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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
2 ************************* INSTALLED: 17 SEP 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 .................At the top !!!
21 ____09/17/86__________________JD 2446691.5231_________17:33:19_PDT_________
22 YET SECOUND IN LINE
23 I AM ALSO THE LAST..
24 the KEEPER.
25
26 `,`,`,`As close as always`,`,`,`,`
27 --------------------------------------
28 Welcome All story Writers!
29
30 If you got a good story and would
31 like see it on The Underground Crue!
32 BBS, Call 659-xxxx, and leave me
33 [F]eedback! Only the best story's
34 well be on this system! Different
35 story's every week!
36 -------------------------------------
37 Dear Crue Sysop: Maybe I'll believe in the calibre of the stories on your board when I am convinced that there are more
38 boards on it than just e-mail and feedback.
39 ********3333****333**3 *******
40
41 PARROT VICE RULES!!
42
43 CHECK OUT THE ACTION ON THE BLUE PARROT
44 (253-xxxx)
45
46 IT'S AS HOT AS THE STREET AND AS COOL AS THE NIGHT>
47
48 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
49
50
51 ******** C.P. $001$ C.P. *************
52 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
53 Dear Crue Sysop: I'll believe you are a good judge
54 of story after you learn to pluralize it. And what
55 is this about "If you got..."
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57 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
58 It is obvious that the first few hundred lines of this disk were placed
59 by people who enjoy perverting an otherwise friendly and nice place. I,
60 for one, am indignant about this. Gratuitous death and intimacy are
61 obnoxious. Pranks are just stupid. In both cases, they were rude.
62 Why did they place those things here? The Story Teller has put another
63 story up here. One in which the Cistop and a friend are murdered. He, or
64 she, used their names as characters, and then had them slaughtered.
65 Whoever it is that placed those two stories up, nurtures a hatred for this
66 system. Causing me to wonder why the Story Teller has stayed around for
67 these months.
68 The lines following that story were filled with congratulations for the
69 Story Teller, and a prank about the Piper. Understanding these lines is a
70 difficult task. Either the Story Teller wrote hundreds of lines of
71 commentary, or a central terminal was left open for using BackWater. At a
72 gathering of sorts.
73 Whatever the case, one thing is clear. The one way these people are
74 going to be found out, is the one way they can enjoy themselves. By
75 entering more lines. Leaving unwipable, very tracible clues. Which they
76 will do, over the space of time.
77 It's something to think about. Then again, it might be something you
78 want to completely forget.
79 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
80 ____09/18/86__________________JD 2446692.5886_________19:07:56_PDT_________
81 Look! Down on the ground! Is it a car? Is it a baleen? No, its
82 The Flash! -DCC
83
84
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87 So I'm filling the catsup bottles at the end of the night, and I'm
88 listening to the radio Mike has stuck up on top of the movable panel in the
89 ceiling, when the door opens and one of them walks in. I know right away it's
90 one of them - no chance to make a mistake about that - even though it's got on
91 a nice-cut suit and a brim hat like Humphrey Bogart used to wear in
92 Casablanca. But there's nobody with it, no professor from the college or
93 government men like on the TV show from the college or even any students.
94 It's all alone. And we're a long way out on the highway from the college.
95 It stands in the doorway, blinking a little, with rain dripping off its
96 hat. Kathy, who's supposed to be cleaning the coffee machine behind the
97 counter freezes and stares with one hand still holding the used filter up in
98 the air like she's never going to move again. Just then Mike calls out from
99 the kitchen, "Hey, Kathy, you ask anybody who won the trifecta?" and she
100 doesn't even answer him. Just goes on staring with her mouth open like she's
101 thinking of screaming but forgot how. And the old couple in the corner booth,
102 the only ones left from the crowd after the movie got out, stop chewing their
103 chocolate cream pie and stare, too. Kathy closes her mouth and opens it
104 again, and a noise comes out like "Uh-errrgh. . . ."
105 Well, that made me annoyed. Maybe she tried to say "ugh" and maybe she
106 didn't, but here it is standing in the doorway with rain falling around it in
107 little drops and we're staring like it's a clothes dummy and not a customer.
108 So I think that's not right and maybe we're even making it feel a little bad.
109 I wouldn't like Kathy staring at me like that, and I dry my hands on my towel
110 and go over.
