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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 24 DEC 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 It's lonely at the top... 22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 23 Brothers, sisters I have none 24 That man's father is my father's son. 25 26 27 -----> figger' that'n out. 28 fubar. 29 P.S. Hello to all of you in the xenix palace. 30 31 ################################################################################ 32 33 answer tomorrow. 34 ############################################################################### 35 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 36 On a clear disk you can see forever..... 37 On a full disk you can't see worth a damn.... 38 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 39 Actually on a clear disk you can *seek* forever! 40 ____12/25/86__________Leonard_JD 2446790.5547_________17:18:51_PST_________ 41 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0 42 A pathetic sight was he. A tall, emaciated figure limping and muttering to himself on the dry, baked surface of the 43 desert. Noontime heatwaves made the horizon shimmer, enforcing the unreality of the situation. Each painful step sent 44 waves of pain shooting though his guts, and his head spun crazily at the effort each small movement required. He had 45 pushed himself far past human endurance, now only running on resources far too arcane to be understood by mere 46 mortals, yet he refused to quit. Vengence burned within him. 47 His name was James Forster Mandell, and he was dying. 48 He had jumped blindly from Kadan, and, instead of landing on Nexus as he had planned, he was now stranded on this 49 unknown desert world. he reserves were now wholly committed to keeping him alive. Escape from this planet was 50 impossible. All he could do now was bemoan his fate. 51 "Damn bitch." he muttered under his breath. "Somehow, I don't know how but I'm gonna kill her. She drove me to 52 this. Damned manipulating fat old-" 53 After many wearying hours of this I decided I had had enough. It was time to step in. 54 He stopped and stared up at me painfully. "Who the hell are you? And where did you come from?" He looked around, 55 seeing nothing but miles of horizon. 56 "I'm the guy who created you." I said, making my voice echo for effect. 57 He worked this through his dehydrated brain for a long moment before replying, "God?" 58 I laughed. "No. The writer." 59 I made him understand, so as to save time and writing space. "You..." he said with growng realization. "You're the 60 one responsible for all my troubles." 61 I smiled conceitedly and nodded. 62 I didn't think it possible. He still had enough energy to summon that stupid undefeatable sword of his. Blue fire 63 tore the air as the blade arced for my neck. I raised a hand in its path and the blade shattered on contact. He stared 64 in horror at the broken hilt in his hand. When he looked at me again I saw that he ws about to cry. He had no idea how 65 good this made me feel. "Why?" he asked, in a broken voice. 66 I considered, then decided to tell him the truth. "Because you're a nerd. You could have been great. You had the 67 potential to become the greatest hero ever seen in electronic communications. But instead you became a pathetic, 68 angst-ridden wretch. A nobody with a lot of power. Why do you think I sidetracked you? I'm going to bury you on this 69 nowhere planet, and never let your name be mentioned again. Nonexistance is your fate." 70 "No." he muttered. Great forces once thought exhausted built within his scrawney frame. Blue power crackled between 71 his fists. He raised his hands and a bolt of incredible destructive force shot out. Quite predictable, actually. I 72 raised my hand and the bolt bounced back, striking him down. 73 I walked over and knelt beside his wheezing form. A great blackened burn covered his chest, which barely moved. His 74 mouth tried to form words, but he had not the breath to speak. 75 I smiled down at him, deciding to drive the stake in deeper. "Don't worry about Tariya. Her new husband is keeping 76 er happy and well satisfied." I chuckled at the shock in his eyes. "More so than you ever could. They're expecting 77 their first baby any day now. It *has* been about eleven months since you left her. It just took me this long to 78 ecide what to do with you." 79 He reached up and grasped my shirt collar with the strength of an infant. Tears of impotent rage ran down his 80 cheeks. The wimp was actually crying again. I decided to finish it before I got sick. 81 I tapped his forehead, and that was it. The power drained from his body instantly. Without the power to sustain 82 him, his heart stopped and he expired quietly. Just a hunk of useless meat, which isn't really all that different from 83 what he was in life. 84 I got up and walked away quickly. My task done, I stepped out of the story. 