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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 23 OCT 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 His depression was so great that he didn't even notice he was at the top. 21 ================= One line story author ==================================== 22 Not very good 23 24 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 25 26 I ALMOST MADE THE TOP WHAT A DRAG!!!! 27 28 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ PEAKS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 29 30 boo 31 =+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+= 32 33 34 ************* 35 *Triple Five* 36 * Was Here! * 37 ************* 38 39 =+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+= 40 41 42 ____10/23/86__________________JD 2446727.5669_________18:36:20_PDT_________ 43 Don't forget to change your program this Sunday morning at 2 A.M., JD. 44 We don't want to get confused. heh heh heh? 45 46 ************************************************************* 47 greetings all, 48 A funny thing happened today. Let me backup a step... 49 Our class had a algerbra test on tuesday and I was not looking 50 forward to going to class tonight. (praying for a curve?) I had 51 planned to skip it and guess what happens? My desk mate calls 52 and tells me that she can't make it and needs to know what homework 53 is going to be assigned tonight. So I'm a good girl and go to 54 school so my desk mate will know what her homework will be. 55 I arrive late and find out that the test will not be ready to hand 56 back untill tuesday.(great) I sit through a painful lecture and 57 she almost forgets to assign us homework at the end. In the end 58 I get the homework assignment and learn a little about functions 59 in the process. It was like a greater force insisted that I 60 attend school tonight. But, for what greater purpose.? 61 Just thought Id waste a few lines here on the BWMS, others do, so 62 why not me? 63 *************************************kathyD************************* 64 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 65 Man. Him. She longed for him. It was her way not to show emotion, but in 66 concealing her emotion from others it swelled inside herself. Lust, love, they 67 were just words, symbols for feelings that can never be expressed in words. 68 A hollow in her body told her that she wanted him. The fever in her head 69 confirmed it. Still she could not reveal these passions. When they were 70 together, she was the strong one, only to him. The pain of hiding the pleasure 71 made her strong in his nearness, on the exterior. 72 To tell him with a touch, a kiss, a caress, an embrace, so little, yet 73 so powerful. No, it was not the way. This attachment was not meant to be. How 74 could she go on? Her every waking moment was in dreaming of him. Asleep, awake, 75 her life was of him and for him. In dreams only. It was her different age, as 76 much as his dreams were to him. 77 The visits were difficult. So vulnerable, he laid on his couch, she could 78 see in his eyes what feelings he held for her. To return those feelings, to 79 let him know. How simple. How impossible. It was not her way. It was not 80 allowed. She was not to become emotionally involved with a patient. A patient? 81 A lover. She wanted to forget the instructions. Rules made by people who could 82 not understand feeling. They shared so much. She knew his eyes. She knew him. 83 How natural. She could. She had to. His ascendancy in her mind. She could no 84 longer deny it. It was worth it. The pain it could cause. The price they both 85 would pay. It was no use. 86 A sliver of metal and engine and humanity seeks out a new place. The 87 sounds of the ship notified her of status. A new place would come soon. He 88 was not ready. She could help. It was worth it all. She would go to him. 89 A pulse quickened. The truth. Excitement and wonder. It would not be long 90 now. She knew it well. Star-crossed lovers ever closer to their stars. 91 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 92 93 Hmmmm..... Very Interesting. 94 95 Dr. Frankenstupe 96 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 97 To the person who contacted me on the Club Plaza BBS, I did not enter th 98 message earlier on this BBs. It seems that SOMEONE HAS BEEN USING MY NAME! 99 If you notice that one of the users stops posting forever, then that is who it 100 was. 101 102 The Master 103 104 -------------------------------------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 105 ne out there in computerland 106 HELLO 107 EXIT 108 109 HELP 110 111 112 STOP/EXIT 113 ^c not "exit" 114 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. 