111 "Yes, sir, can I help you?" I say.
112 "Table for one," it says, like Mike's was some nice steak house in town.
113 But I suppose that's the kind of place the govenment people mostly take them
114 to. And besides, its voice is polite and easy to understand, with a sort of
115 accent but not as bad as some we get from the college. I can tell what it's
116 saying. I lead him to a booth in the corner opposite the old couple, who come
117 in every Friday night and haven't left a tip yet.
118 He sits down slowly. I notice he keeps his hands on his lap, but I can't
119 tell if that's because he doesn't know what to do with them or because he
120 thinks I won't want to see them. But I've seen the closeups on TV - they
121 don't looks so weird to me like they do to some. Mike says they make his
122 stomach turn, but I can't see it. You'd think he'd of seen worse meat in
123 Vietnam. He talks enough like he did, on and on, and sometimes we even
124 believe him.
125 I say, "Coffee, sir?"
126 He makes a sort of movement with his eyes. I can't tell what the
127 movement means, but he says in that polite voice, "No, thank you. I am unable
128 to drink coffee," and I think that's a good thing, because I suddenly remember
129 that Kathy's got the filter out. But then he says, "May I have a green salad,
130 please? With no dressing, please."
131
132 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<NK<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
133 Hmmm... NK: Not bad. Let us see some more.
134 M.W.
135 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
136
137 NK : Where have I heard that story before?
138
139 .................... 9-19-86 .......... 14:57 ........... 138-4T .............
140 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
141 Mr. Day: May I inquire as to why everything I enter -no matter what it pertains to-
142 is deleted? I feel I have done nothing wrong, my last message was even an apology
143 to everybody for continuing this stupid little game that 555 started. I feel that
144 you are being extremely unfair to me for not letting me post. At least let me take
145 this subject off of your board. Let me tell 555 to move this discussion (if he wants
146 to continue) send my mail to me on Parrot (253-xxxx) so we can stop mis-using this
147 fine board of yours, I myself would like to see BW back to the days of old without
148 the many childish influences. At least school has taken the "children" out for
149 another 8 or 9 months. After you read this could you delete this as it really has
150 nothing to do with anybody else? (Except possibly to tell 555 where to call)
151
152 ch my/My
153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
154 / / / / / /Wi/th/ol/di/ng/ c/om/me/nt/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
155 / / / / / / / / / / /**/* /ST/AR/PA/TH/ */**/ / / / / / / / /
156 ______09/19/86_____#0004.0___________p1
157
158
159 <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
160 LoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLove
161 Your love is like a butterfly, dancing across the leaden skies of my heart.
162 You have to but grace me with your presence, and my world gleams with the love I
163 feel for you. My life can find no other suited to me, and you are who I am.
164
165 Butterfly, dancing on the winds of whim and fancy, won't you light on my shoulder
166 and make my life complete? I need your light, and all things pale in comparison.
167 Yours is the truth and touch of gold that makes my heart sing when you are near
168 and cry for you when away. Won't you see what you do to me, and let it be?
169
170 I cry for want of you, and all I would do is exist in your warmth. You are the
171 differance between all things, and I need you.
172
173 Lovelorn
174
175 LoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLove
176 ____09/19/86__________________JD 2446693.6795_________21:18:53_PDT_________
177 ____09/19/86__________________JD 2446693.6800_________21:19:16_PDT_________
178
179 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
180 BEEM...
181
182 6060606...... ....g.g.gd..g.d.4r.6...
183
184 L" Your love is like a butterfly, dancing across the leaden skies of my heart?^
185 sounds like a line from a country western song. I won't subject you to my
186 opinions about country western songs. Lovelorn: try to tone the cliches. Love
187 is overrated and talked about entirely too much as it is. Let's not perpetuate
188 this ridiculous mystique about the fulfillment of basic human lust. There is no
189 real love but self love, need for security, or lust. Humans are selfish
190 creatures. Love is giving. Contradictions Ahoy!