85 All that remained was a pitiful corpse, left to soon dry and rot away in the barren sands. 86 87 James Forster Mandell 88 \\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\ 89 b. Feb. 17, 1960 90 d. Dec. 25, 1986 91 R.I.P. 92 93 Merry Christmas 94 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 95 Woops! Not quite a perfect upload. Oh, well... 96 97 98 WHO CARES? 99 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 100 Huh! How Surrealist. I've no idea what it all means, though. The next entry 101 should be interesting. 102 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 103 ********************************************************************* 104 Winter rains and shorted phone lines.... sigh.... 105 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY ********************************* 106 ##################################################################### 107 The Innkeeper rode a dark and lonely road. The rain made a slippery 108 mess of the road, and his well shod steed occasionally slippy in the 109 water filled ruts. But on the Innkeeper rode. It would do no good to 110 stop, there was no place really to stop. The rain drank up the light 111 of his lantern, and what little it gave back was reflected at crazy 112 angles making it very difficult to see. Sometimes a traveler could be 113 seen passing in the opposite direction as evidenced by their own lights, 114 But identification was not possible. Indeed, the very light from that 115 same lantern often would blind the Innkeeper making it difficult to even 116 see his own path. Cautiously he continued on, steering his steed to avoid 117 the worse of the water filled ruts. It would be good to get home from 118 the east mountain valley. This inceasent rain was dampening his spirits. 119 He followed the river most of the way, passing through the port town 120 on the bank of a small stream that feed the river, and soon he had 121 passed through the town and moved on the familar road to home and the 122 Inn. Easing his stead into the stables, he bedded him down for the night, 123 and sloughed his weiry way to his rooms. Laying the packages down on a 124 convient table, he sank into his favorite chair to ease his bones from 125 the strenuous trip and soon was fast asleep. 126 ######################### The Innkeeper ################################ 127 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 128 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 129 130 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 131 132 exerpt form "Sargent in sneakers" 133 134 The small bsand stood boldly on the 135 delete 136 The small band stood boldly at 137 the top of a lush canion sorounded by 138 139 deaan ocean of dead valcanic rock. 140 An endless sky displayed it's 141 most vabrilient shade of blue like a 142 bird in the spring. The tall white 143 clowds raced like schoners from 144 horizon. 145 146 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 147 look, I doubt that anyone would dis- 148 agree that this story needs work, so 149 I'll put it on paper nexti time before 150 I put it on Backwater (or the Blue 151 Parrot) and save you all some space. 152 153 ------<* Ashamed *>------- 154 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 155 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 156 157 goodby 158 159 160 161 162 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA 163 164 I HAVE ONLY THIS........ 165 166 *****---------- 167 *****---------- 168 *****---------- 169 *****---------- 170 *****---------- 171 --------------- 172 --------------- 173 --------------- 174 175 GOD BLESS AMERICA! 176 177 178 179 180 181 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA 182 183 ------------------------------------ 184 185 HEY, SKATER DUDE. YEA YOU! 186 187 HOW DO YOU GET TO THE POWER ROOM 188 IN ADVENT X-5. EVERYWHERE I GO 189 IT IS TOO DARK TO SEE. 190 191 192 HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP. 193 194 A MAN CALLED GUMBY. 195 196 ------------------------------------ 197 198 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 199 Security Strike (words: Cecilia A. Eng & Andrew Nisbet III, 200 music: Barges) 201 202 Outside our cabins, listening in the hall 203 We can hear the Captain's security call. 204 Commanders wear gold, security wears red 205 And we've noticed which ones wind up dead! 206 Chorus: Captain, we don't want to go with you! 207 Won't you choose some others from the crew? 208 Captain, there is too much we can lose 209 And we've got the Landing-Party Blues. 210 Outside our cabins, listening in the hall 211 We can hear the Captain's security call. 212 Captain, you say that you're our only friend 213 But we won't believe that line again! 