115 For clairity's sake, and for my own piece of mind, I shall echo The Master's 116 thoughts. I've never been on this "Club Plaza BBS", and don't intend to 117 show up there. BMWS is just about the only place I wish to lurk... 118 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 119 120 121 dtldtldtldtldtldtldtldtldtldtldtldtldtld 122 TRIPLE FIVE: Hello! Long time no type. 123 I am no longer running 124 Der Tauchen Laden. I am 125 engaged to be married 126 June 20, 87. How is 127 Charlie P. ? Buzz, myself 128 you, and charlie ought 129 to get together and 130 do some catching up. See 131 ya, 132 Bob M. 133 134 ************************ 135 * * 136 * ***** ***** ** * 137 * * * * ** * 138 * * * * ** * 139 * * * * ** * 140 * * * * ***** * 141 * ***** * ***** * 142 * * 143 ************************ 144 145 146 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 147 ANYONE:why does the margin go 148 from 20 to 132+ from day to 149 day tnx 150 adirc:take care /:) 151 152 prince dragon 153 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 154 This board....is very, very strange....appeals to the bizarre side of myself. Hi Dr. Frankenstupe... 155 Rainbow 156 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 157 Oh my God....I think I have figured it out...let me know if you did M.B. 158 159 Yours truly, 160 161 Anne 162 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 163 ******************************************************************************** 164 Hi. I'm new here. Anyone care to chat? 165 166 Michelle 167 168 ******************************************************************************** 169 NOPE! 170 the reason the margin varies is that there is a command for setting it! please type HELP at the prompt for a command list. 171 Due to abuse, none of the editing commands (DElete, REplace, CHange) work. you might also read the first 19 lines of the 172 disk. (TOp , PR 19) 173 ____10/25/86__________Leonard_JD 2446729.1708_________09:05:56_PDT_________ 174 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (comment) 175 L'homme: Yes and no. Yes, it's from a newsgroup, and no it's not original. 176 Comes from a guy known as the Renegade (..hplabs!qantel!israel). 177 MASTER: I have not called the Club Plaza BBS... Maybe I should, eh? 178 Doctor: Yes, I'm still here. And yes, I'm still writing something... 179 The disk is getting a bit dusty at my place, but I'm adding to it. 180 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (xxx:11) 181 I CARE! 182 ******************************************************************************* 183 184 You people are not very friendly to 185 new-comers, are you? 186 187 M.W. 188 189 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 190 Where it has never been seen that all men could, in unison, bend knee and 191 pledge loyalty to a single leader, few have maintained that such a world could 192 not exist. However, what is the loyalty of a man but his desire to secure his 193 life, attain a goal, or perpetuate a philosophy? Is universal loyalty, then, 194 just a collection of individual goals and desires? Man is, after all, a selfish 195 beast. But loyalty does exist -- can the same be said of devotion? The world 196 cannot revolve about a single man, and though a man may sleep, the world would 197 continue to revolve regardless of who that man may be. 198 -dreedged up from the initial 199 paragraph of an unfinished and long 200 forgotten Petrov story, the purpose 201 of which completely eludes the 202 author, who nevertheless decided to 203 enter it on the premise that it is 204 sufficiently obtuse to illicit 205 positive responses from those 206 individuals delighting in 207 meaningless pseudo-intellectuality. 208 And stuff. 209 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 210 Okay, Michelle. Just what makes you worth chatting with? Tell the truth, now. 211 )(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)( 212 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 213 A few tricky manouvers were required to guide the Razor's Edge near the edge 214 of the large stream running past the Inn. Strange- a ship that size should not 215 have fitted into such a small body of water; yet, there it was, twisting the 216 eyes of any watchers. 217 Grann nimbly jumped off the prow and onto the muddy bank, quickly tying the 218 boat onto the small footbridge in order to secure it. When his task was done, 219 he stopped and watched the many ducks that had gathered on the stiller portions 220 of the stream. After a bit, he pulled out a package of pastry squares and fed 221 a few to the ducks, yet more to himself. 222 The green-eyed mage lightly dropped over the side, and motioned to Grann who 223 had somehow finished the entire box of pastries. 224 A few hurried steps brought them to the front door of the Inn. A few more 225 carried them to a meeting room, far in the back of the main common area, where 226 other cloaked figures sat talking. 227 What did they discuss? Did a new danger threaten Innisfal? An old enemy? 228 Did the figures discuss the true nature of the universe, or at least that one? 229 Perhaps all or none of these. But pleasant hours were passed, regardless of 230 the topic of discussion. And perhaps a few good ideas got their start there. 