191
192 NK... LOVED! the beginning. Post more.
193
194 the Lunatic
195 ::::::;:::::;:::::;:::::;::::;:::;
196 .-.-.-.-.happily.married.-.-.-.-.honeymoon?.-.I.Wish!!.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
197 And lunatics are so full of self-serving contradictory rhetoric that I find
198 it very difficult to keep my cookies. Humans are selfish creatures? When seen
199 through your eyes they are. Fortunately for the rest of us creatures, these
200 feelings of persecution and self-doubt you wear on your shoulder are not
201 shared. How dare you make such accusations. Your own moniker indicates a
202 lack of understanding and the absence of reality from your world. But does
203 that stop you from making gross generalizations of psycho-babble examinations
204 regarding human emotions.
205 A famous author once wrote, through the words of a great hero, 'There is no
206 such thing as a contradiction. If you find yourself in such a situation, check
207 your premises.'
208 I suggest, dear Lunatic, that you do so.
209 -------------------------------> Dagney <--------------------------------------
210 {+|+} <210> 860920^1332
211
212 Woodie-Moscow!!!!
213
214 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
215 EXPLOITED: PUNKS NOT DEAD!!!
216 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
217
218
219 Dok so ida telema di ick Woodie Moscow!
220 Del int calfic dishi nam? Ich frax ible?
221 Ibble nine.....Woodie Moscow.
222
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224 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
225 Oh, now I'm really scared! But anyway, 555: if you are going to continue to
226 make yourself look like a fool then do it someplace else. I tire of this
227 game. Move it to Parrot and I might reply again, otherwise I have lost
228 interest in getting your blood all over my hands. And what is thius "we"
229 stuff all about?? Too scared to come alone? That's the only possibility that
230 that I can see. It's hard to believe that someone that is supposed to be
231 so "tough" is afraid of someone he's never met.... Rather amusing to me.
232 ENOUGH
233 Topic dropped.
234 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
235
236 Well, I have been watching this thing all along and I find it funny that Darbon
237 Makes a big deal out of dropping the subject but then what does he do? He has to
238 get in his parting 'Tough guy' shots at this triple five jerk. If you are going
239 to drop it Farbon, drop it, don't capitulate the overwhelming diopsis of your
240 obviously subversive nature.
241
242 Everybody: What is the number of the Blue Parrot?
243
244 Lurking
245
246 .............. 9-20-86 ........ 16:33 ........ 245-2T .............
247 Blue Parrot :253-xxxx
248 ____09/20/86__________Leonard_JD 2446694.5737_________18:46:08_PDT_________
249 I know you're seven Eddie. I know you're seven. But you'll be a seven year old
250 walkin' the dog no house.....
251
252
253 ...Tis' not nice to plagiarise, even from Eddie Murphy. Think 'yall'r
254 tough tough 'cause you can talk about violence? Why take that to ANY board?
255 Who do you know who wants that crap on their board??? This is a STORY board,
256 rem
257
258 oops... Remember??? I hope so. Get back on track...
259
260 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * *
261 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * *
262 : Darbon, those of us normal Backwater users understand. It is not a loss of
263 face to go to the Parrot for this. Prowess, physical, doesn't matter to
264 most of us. It can all be forgotten in a few days. For one, I wish it was
265 forgotten now. Imperion - WC Wasp Bybee - The Trader Prince :
266
267 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
268 A consultant got a desparate call from a large company which develops dog
269 food. "Help. Our dogs are getting fat." he is told. It turns out they run a
270 large kennel with automatic feeding stations run by a Vax and the Vax was
271 regularly crashing for reasons DEC couldn't figure out.
272 Sure enough, he showed up the first time just in the middle of a crash.
273 Pandemonium reigned as technicians ran around trying to reboot the system and
274 the dogs were going wild because whenever the system crashed, all the food
275 servers dumped the food.
276 Since they had had a PDP-11 recently with no problems, and they upgraded
277 the power to handle the Vax, he started looking around at the power system.
278 Sure enough, the cable went through one smart dog's cage. It had a broken
279 sheath, so some simple Pavlovian conditioning had taught this dog that
280 whenever he relieved himself on that one spot, he was fed.
281 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
282
283 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
284 VOYEUR: Message starting at 558 on drive B is not mine. Hence, no Shatterday
285 connection. After all, I do live out-of-state, a point overlooked
286 by an otherwise expert mimic.
287
288 ALL: What?!? No comment on my entery on B?? I am saddened...
289
290 PEN NAME
291 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
292 p.s. For all you know I could really be the expert mimic and that other guy
293 on line 558 is the real PEN NAME. These border wars get tiring and confusing.
