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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      02/18/89 09:44  Msg:3174 Call:18620  Lines:3
 20 Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it,
 21 but they labor in it because they excel. -- William Hazlitt
 22 ********************************************************************
003=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/18/89 10:17  Msg:3175 Call:18621  Lines:4
 23 I'm at the top. The Harvest is a moment in a chain of events that brings
 24 forth the coda that directs the song back to some previose passage for
 25 repeating.
 26  
004=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/18/89 11:37  Msg:3176 Call:18623  Lines:7
 27 &*&*&*&*'s
 28 I'm second. Just lurking right now. Be back later when everybody has entered a
 29 few hundred lines of really interesting stuff.
 30  
 31 An Astral Dreamer
 32 &*&*&*&*'
 33  
005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/18/89 15:40  Msg:3177 Call:18628  Lines:2
 34 Where is everybody?
 35  
006=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/18/89 17:49  Msg:3178 Call:18631  Lines:2
 36 There is in here a void I fear. It is filled with that which saps good chear.
 37  
007=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/18/89 18:13  Msg:3179 Call:18632  Lines:6
 38 -----========-=-===========---------=-======-===============-=-----------=-=
 39 Eeerg.
 40  
 41     LB\__/
 42        oo
 43 -=-=--{=====-=---------=-======-=--------------==-======-=---------=-=-=-==-
008=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/18/89 18:23  Msg:3180 Call:18633  Lines:2
 44  
 45 Well, Lord Beaker, you sure sound happy.
009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/18/89 23:38  Msg:3181 Call:18639  Lines:13
 46 &*&*&*&*'s
 47  
 48 Well the action here sure isn't what it has been. Maybe it's the 3 day weekend.
 49  
 50 Hope you're all having a good life and such. Just got back from the Overworked 
 51 Dragon BBS get together. 
 52  
 53 Had a decently good time.
 54  
 55 That's all for now.
 56 An Astral Dreamer
 57 &*&*&*&*'s
 58  
010=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/19/89 01:01  Msg:3182 Call:18643  Lines:6
 59 The format of life is in the day to day living of each of us. The room we live 
 60 in intersects with many others. It is not unusual that some coflict should a
 61 rise in the proper arangment of doors. Unfortunetly many people believe that
 62 it is right and correct to place doors sideways,upside downt and on the 
 63 ceiling. Most archatects would tell you that this is a bad idea.
 64  
011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/19/89 09:42  Msg:3183 Call:18648  Lines:9
 65 &*&*&*&*'s
 66 In the last two days only a few entries other then my own have been put in.
 67 This is very boring.
 68  
 69 At least put in a lurk notice if you call.
 70  
 71 An Astral Dreamer
 72 &*&*&*&*'s
 73  
012=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/19/89 10:38  Msg:3184 Call:18649  Lines:1
 74 Lurk notice.
013=Usr:322 Stray Cat         02/19/89 11:29  Msg:3185 Call:18650  Lines:6
 75 @#)(^$@#
 76  
 77 Lurk notice, II
 78  
 79 @%!$@%#$@_)&
 80  
014=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/19/89 12:07  Msg:3186 Call:18651  Lines:2
 81 Alas meerly another lurk. Philosophy is sophestry.
 82  
015=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/19/89 12:49  Msg:3187 Call:18654  Lines:1
 83 Lurk notice, III
016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/19/89 13:30  Msg:3188 Call:18656  Lines:11
 84  
 85 &*&*&*&*'s
 86  
 87 I am betting that there is some severe lurking going on. Gee, there are even 
 88 lurk notices above. I wonder why people don't enter stuff when they call.
 89  
 90 Oh well, lurks are better then nothing.
 91  
 92 An Astral Dreamer (Now the only one here with a border and handle.)
 93 &*&*&*&*'s
 94  
017=Usr:3 Ramek             02/19/89 15:15  Msg:3189 Call:18659  Lines:4
 95 I lurk, therefore I am.
 96 RrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrR
 97 So tell me, has anyone else used the STAT command?
 98 ...................................................
018=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/19/89 16:18  Msg:3190 Call:18661  Lines:2
 99 Used the STAT command.....but don't understand it.
100 Lurk notice, IV
019=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/19/89 16:41  Msg:3191 Call:18662  Lines:3
101  
102 If you type help stat I believe it will be explained.
103  
020=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/19/89 17:24  Msg:3192 Call:18666  Lines:7
104 &*&*&*&*'s
105 The void has come and eaten everybody else. Alas I seem to be the last one 
106 left. Although I do hear these voices occasionally.