231 232 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++ October 25, 1986 at 11:39pm +++ 233 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZaxx! 234 ******************************************************************************* 235 '(*)(*)(*)', I'm up to talking about most anything. But since I'm the 236 newcomer, why don't you choose the topic. 237 michelle 238 239 ******************************************************************************** 240 241 242 243 HELLO MICHELLE, WHAT ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION? BOOKS, TV (MOSTLY UGH), MOVIES, 244 OR COMIC BOOKS. 245 246 BILLY BOMNER 247 (YOUR'E NOT A FAKE FEM, ARE YOU?) 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 255 To the Guardian, are you the white guardian or the black guardian? If you 256 are the black guardian, perhaps we could team up and try to eliminate this 257 Doctor menace once and for all. If you are the white guardian, then shove 258 off!!! 259 260 261 Club Plaza BBS 262 248-xxxx 263 Dr. Who SIG 264 On line games 265 Star Trek Role playing 266 267 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 268 269 270 ******************************************************************************* 271 Billy, 272 I don't do much sci-fi or comic book reading, but the other topics sound OK. 273 Books: Due to school, I haven't much time to give to leisure reading, but I 274 try to fit in a book once and awhile to keep sane. I like to read "The 275 Classics," and most recently read 276 "Steppenwolf." 277 TV: I watch "Moonlighting" and not much else. 278 Movies: Foreign films all the way. 279 Yourself? 280 Michelle 281 ****************************************************************************** 282 283 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (calling) 284 Hmmm, looks like we need to get this Club Plaza situation cleared up. 285 On-line 24 hours a day? Let me guess... Since there are 25 hours today, 286 you decided to take it down the one hour I did call, between 0200 hrs 287 and 0200 (post PDT reset), right? I am very interested in what has to be 288 said there, though I would have to log into it first. 289 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (249:02) 290 ____10/26/86__________________JD 2446730.2710_________10:30:15_PST_________ 291 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 292 HEY, EVERYBODY! LOOK AT LN 108! ISN'T THAT NEAT???????????????????? 293 294 Uh, huh. Real Swell. Wish I could be that cool. 295 296 297 AS BY WATER 298 299 Oh 300 Together 301 Embracing departure 302 We hoisted our love like a sail 303 304 And like a sail and its reflection 305 However 306 We move and wherever 307 We shall be divided as by water 308 Forever forever 309 Though 310 Both sails shudder as they go 311 And both prows lengthen the same sorrow 312 313 Till the other elements 314 Extend between us also. 315 316 where is this club plaza bbs that's causing so much trouble 317 318 a roookie 319 ....hello from Lt. Marvel, Vespuccian Navy Reserve.... 320 ...I hang around too many Mundanes, alas... 321 322 323 INS 324 INSCR 325 326 NSCRIPTION FOR A BURNED BRIDGE 327 328 ur defeats no. 329 ve gone in with the river. 330 ll serv you no longer but you may follow me. 331 332 333 334 INSCRIPTION FOR A BURNED BRIDGE 335 336 Not your defeats, no. 337 I have gone in with the river. 338 I will serve you no longer but you may follow me. 339 340 [DE 342-353, 360] 341 342 ANOTHER YEAR COME 343 344 I have nothing new to ask of you, 345 Future, heaven of the poor. 346 I am still wearing the same things. 347 348 I am still begging the same question 349 By the same light, 350 Eating the same stone, 351 352 And the hands of the clock still knock without entering. 353 354 355 AIR 356 357 Naturally it is night. 358 Under the overturned lute with its 359 One string I am going my way 360 Which has a strange sound. 361 362 This way the dust, that way the dust. 363 I listen to both sides 364 But I keep right on. 365 I remember the leaves sitting in judgement 366 And then winter. 367 368 I remember the rain with its bundle of roads. 369 The rain taking all its roads. 370 Nowhere. 371 372 Young as I am, old as I am, 373 374 I forget tomorrow, the blind man. 375 I forget the life among the burried windows. 376 The eyes in the curtains. 377 The wall 378 Growing through the immortelles. 379 I forget silence 380 The owner of the smile. 381 382 This must be what I wanted to be doing, 383 Walking at night between two deserts, 384 Singing. 385 386 Premenstrual Syndrome: just before their periods women behave the way men do 387 all the time. 388 389 When in Danger or in Doubt 390 Run in Circles, Scream and Shout. 