294 One last point is that Backwater was never created to be a writer's board.
295 Writers have just seemed to flock to it. Personally, I have no gripes.
296 (the real?) PEN NAME
297 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
298
299
300 What is going on here?
301
302
303
304 WHO CARES?
305
306
307 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
308 I care, that's who. Do you find yourself not caring on a regular basis?
309 I find that a hot bowl of lemon fat often helps.
310
311
312 DOC
313
314 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
315
316
317 ____09/21/86__________________JD 2446695.3041_________12:18:10_PDT_________
318
319
320
321 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
322
323 A man in a light brown trench coat slowly opened the wooden door to
324 the darkened room. Artificial light spilled in from the corridor behind
325 him forming a sharp silhouette about his figure. He was tall, six feet
326 four maybe. His coat collar was upturned and the fedora was at a downtilt
327 which hid his face in shadows. He stood immobile, waiting expectantly with
328 right sleeve ending in a large pocket on the outside of the coat.
329 The camera could see all this despite the dimness of the unlighted
330 room. A small man sat before a 6-inch screen and focused the camera on the
331 silhouette. He could not tell that the vague form was wearing a light
332 brown trench coat or even that the fedora was dark brown; nor did he care.
333 He only knew that this was his enemy. This was the one man who the small
334 man wished forever absent. This dark vague form was evil. Slowly he
335 followed the right sleeve down the side of the screen until he noticed a
336 slight bulge in the pocket where it ended. A weapon undoubtedly, only the
337 variety left him wondering. It may have been a pistol, explosive or some
338 other new gadget. It did not matter though. Nothing would save his enemy
339 now.
340 The small bald man deliberately looked away from the screen as he
341 ushed the glowing red button on the console in which the screen was inset.
342 All the vague form's expertise could not save him from the blinding flash
343 and thunderous sound that ensued and he was incinerated. The roar of the
344 explosion reached the small man's ears and he chuckled.
345 "It doesn't matter now, does it?" he spat. The figure had disappeared
346 from the small screen and was replaced with minute dancing white and black
347 images accompanied by the pleasing sound of static.
348
349 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^FEDORA^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
350
351 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
352 NEVER "TRIP" WHILE RUNNING ACROSS A COW PASTURE.
353
354 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * *
355 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * *
356
357 ...Got those Cilicybin blues, mama, everything's a ball...
358
359 It's okay to trip, so long as you don't step in the meadow muffins...
360
361 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * *
362 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * *
363 **
364 MEADOW MUFFIN * *
365 **
366 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
367 G2 STOP THIS WAR NOW !!!!!
368
369 These days Backwater seems like a house with all the children gone. *sigh*
370
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374
375 You don't spend time with the dog Eddie. The dog's so stupid he doesn't even
376 know his name.
377
378
379
380 ******_____))))))((((((****&&&&^^^^^%%%%$$####@@@@QQQQQQ[[[[["""">>>>>>>>
381 gee......... how did you know???????????????
382 >>>>>>>>>>""""""[[[[[[!!!!!@@@@####$$%%%^^^^&&&**((())____]]]]]]~~~~~~
383 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * *
384 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * *
385
386 You're just jealous 'cause you can't spend time with the dog. It would
387 like you if you only quit making eyes at it... 555 quit your petty squabbles
388 and join the human race. At least you will retain some face that way...
389
390 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * *
391 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * *
392 ____09/22/86__________________JD 2446696.5492_________18:11:27_PDT_________
393 WHO CARES?
394 ------------------------------->>>><<<<---------------------------------
395 Hello,
396 Just moved to Portland and checking out the action
397
398 bye
399 JFK
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401 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * *
402 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * *
403
404 This is NOT my best, but I want to post, and everything's buzy, so if you don't
405 like it, then say what you will, but tell me how to get better...
406
407 The ocean tossed and rolled violently, mother nature's fury venting itself
408 at the bulk of mankind. With nothing to watch the awesome display, a typhoon
409 had whipped itself up in the pacific. Not ANY typhoon, this one evidenced
410 ite
411 itself only five minutes before it raged. From within the typhoon, the
412 swirling vortex of mist spun energies of vast and unchained proportions. Then,
413 the typhoon exploded in a displat of force and energy. From deep within the
414 planet, the sleeping god neptune rolled over...