107  
108 An Astral Dreamer
109 &*&*&*&*'s
110  
021=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/19/89 17:40  Msg:3193 Call:18667  Lines:14
111 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________
112 Alas, AD, you are not the only one left. I am back. Well, it is certainly
113 quiet around here....except for occasional Lurk notices.......Well I've
114 got not much to say. I went and saw "The 'Burbs" last night, and it was
115 really stupid. I expected a really funny, really great comedy, but instead
116 it had ok photog. and good special effects but was really boring and slow
117 and stupid and unfunny especially for a Tom Hanks movie. A 100% percent
118 dissappointment. Enough reviews for now......bye and enter something if
119 you call in anyone!! Later ADreamer.
120 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
121  
122 Later..................................................at (5:48pm 2/19/89)
123  
124                           __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
022=Usr:322 Stray Cat         02/19/89 18:14  Msg:3194 Call:18668  Lines:7
125 @)(#&$
126  
127 Lurk IIa
128  
129 @^@#$+_)^&#$)@(*
130                   <sorry, no handle ... on reality or anything else>
131  
023=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      02/19/89 19:02  Msg:3195 Call:18669  Lines:1
132 Lurk IIaT
024=Usr:245 Doug King         02/19/89 19:39  Msg:3196 Call:18670  Lines:4
133  
134 Vision, are you Siskel or that Ebert guy?
135  
136  
025=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/19/89 22:25  Msg:3197 Call:18672  Lines:10
137 _____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________
138 Well, actually I'm neither of those guys....I hate both of them...I think
139 they can shove their thumbs up their ass! Who wrote that anyway? I hope you
140 didn't mean it as an isult because I'm just crushed! Jeez, I am gonna start
141 to cry.....boo hoo someone thought I was a movie critic......boo hoo hoo.
142 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
143  
144 Later.............<excluding dorks>....................at (10:32pm 2/19/89)
145  
146                            __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
026=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/20/89 01:48  Msg:3198 Call:18677  Lines:10
147 &*&*&*&*'s
148 It's 1:51am on 2-20-89. Welcome back vision. Looks like we are the power users 
149 here. (Just kidding.)
150  
151 I'll try to work on my story when I get up today. Hope it's not my writting
152 that is scaring everyone away.
153  
154 An Astral Dreamer
155 &*&*&*&*'s
156  
027=Usr:322 Stray Cat         02/20/89 02:27  Msg:3199 Call:18679  Lines:5
157  
158 We LOVE your writing AD <you the one with the chipped tooth??>  We also miss 
159 Kurfur, wish Hagbard would write more and the Muse too.  Wish we could get
160 some of the OLD stuff too ... like on a disk C <mikey???>.
161  
028=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/20/89 14:21  Msg:3200 Call:18691  Lines:7
162 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
163 Lurking @2:27pm 2/20/89
164 Hmm not much action
165 around here anymore.
166 AD, hope you're having
167 a good 3-day weekend!
168 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
029=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/20/89 14:48  Msg:3201 Call:18692  Lines:9
169  
170 &*&*&*&*'s
171  
172 I'm having an OK time. To whomever, thanks for the complament. I am the one
173 with the chipped tooth, though I did get it plistified a couple of weeks ago.
174  
175 An Astral Dreamer
176 &*&*&*&*'s
177  
030=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/20/89 15:51  Msg:3202 Call:18697  Lines:1
178 L U R K   N O T I C E
031=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/20/89 16:43  Msg:3203 Call:18700  Lines:3
179  
180 Seems to be a whole lot of lurking going on...
181  
032=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/20/89 18:00  Msg:3204 Call:18702  Lines:8
182 &*&*&*&*'s
183 This is it, I'm on strike Other then vision nobody seems to care about
184 backwater. So, untill I start seeing some action here other then mine and 
185 his I'm not entering anything. Talk to you all whenever.
186  
187 An Astral Dreamer
188 &*&*&*&*'s
189  
033=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/20/89 18:20  Msg:3205 Call:18703  Lines:15
190 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________
191  
192 AD, you're right...now I'm mad too and:
193  
194                         I  A M  O N  S T R I K E ! ! !
195 I think that Muse and the others (Hagbard, Talos, etc.) will be back
196 after the 3-day weekend <tomorrow> and I'm sure this board will rool
197 <whoops, roll not rool> with it again.......until then I'm on strike
198 with ADreamer......
199  
200 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
201  
202 Later...............................................at (6:27pm 2/20/89)
203  
204               __T_H_E__A_N_N_O_Y_E_D__O_N__S_T_R_I_K_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
034=Usr:201 Robert Armstrong  02/20/89 19:11  Msg:3206 Call:18706  Lines:33
205   Okay, we all took a vacation. Now we are back...
206  and by the way, it wasn't the Three day weekend (are you guys in school?)
207  some of us had the flue.......