391 392 T H E N U C L E A R O P T I O N 393 394 395 1. Acquisition of the Nuclear Option 396 397 a) You may receive one Nuke and two armies in place of 398 the normal number of armies when you turn in cards at the 399 beginning of your turn (Or when you capture another players 400 cards) provided one of the following conditions are meet. 401 402 1) At least one of the three cards you turn in is a 403 country that you occupy. The Nuke will be placed on one of the 404 afore mentioned countries that you occupy. In addition you get 405 two Armies to strengthen your Nuclear base to be placed on the 406 same country as the Nuke. 407 408 2) You play a Wild card, in lieu of a card whose 409 country you occupy, for Nuclear placement. You may use the Wild 410 card to improve the security of your installation i.e. Place it 411 in a well fortified area behind the front lines. However beware 412 someone may pull that card and Nuke your installation. 413 414 2. Use of the Nuclear Option 415 416 a) Offensive Use 417 418 Nuclear deployment can only occur at the beginning of 419 your turn. Your available targets are determined by the cards 420 you hold. (Wild cards cannot be used for target designation) Or 421 after you have captured another players cards and turn them in 422 for credit. 423 424 b) Defensive Use 425 426 A player may only use their Nuclear arms when the are 427 being attacked. The nuclear option exists as long as the player 428 is under attack. The player is under no obligation to inform 429 anyone of impending retaliation. The only target limitation 430 being the cards the player holds. (One special case exists. 431 i.e. It is Blacks turn. Black attacks Red who launches and 432 destroys a country Green holds. Green now has the Nuclear 433 Option to retaliate against whatever targets he has.) 434 435 1) Defensive Launch 436 437 The primary defender (Player being conventionally 438 attacked) may launch after he has beaten the attacking player 439 in a roll of the dice in lieu of the attacking player removing 440 the armies he lost in the roll. A split is sufficient. *NOTE 441 Once a Nuclear exchange has begun it can continue until the 442 last player effected cannot or chooses not to continue. (i.e. 443 Green launches against Red who launches against Blue who 444 launches Yellow who launches against Black who has Nuclear 445 capability but chooses not to launch. 446 447 3. Discussion & Miscellaneous Rules 448 449 Targets - are determined by the cards you hold. They 450 are played by laying the chosen card face up on the board. It 451 is then returned to the card stack and shuffled back into the 452 deck. 453 454 Cards - After any cards are played they are then 455 shuffled back into the deck for potential reuse by another 456 player. 457 458 Dead Zones - A dead zone is established whenever a 459 country is has been target of a nuclear exchange and remains a 460 Dead Zone for the rest of the game. No player may occupy a Dead 461 Zone however players may pass through a D.Z. at a cost of half 462 of their forces plus one army. The armies are removed when 463 entering the D.Z. Armies awarded for holding a continent for 464 one turn are not awarded if that continent has a D.Z. If a 465 country has been the site of more than one nuclear strike it 466 cannot be held or crossed for the remainder of the game. In the 467 event that it is impossible to capture all the armies a draw 468 will be declared between the remaining forces. 469 470 Capture of a Nuke - When a nuclear base is under attack 471 it is the defenders choice to launch if he beats the attackers 472 roll however if the defender loses all the armies around the 473 nuclear site that country is overrun by the attacker. And the 474 occupier of the country has control over the site. The only 475 exception is that should the original owner of the silo have 476 the card for that country he may at the beginning of his turn 477 detonate the nuke in its silo. 478 479 Rearming existing silos - Any player may rearm any 480 site that currently has an existing weapon or empty silo. 481 Providing the player owns that country. Rearming happens at 482 the beginning of each player turn when he turns in cards and 483 requests a Nuke or after the capture of another players cards 484 and turns them in. 485 486 Army count - Every time a set of cards are turned in 487 the count of armies increases. However when the count reaches 488 ten armies only cards turned in for Armies increase the count, 489 cards turned in for Nukes after ten Armies are reached do not 490 increase the count. 491 492 493 494 T H E N U C L E A R O P T I O N 495 496 [With thanks to Alex and thousands of hapless bits of plastic.] 497 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. 498 Bubbles 499 Big, bright, 500 Beatiful clear orbs 501 Floating along in harmony 502 Matched only by 503 Their rhythmic 504 Bounces 505 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 506 507 508 ******* ** ** **** * * 509 ** ** ** * * * * * 510 ** ****** ** * * * 511 ** ** ** * * * 512 ** ** ** **** * * 513 =================================== 514 P.(3) 515 516 As Mark sat drinking his morning Pepsi he contemplated the major thoughts 517 of the day. 'What the Hell ?? A car speeding off its present course on 518 the highway, & crashing into a Mobil Stations 30 FT. tall sign. Jesus..' 