415
416 Struggling for atmosphere, klyr paddled as best he could, the ocean a
417 vast empty tomb. Clawing at the surface to stay afloat, klyrpondered how he
418 arrived. There was a hole in space, pulling him in, and then he was here. It
419 does not matter, though. 14 hours later, the first intra-dimensional traveler
420 was not even floating...
421
422
423 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
424
425 Anybody know of local BBS's that have adventure games (especially for
426 the commodore 64 or 128). If not, how about games of any kind?
427 Leave a message for COBRA .
428
429 9/23/86 7:30 a.m. COBRA
430
431 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
432
433 : Mikey, I know it seems like a tough thing to do, but keep on with this.
434 We, you know us all, and who we are, appreciate your trouble. The time
435 you spend on that kind of crap. Feeling that someone has just taken
436 advantage of you in that way. Leaving messages like those that were above
437 this. Thanks for going to the trouble of operating the board. Please
438 remember how good it has been, and will be again. Trader Prince :
439
440 ok...ok...ok...
441 i'll trade you for a frog....
442 ok...ok.... ok....
443 WHO CARES?
444 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-
445 TO :COBRA
446 TRY 6560418/2816141/ANDTHIS HAS A BBS LIST/2398465
447 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=.
448 !"#$%&'()0{}|+-\ `~@*^[]=:;=<>?,./!"#$%&'(){}|+-\ `~@*^[]=:;=<>?,./!"#$%
449
450 THE TYPEWRITER REVOLUTION
451
452
453 The typeriter is crating
454 A revlootion in poetry
455 Pishing back the frontears
456 And apening up fresf feels
457 Unherd of by Done or Bleak
458
459 Mine is a Swetish Maid
460 Called FACIT
461 Others are Olimpya or ARUSTOCART
462 R RAMINTONG or LOLITEVVI
463
464 TAB e or not TAB e
465 i.e. the ?
466 Tygirl tygirl burning bride
467 Y, this is L
468 Nor-my-outfit
469 Anywan can od it
470 U 2 can b a
471 Tepot
472
473 C! *** stares and /// strips
474 Cloaca nd +-
475 Farty-far keys to suckcess!
476 A banus of +% for all futre poets!!
477 LSD & $$
478
479 The trypewiter is cretin
480 a revultion in peotry
481 " "All nem r =" "
482 O how they # away
483 @ UNDERWORDS and ALLIWETTIS
484 without a .
485
486 FACIT cry I!!
487 D.J. ENRIGHT
488
489
490 Just thought I'd treat you to some real poetry.
491
492 !"#$%&'()0{}|+-\@*^ `~[]=:;=,./<>?!"#$%&'(){}|+-\@*^ `~[]=:;=/,.<>?!"#$%&'
493 ************ C.P. $002$ C.P. **********
494 WHO CARES?
495
496
497 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
498
499 "In times of trouble... The best we can do is do our best."
500 Benjamin Disraeli
501
502
503 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
504 |:0.445 after launch, a plume of black smoke burst from the side of the |
505 | right-hand booster and was visible for about 12 seconds before |
506 | disappearing. It was near a joint sealed by a pair of rubber O-rings |
507 | intended to prevent hot gases from escaping from between two segments of
508 | the booster. |
509 |:58 seconds, smoke appeared on the side of the right-hand booster near a |
510 | strut that attached it to the external liquid fuel tank. |
511 |:59.249 seconds, an intense plume of flame appeared in this area, and the
512 | chamber pressure in the booster rocket started to fall. Because of the |
513 | pressure difference, the left-hand booster had more power and began |
514 | tugging the shuttle slightly off course. |
515 |:62.484 seconds, the shuttle's computers tried to compensate for the |
516 | difference by moving the right wing flap. Mizell said the flap was moved |
517 | so abruptly that it created a "spike" in radio data, indicating that the |
518 | flame must have broken through the right-hand booster in explosive fashion|
519 |:63.924 seconds and at 65.524 seconds, the computers directed first the |
520 | right-hand main engine nozzle and then the left-hand main engine nozzle to|
521 | swivel to try to compensate for the off-course motion. Mizell said this |
522 | subjected Challenger to an up-and-down motion "like a porpoise moving |
523 | through water." |
524 |:66.174 seconds, bright spots and then a large glow appeared on the side |
525 | of the right-hand booster. |
526 |:67.684 seconds, pressure dropped in the oxygen tank that fed the system |
527 | of small jet thrusters that steer the shuttle, indicating that one or more|
528 | of the jets were firing to try to keep Challenger on course. |
529 |:From 72.01 and 72.281 seconds, Challenger was rocked severely when the |
530 | two boosters began working against each other. One tried to move left and |
531 | the other right and then suddenly, one pitched slightly up and the other |
532 | down and the spacecraft moved sideways. Mizell said the crew probably felt|