208    
209 -------------------------========================>>>>>>>> T.R.
210   and looking around I saw, nothing.  It's hard to describe, but try to 
211 picture a light blue nothing...  well, anyway, that's where I found 
212 my self.  Smack dab in the middle of light blue nothing.
213   Now pull your self together Trevor, I tell my self.
214   just because the whole world is a light blue and there isn't anything to see
215  but blue. No shadows or anything.  It isn't like the end of the world..
216   Well, maybe a little...
217   So I started looking around for something, anything, anything at all...
218   After some time, hard to tell how long, I found something.
219   of all things, a light switch?  okay, here goes everything.
220       'click'
221   and the world was sort of there.  I was in a room of some large size with
222 at least one wall nearbye and light coming from somewhere above.
223   So, I set out along the wall to see if I could find a door.
224  
225    And after what had to be a mile of wall I found a 'door'.  At least that'S
226 what I called it.  A large triangle of metal set into the wall.
227    I tried to find some sort of latch or handle or .....  anything to open the
228  door with.  Okay, I told myself, It's a door, so how do doors open.
229    Ever felt like an idiot because you left your head on the night stand?
230    I did right then.
231    The door pushed open and I looked out on a grassy field with animals and
232 birds and everything a spring day should have.
233  
234                                                    Spader Tage,
235  
236                                                    T.R.
237 <<<<<<<<<<=================--------------------
035=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/20/89 19:36  Msg:3207 Call:18710  Lines:8
238  
239 Polish off the old ideas. They are just the same as the new ideas. If you
240 look you will see the reflection of the future in them. Imagine that all
241 things are part of somthing else. If this is the case then what are you 
242 or I. While this may seem like a silly question it does have a meaning.
243  
244 .
245  
036=Usr:245 Doug King         02/20/89 20:19  Msg:3208 Call:18714  Lines:3
246 EN
247  
248  
037=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/21/89 00:21  Msg:3209 Call:18718  Lines:3
249 L U R K  N O T I C E  of severe lurking.........
250 Hmm a good story entry by T.R. -=- I liked it...
251 -=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/
038=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/21/89 12:12  Msg:3210 Call:18731  Lines:5
252  
253 Lurk Notice II of serious lurking......
254 Hmm I wish the MUSE would come back and aMUSE me and do more of her
255 great story! And Talos, Hagbard, ADreamer, LBeaker, KRedlig, etc....
256 I wish they would come back too!
039=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/21/89 17:25  Msg:3211 Call:18735  Lines:2
257  
258 J E E Z!! This is getting a bit ridiculous!!! No-one on all day!!
040=Usr:322 Stray Cat         02/21/89 18:37  Msg:3212 Call:18736  Lines:3
259  
260 ... *** AND *** T.N. -->  LIKED YOUR STORY ALOT
261  
041=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/21/89 20:02  Msg:3213 Call:18738  Lines:25
262  
263 The wind may blow the sun may set and yet the imagry can't be met.
264  
265 I look out and see across the clearing
266 a once beutifull inn that is now slowly falling into disuse. Where once there
267 were many happy voices now there is only the echo of years that have passed.
268  
269 A man sits outside staring up at the sky. It is the innkeeper. A man who has
270 seen many wonderfull things in his day. He has went through changes, always 
271 with the air of one who knew that werever he was the world would be alive and
272 wonderfull.
273  
274 But now, he wonders what has happened. His friends no longer come and he has
275 seen only shadows for the longest time. Occasionally he thinks he hears the
276 voices of men and women from the past who have told many great tales. But
277 then as he listens closer they fade away and are gone.
278  
279 He looks up to the sky and wonders what could have happened to so many good
280 people.
281  
282 I drift away saddened, only time will tell wether this is a phase or a
283 passing away.
284  
285 .
286  
042=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/21/89 20:19  Msg:3214 Call:18739  Lines:2
287  
288 Lurking.......nice story/poem who wrote it??
043=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/21/89 22:26  Msg:3215 Call:18742  Lines:3
289 I did. It is a chapter in the Backwater story. It is my hope that it is not
290 the last. All good things must pass I suppose.
291  
044=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/22/89 00:29  Msg:3216 Call:18747  Lines:19
292  
293 The fortune of the sky and rain and birds and flies and bees and things,
294 can't approach the things that I have glimpsed beyond the walls that hold
295 me in.
296  
297 Alas I am a mortal who remains inside my frame. A picture withoug motion,
298 Or color that makes life.
299  
300 I feel so small and yet I know there will be no parking place for compact
301 soles, and so mine must grow.
302  
303 I must fly for like the dying leaves of trees there is a trip that I must
304 make. 
305  
306 Tommorow is another day and be that as it may I'll open my eyes and hope to
307 see the wings to make the flight.
