm glad i did. no more guilt, no more self 597 inflicted pain. ah ... "and does thy life destroy." 598 !@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@invisible worm @!@ 599 600 YES it is DESTROYED 601 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 602 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 603 LIFE IS A BITCH 604 AND THEN YOU DIE 605 HAVE A NICE DAY! 606 :-) 607 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 608 No, it goes like this: 609 LIFE IS A BITCH 610 AND THEN YOU DIE 611 AND IN BETWEEN YOU PAY TAXES!!! 612 :) 613 **************************************************** 614 Repent! The end is near! <ahem> 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 I GET THE FEELING NOBODY LIKES ME!!!! 625 626 627 628 629 ABDUL BRIAN TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 629