533 | this but had no time to report it. |
534 |:73.175 seconds, a puzzling cloud, perhaps from the liquid hydrogen fuel |
535 | tank, appeared alongside the external tank. |
536 |:73.201 seconds, fire flashed between the shuttle and the external tank. |
537 |:73.226 seconds, the external tank exploded near the forward attachment |
538 | strut. |
539 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
540
541 In memorium of a brave crew, and a doomed mission.
542
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544 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * *
545
546 Interesting, I wonder where this information came from? Idelle? Hmm,
547 well, anyway Guess this disk has had it. Goodnight (Next disk... Heh heh)
548 *************** NOT QUITE..... ***************************
549 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
550 Hmm, doesn't look like the end to me..... Should I start posting like when
551 I originally started calling BW so long ago?? It would certainly be a change
552 from current entries, for better or worse I know not. Does anyone even know
553 what I used to enter?? Does anyone remember?? I'll wait, maybe sometime in
554 the near future I'll start again.
555
556 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
557 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * *
558 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * *
559
560 Hmmm. I guess you're right. Zounds, it smells as though editing hath
561 commenced. Wonder how much space we have now. I could fill it with garbage,
562 like some of the people around here do (666, a little hokey) but I'm not that
563 way. Ah well, not important. Hope the disk changes soon. I have some
564 interesting story lines to explore...
565
566 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * L t r * o * P o l * * * * * * K * H * * * * * *
567 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * a e * * n * e p e * * * * * * W * * * * * *
568 What does the president of South Africa have in common with a ballerina
569 with static cling?
570 A Tutu he can't control.
571 harharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharhar
572 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
573 Emu: My congratulations, as late as they are, are yours. Perhaps I shall see
574 you about in a week or so?
575 +++++++
576 Busy, busy. Programming, The Commodore Show in LA, and travel arrangements
577 sadly have made me shift to lurkus modius infreqentus. Despite the fact that
578 "The Commodore Show" turned out more like "The Amiga Show" (my company has a
579 C64 product), I enjoyed myself. The view of the smog from the LAX Hilton is
580 impressive.
581 +++++++++++++++++++ September 23, 1986 at 11:55pm +++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++
582
583 Ten minutes later, I called.
584 - Dweebe
585
586 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
587
588 WHO SENT SENT THE MESSAGE TO COBRA??
589
590 I called those numbers, and I couldnt get access. It asked for my name
591 and after I entered it , it just sat there for awhile and then hung
592 up????? What am I doing wrong?
593
594 HHHEEELLLPPP!!!!!!! COBRA
595
596 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
597 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.
598 TO:COBRA:
599 CALL<VOICE>282-xxxx AND I WILL HELP
600 THEY SHOULD HAVE LET YOU HAVE ACCESS I HAVE A LIST OF 210 BBS IN PORTLAND
601 I WILL TALK TO THE SYSOP'S OF THE BBS YOU CALLED AND SEE WHAT IS UP!
602 CALL FROM 10 AM TO 11PM TNX :|>
603 |PRINCE DRAGON|
604 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=
605 ....................
606 ....................
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608 ....................
609 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
610 WHO CARES?
611
612
613 Were they really brave astronauts? Were they really the people we idolize them
614 as now that they are dead?
615 Who is to say that they were not up there just to get glory and publicity? Granted, they were
616 people and did not deserve to die, but we must remember that people are not always what they seem
617 to us after they are gone. Was the hipe too much? Who's fault was it?
618 Many more will die. They knew the risks. It was never a game, it was never 'safe' and it
619 never will be. The technological threshhold has been crossed. Whenever we butt up against this
620 limit with anything....we loose. DOC
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