214 Chorus 215 Outside our cabins, listening in the hall 216 We can hear the Captain's security call. 217 We think that we'd look good in Science-Blue 218 And our transfer's on it's way to you. 219 Chorus 220 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 221 Captain Kirk: "Beam down a landing party. Spock, McCoy, myself, and 222 three victims.... oops I mean Security." 223 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 224 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() 225 226 WELL IM BACKK 227 TO A MAN CALLED GUMBY: 228 HEY... HAVE YOU TRIED "ENTER"ING 229 THE ELEVATOR ... 230 TELL ME IF THAT IS YOUR YOUR PROBLEM. 231 232 WELL I GOT A NEW BOARD... 233 ITS KILLER ... ITS A POWELL... 234 ITS BLUE ...ITS A PER WENDILER... 235 236 I KNOW I KNOW... YOUVE NEVER HEARD OF 237 IT... 238 AND I GOT NEW TRUCKS TOO... 239 THUNDER TRUCKS... 240 SILVER.... 241 AND FOR CHRISTMAS I GOT BEARINGS... 242 'SW' BEARINGS ... 243 AND GRIP TAPE.... 244 BLACK.... 245 CUT UP AND PASTED ALL OVER MY BOARD... 246 \_________ 247 O O 248 249 ......LATER....... 250 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()())()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()SKATER DUDE( 251 252 253 254 255 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 256 MIKEY - Welcome back to you and the Inn. I was almost frantic for a 257 little while. 258 259 Carl/Cindi - Stop taking shots at the MMPI. It is a very good diagnostic 260 tool, but has very little to say about writing being a 261 sublimation of sexuality. If you are interested in more 262 about the MMPI, contact me, as I have several excellent 263 lay referneces on the subject, as well as a software 264 package for administrarion and scoring of same. 265 266 All - Help !! Urgent need !! 267 This is a serious inquiry. Have any of you out there had an 268 OOBE ? Would you be willing to discuss it ? Is there a 269 Parapsychology group on the system ? Serious request for 270 help. 271 272 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 273 274 ======================================== 275 SKATER DUDE is soooo cool. I love that 276 boy. I wish I could grow up and be cool 277 like him. I wish, I wish, I wish. 278 279 Billy Bob 280 ======================================== 281 Due to the internal organisation of the musical work, the act of listening to 282 it immobilizes passing time; it catches and unfolds it as one catches and 283 enfolds a cloth flapping in the wind. It folllows that by listening to music, 284 and while we are listening to it, we enter a kind of immortality. 285 ---------------------------------------- 286 OOBE - Out Of Body Experience? 287 ---------------------------------------- 288 ONCE I DIPT INTO THE FUTURE FAR AS HUMAN EYE COULD SEE, 289 AND I SAW THE CHIEF FORECASTER, DEAD AS ANY ONE CAN BE-- 290 DEAD AND DAMNED AND SHUT IN HADES AS A LIAR FORM HIS BIRTH, 291 WITH A RECORD OF UNREASON SELDOM PARALLELED ON EARTH. 292 WHILE I LOOKED HE REAREDHIM SOLEMNLY, THAT INCADESCENT YOUTH, 293 FROM THE COALS THAT HE'D PREFERRED TO THE ADVANTAGES OF TRUTH, 294 HE CAST HIS EYES ABOUT HIM AND ABOVE HIM; THEN HE WROTE 295 ON A SLAB OF THIN ASBESTOS WHAT I VENTURE HERE TO QUOTE- 296 FOR I READ IT IN THE ROSE LIGHT OF THE EVERLASTING GLOW- 297 "CLOUDY; VARIABLE WINDS, WITH LOCAL SHOWERS; COOLER; SNOW." 298 299 THE PHILOSOPHER- 300 ****************************************************************************** 301 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 302 HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO 303 WELL, I GOT MOST OF YOU. 304 BUT THE REST ARE SOON TO FOLLOW. 305 YOU WONT KNOW HOW. 306 YOU WONT KNOW WHEN. 307 BUT SANTAS STILL COMIN 308 TO MAKE YOUR NEW YEAR, 309 YOUR LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! 310 311 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO YOU ALL! 312 313 MAY YOUR STOMACH COME OUT NEXT 314 TIME YOU SIT ON THE POT.= 315 316 BURN!!!!!!! 317 318 SANTA CLAUS. 319 HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH 320 another bright kid from the university doing research? 321 hahahahahahahahahahahahar!!!!!!!!!!!!! 322 Whether you're doing the shopping or falling madly in love - The Art Of Noise 323 makes it all just that much more special! 324 &&&& With lyrics like "I'll count those bars on the window.... One, Two, Three, 325 Sleep." :-) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 326 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 327 OOBE <=> Out of Body Experience 328 [][][][][][][][] F. [][][][[][[][] 329 ############################################################### 330 Friar: 331 332 Everyone knows that the MMPI is an anthropological dinosaur. I 333 can't believe you bought a program to score it. The only reason 334 it hasn't been declared obsolete is power psychiatric fuddy 335 duddys desperately cling to it rather than learn anything new. 336 337 Even before the MMPI became obsolete it was of questionable 338 value. Its norms are all based on mental patients which makes 339 it virtually useless with a normal population. Why don't you 340 look into the California Psychological Inventory (CPI); it's 341 norms are at least based on the thinking of normal people. 