519 he muttered as he stepped out of the resteraunt to go scheck the 520 accident "these drwers, Chao !!" He tripped over something in his path.. 521 "OH GOD" He screamed & bolted upright, shocked into trembling fear at 522 what he saw, it was a burnt body, its mouth frozen open in a soundless 523 cry of terror, burnt by tremendous heat. By it were, tiny three toed 524 tracts. Then the flood of darkness swept over him, He felt himself 525 being moved, Were ?? 526 527 HOME ? 528 Were was he ? was he home ? Yes he was home. BUt How ...... 529 He staggered to his feet, his head pounding in shock of what he just saw 530 the falling, the seeing of the body, the tracts ?? Trscks..? 531 What the hell kind of animal makes three toed tracks ? 532 He staggeres slowly out into the livingroom, distinguishing the round, 533 soft familier shapes in the darkness. "Dad ?.." He fumbiled for the 534 light swich,,'Click', no power ? For a instant his heart sped up, He was 535 always been affraid of blackouts. 536 There was someone down in the basement that secpund, but they werent 537 fixing fuses... He slowly walked into the kitchen, the unowem was cold 538 on his feet even though he had wolen socks. 'BRRRRRR..' he mumbled as 539 his hand supped into a silverware drawer. out of it he pulled a penlite 540 flashlight, He pushed the tiny swich, Nouthing, He almost anticipated it. 541 "Just like every thing else in this house, Junked up!" He unscrewed the 542 small metal case it made a protesting scraping noise, & finely opened, 543 hanging its rusty-looking contents over to the Victor.. 544 545 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 546 WRITEN BY *THEM* in 1980 547 entered by 548 THE KEEPER 549 1666 1666 1666 1666 1666 1666 1666 550 551 552 <+>[2h[1;2;3;4q[0q[1;2;3;4q[f[2K[2J[12B#5 ok guys, this gets a 553 little old. Agree? I will leave you with one last gift... heh-heh-heh 554 -dls 555 #3you get to guess what it is.;-) 556 [?4h 557 558 (0lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk 559 x x 560 [7D[qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 561 [A[24C 562 [3A[25C 563 (B[16Calmost made it a box... 564 565 566 567 Emu: So you cleared up the Club Plaza situation to give yourself 568 piece of mind? Hey, can I have a piece? Pardon my smart-a** comments, but 569 I had to give you a peace of my mind. 570 WHO CARES? 571 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom... 572 The Keeper of Souls proves that not only can't he spell, he can't writer either. 573 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom... 574 [2l 575 there! *that* should end that. Unfortunately for you, the status line notified 576 me of the Keyboard Lock. And it is only one keystroke to re-enable it. (of course 577 if L'homme is reading this with his ANSI driver *he* had a problem. 578 Now if we only knew who you were.... 579 ____10/27/86__________Leonard_JD 2446731.5908_________18:10:51_PST_________ 580 emu could be a jew. that's what they want in the middle east. lasting piece. 581 a piece of that land, and a piece of that, and of course a piece of every- 582 thing. 583 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx x xxx x xxxx xxxxxx xxx xxx 584 ____10/28/86__________________JD 2446732.5347_________16:50:00_PST_________ 585 ******************************************************************************* 586 Wake up. It is snowing now and we must leave. While it lasted it was good 587 and we can ask for no more. We will 588 part in one hour, but we will be united 589 again. 590 ******************************************************** 591 If I was a silly girl, I could rightfully scream "who stole my border!", 592 but I won't. Michelle, actually we are very receptive to new people 593 here. To make your self part of the "team", get involved directly. 594 whoops, talk about, just go for it. don't be shy. Let's see a narrative 595 piece about a funny thing that happened to you. Or, if you prefer a fiction 596 story that is your own or an addition to one that you have seen here and 597 liked. 598 *******2year"veteran"********kathyD************************************* 599 UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI 600 After a prolonged(by human standards) abscense, I am back to make your lives bearable again. Tell me your troubles an 601 will solve them for you. No paradoxes or weird riddles this time please... 602 UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI 603 604 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 605 Michelle: Greetings! Welcome to b the bwms. If you actually like chatting 606 better than waiting in anticipation for a reply, call my board at 777-xxxx, 607 I'm one of the FEW sysops who actually answers a chat request. Or so I've 608 been told anyway. It's a pretty good board, it's got a 'Creative Writing' 609 section and I just ran out of room, feel free to call. Darbon++++++++ TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 609