342 343 I think it's time you got your thinking out of the dark ages. 344 The next thing you know you'll be telling me that you actually 345 believe it's significant if you fear catching germs off of 346 door nobs. Hey, kiddo, that's where some of the best germ 347 are gonna be found. 348 349 Cindi 350 ############################################################ 351 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 352 If today is the first day of the rest of your life then 353 what does that make tomorrow? ponder...think...ponder.. 354 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\Merlin/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ 355 356 --------------------- 357 | | 358 | | 359 | What is brown | 360 | and sounds like | 361 | a bell? | 362 | | 363 | DUNG! | 364 ----------------------- 365 BSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSA 366 Let the Boy Scouts of America live long! True idealism 367 at it's best, Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, 368 Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, 369 Clean, and Reverent. 370 BSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSABSA 371 <-------------------------------------------------------------------------> 372 THE KNIGHT'S CODE 373 374 "BE ALWAYS READY with your armor on, except when you are taking 375 your rest at night. 376 Defend the poor, and help them that cannot defend themselves. 377 Do nothing to hurt or offend anyone else. 378 Be prepared to fight in the defense of your country. 379 At whatever you are working, try to win honor and a name for honesty. 380 Never break your promise. 381 Maintain the honor of your country with your life. 382 Rather die honestly than live shamelessly. 383 Chivalry requireth that youth should be trained to preform the most 384 laborious and humble offices with cheerfulness and grace; 385 and to do good unto others." 386 <---------------------------The True Knight-------------------------------> 387 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 388 For Sale: Wizardry I, Proving 389 Grounds of the Mad Overlord; 390 for Apple //'s; legal copy; 391 all documentation included; 392 $35.00;originally paid $50.00; 393 will also throw in The Serpent's 394 Star, a graphics/text adventure 395 game, excellant graphics, an 396 adventure to find a fabelled 397 monastery in Tibet... 398 Leave a msg. here or on 399 the following BBS's: 400 Applephilia 401 PSG Portland_Fido 402 Sean McKay 403 ---------- 404 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ 405 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-%%%%%%**%%%%%%%%e%%%%%%%%%%%%%** 406 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA 407 408 AMEN TO THE BOY SCOUT. 409 THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT BOY SCOUTS 410 SHOULD REREAD THAT MESSAGE. 411 IT TELLS ALOT ABOUT AMERICA. 412 413 414 415 416 *****---------- 417 *****---------- 418 *****---------- 419 *****---------- 420 --------------- 421 --------------- 422 --------------- 423 424 A TRUE AMERICAN 425 426 USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA 427 ---------------------------------------------------------- 428 The Story of Jasmine 429 Crossing an old bridge the wandering maiden sesssm 430 miss, but too late. She is startled by the sudden appaac f 431 They bark out a rude greeting which she ignores. Withotrso 432 ckens her pace. 433 "Abit unfriendly, ain't you now?" one man remarsflo 434 "But were real friendly"... He pulls off her cloakwtav 435 rk. She wheels aud defiantly and with proper indignaincmad 436 "Unhand me, you scum!" 437 The two cutthroats are taken aback and do not conceal hi u 438 "Why, she's a blinkin' lady -- VARY particular." 439 "... and rude!" The other adds. 440 "Just leave me alone." she snaps and begins a ure 441 e plant themselves in her path and mock her as she trist o 442 "What's the matter, your worship, don't you wan oas 443 ith the likes of us?" They grab her and shove her off h an 444 "Why are you doing this?"she cries as rough hand aeh 445 "Soft skin -- she's never had to work a day i e ie 446 His companion winked, "She'll work tonight thog! 447 ther, they begin to peel off her clothes and laugh at e eb 448 free herself. In desperation, she tightly clasps thepuho 449 petals around her neck. Their sadistic cat and mouse gm es 450 the black ring of Emeth captures their attention... 451 he fascination of the glowing ring leaves her tormentr plb 452 al moments. Although terrified, the half-naked maiden ezst 453 oppurtunity to compose herself. 454 "What's this?" They ask themselves, the blue luse ft 455 gleaming in their greedy eyes. 456 "It's your death!" She replies boldly. She brek h 457 puch around her neck and thrusts it towards them, 458 "touch me again and you and your wickedness wil r i 459 the contents of this purse!..." 460 But she'd found her courage too late. Calling her bluf,te 461 apart the small purse, allowing a rain of white petal ofl 462 With a quick blow, a laughing head falls from its shoudr n 463 t. The same swing buries the battle-axe in the chest o i o 464 With a grim expression, a dwarf wields his weapon agai n i 465 ng up from the decapitated bodies, the warrior-dwarf rgrst 466 face of the maiden. 467 "Well -- who do you belong to Speak up, lass!" 468 He is perturbed: "What are you -- bull-headed, or justpans 469 Either way it don't matter. The wilderness is NOpaef 470 O, I had hlaf a mind to let them rape and kill yu.. 471 glances back at him but says nothing. 472 continues his ranting: "If that's all the thanks I ge .Il 473 way..." 474 He wipes the blood off the blade of his axe. Next, he erhs 475 luables. In the dim light of the setting sun, he is unue u 476 pear brittle and withered as if severely burned. 477 Remembering her last words, he grow wary of her. 478 "Who ARE you?" He asks, keeping a firm grip on hswao 479 a witch. 480 e answers in a soft whisper, "Jasmine." 481 ---------------------------------------------------------- 482 Bitch! Sorry folks, it didn't download right... Oh well, 483 I'll try it again later... sorry! 484 (The Dwarf) 485 TDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTD 486 DONT CUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 487 DONT CUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 488 489 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 It had been a long time since she had visited the Inn, but the rain 491 outside began whipping people, and she hoped for still waters. It had 492 changed some but was still the same. She hid herself in her dark cloak 493 and the hood was up to protect her from strangers. True, the Inn was 494 filled with strangers. Not a single face remembered. "Strangers?", 495 she wondered, "or new costumes?" She couldn't tell. "They must be 496 strangers." She turned around slowly. "At least to me." 497 Politics raged in one corner, patriarchs. She moved away. She took 498 a drink and went over to the fire, noticing a stool that had once been 499 occupied by a true friend. The chair had once seated a piper now seat a 500 boy scout? Not even the old guard was resting, while scribbling notes in 501 a corner. What of he that tried to weave dark with light? 502 She nursed her drink. The fire crackled with life. "Flames do not 503 die like people," she mumbled to herself, "they burn into our memories 504 good and bad. Like this one, jumping and sparkling, casting an array 505 of shadows about the room. Celebrating life, even when all I know is 506 gone. I should dance with it." But she did not. She only glanced 507 around the room with tired eyes, as if she had grown old. 508 Pegs on the wall for clothing. No coats she recognized. She looked 509 down at her feet. Faint stains of blood could be seen beneath her shoes. 510 An old friend. "I guess it's time we get moving," she said to her feet. 511 She stood to leave. Gave one last look around... maybe even the ghost 512 of one other friend. They hadn't seen each other for a long time. Perhaps 513 the woman was gone. Sure enough, she was... 514 As she was leaving, she looked down to see the Innkeeper fast asleep in 515 a great chair. She could hardly contain her delight. How had she missed 516 him? "Well," she said to the unconscious man, not expecting him to answer, 517 "it has been along time!" 518 The Innkeeper stirred in his sleep, but did not wake. She thought 519 about nudging him, then realizing how rude that would be and how tired he 520 looked, decided against it. She turned to leave, then stopped and sat 521 back in the shadows to wait for him. 522 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 ___________________________________ 524 | | 525 | How many ethiopians | 526 527 | can you put in a | 528 | bathtub? | 529 | 530 | nobody knows, they keep | 531 | going down the drain... | 532 | | 533 |_________________________________| 534 ---------------------------------------------- 535 | | 536 | o | 537 538 539 540 541 o o 542 |-------------------------------| 543 o o 544 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 545 R.P.G. enthusiasts... 546 Are you interested in playing a capaign of Traveller? If so please 547 leave a message here or on The Blue Parrot. 548 Merlin * \ \ \ \ \ 549 550 Wolvrerines in the heart of the winter chill . . . 551 552 of darkness to arrive, 553 and for the feast to begin...... 554 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 555 .-.-.-.-.Happy.New.Year.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.EmuLurk 556 As he approached the Inn, he felt a familar aura. A true lady, obviously, 557 but which? Pam? She had long been absent. D? She had been absent even 558 longer. He couldn't quite make it out. Only one remedy! He opened the door. 559 ..............................the apprentice............................... 560 ######################################################################## 561 The Innkeeper stired in his sleep. The warmth of the Inn's fire felt good 562 after such a long and tiring trip. As consiousness slowly returned, he 563 felt a pressure in the back of his head ever so slight. Someone was 564 watching him from the shadows. Not for any foul deed, no it didn't feel 565 that way...no, just the opposite...a friend, one I know...wakefulness 566 comes finally, and with it the loss of 'sense'. But the knowledge 567 remains. Opening his eyes, he looks about but doesn't see anything. 568 Hmmm could I be wrong? Stretching, he works the kinks out of muscles and 569 joints to the accomplement of various pops and snaps. Finishing it all 570 off with a long sigh.... But the presense is still there. How he knew he 571 was wasn't sure, maybe he could hear a slight movement, or the slight 572 sound of breathing. Turning sharply he moved in the direction of the 573 feeling. "Aha!" He cries out. "So it is you." Welcome to this humble 574 establishment we call the Inn. What can I serve you?" 575 ######################### The Innkeeper ################################## 576 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 577 That feeling ? There it is. The Rowan tree was shaking ever so 578 slightly in the heavy rain. More a sensation than a movement. I 579 will wait and see on that, but this other requires a response. 580 581 Cindi - The MMPI is out of date, but the methods used to generate the 582 normative curves are not quite as you have heard. The 'normal' people 583 were friends and relatives of the patients, not the patients. The 584 abberations were of the patients, and were statistically valid. 585 Point the second - I did not purchase, but rather have developed a 586 scoring module. One must earn a living to support nights of revelry 587 in the Inn. 588 589 All - again my serious plea about OOBEs. (Although, on introspection 590 I feel that coming here is really a sort of OOBE. What do you think, 591 Mr. Inkkeper?) 592 593 Another B&B Mr. Innkeeper, as I must savor it until Mr. Rayguns imperiousness 594 has priced it beyond my reach. (200 percent tariff indeed. If the 595 colonists hated taxation without representation, they should have seen it 596 with) 597 598 Happy or sad new year to all, as you wish. 599 600 [][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 601 602 Can you tell me the purpose of this BBS? I found the number in the 603 PC World listing? 604 605 ######################################################################### 606 A slight rumbling could be felt in the floor boards of the Inn. 607 A high pitch whine emitted from behind a ragged curtain in the back 608 of the Inn. Disturbed, several patrons hurried to the curtain that 609 covered the now well know metal door in the back of the Inn. Pulling it 610 aside, they could see a change had occured. The door had turned color 611 to a light brown. But most disturbing was that cracks had appeared 612 around the edges of the door and light could be seen shinning through 613 them, a white light unlike any had seen before. The openings of course 614 also allowed the noises that had been going on behind the door to increase 615 to a louder volume. This caused much concern and gave the patrons 616 much to talk about. "An interesting way to start the new year" bard was 617 heard to say. "But how?" said another, "What does it mean?" 618 ########################## The Innkeeper ################################ 619 And to all of you, the very best to you in the year ahead. Mikey 620 ************************************************************************ 621 [][][][][][][][][][][][][]][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 622 My drink was forgotten in my hand as the floor rumbled. A couple 623 of patrons looked at me for help. (They did not know that I was 624 a friar of agnostics, not christians.) I assured them that they 625 should save themselves. Over the excitement, I could still feel a 626 creeping sensation in the air, that someone was there that had been 627 before. Maybe I was wrong. 628 We all sat down to welcome in the new year. It being my third new 629 year at the inn. How many have there been for others ? [][] Friar [][] TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 629