308  
309 .
310  
045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/22/89 09:42  Msg:3217 Call:18752  Lines:4
311  
312 When will this strike end. I suppose its up to those striking. Things don't 
313 look good.
314  
046=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/22/89 15:08  Msg:3218 Call:18757  Lines:2
315 OK..._T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N_ is no longer on strike.
316 I just wish that something would happen around here.
047=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/22/89 15:30  Msg:3219 Call:18758  Lines:5
317  
318 Nothing to say now.
319  
320 .
321  
048=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/22/89 16:41  Msg:3220 Call:18760  Lines:23
322 ------=-=========-=--------=-=========-=---------=-=========-=--------=-====
323  
324 Master:  It is time now young one.
325  
326 Aprentice:  I have learned all the powers of a Master old one.  What more 
327             is there to see.
328  
329 Master:  You have not learned the difference...the paths.
330  
331 Aprentice:  Then tell me.
332  
333 Master:  You must learn!  I leave you to the void now.  Return not, until
334          you know.
335  
336 Aprentice:  As you wish.  LET THERE BE LIGHT.
337  
338 And there was light...
339  
340 LB\__/
341    oo
342  
343 Sorry about the mispelings.  I tried to keep 'em consistent.
344 -=-=--{-==-------=-=========-=---------======-=--------=-========----=-=====
049=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/22/89 20:34  Msg:3221 Call:18765  Lines:7
345 &*&*&*&*'s
346  
347 Ok, I'm back. I hate being nearly alone here.
348  
349 An Astral Dreamer
350 &*&*&*&*'s
351  
050=Usr:245 Doug King         02/22/89 21:04  Msg:3222 Call:18767  Lines:4
352  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
353 /  /
354@ 
355@ 
051=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/22/89 22:13  Msg:3223 Call:18768  Lines:13
356  
357 . 
358 The fortune that was mine was found as if by chance, and now I know at last
359 the movement of the machine.
360  
361 I see the gears and circetry and no there is little hope, of understanding 
362 everything. The forest for the trees.
363  
364 How much of this that I can see is meerly my own mind?, How little is the
365 understanding and is it only mine?
366  
367 .
368  
052=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/23/89 13:34  Msg:3224 Call:18778  Lines:8
369 &*&*&*&*'s
370 Look, I'm not on strike, but I am sick of logging on day after day just to
371 find that barely anything is happening.
372  
373 An Astral Dreamer.
374 Selfish but fair.
375 &*&*&*&*'s
376  
053=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/23/89 15:58  Msg:3225 Call:18780  Lines:9
377 --=-====-=----------========-=----------=-===========-=--------=-========-=-
378 Is it fair, is it truly fair.  Or is it part of the problem.  Not writing
379 is I believe the problem.  By stopping you expect to solve it?  By stopping
380 I believe you will aid many in there descion to not call the board.  Why
381 bother if not even the regulars are writing.
382  
383 LB\__/
384    oo
385 --===-=--{==-=========-=========-=--------=-=======-=------=-=======-=---=-=
054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/23/89 19:05  Msg:3226 Call:18786  Lines:9
386  
387 &*&*&*&*'s
388 This is perhaps true. But I get a bit tired of pouring out a good deal of my
389 time and (Remember, to me this is the reward.) seeing other people put
390 in so little.
391  
392 An Astral Dreamer
393 &*&*&*&*'s
394  
055=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/23/89 20:41  Msg:3227 Call:18789  Lines:13
395 -----==-=--------=-=========-=----------=-========--------=-=========-=-====
396 Perhaps so.  I suppose it is only fair to wish for something in return.  
397 If only one person gives there is often only onesided joy(if any).  
398  
399 I see also this is amazingly slow.  Two people shouldn't be able to have
400 a conversation without haveing to adress the other person.
401  
402 One wounders how many people realy read this.
403  
404 LB\__/
405    oo
406 --=====-=--{=====-=---------=-========-=------=-======-====-=-------=-======
407@off
056=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/23/89 21:27  Msg:3228 Call:18791  Lines:17
408 _______________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N________________________
409 Anyone mind if I enter the little conversation? Hi LB. I read this...I
410 read everything on this board. However, since I have very little when
411 it comes to stories to contruibute I just read only, and put in my 1cent
412 every once-in-a-while when absolutely un-necessary. Hello AD. Looks like
413 we have moved our main conversations to the Dragon...but I still like
414 this BBS better...it's just been a little bit slow lately huh? Well, if
415 the following represents a face if you look sideways like I learned on
416 another board, this is the way I feel right now.
417  
418                               :-(
419  
420 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
421  
422 Later.......at (9:39pm 2/23/89)...................................WOW!!!!
423  
424                               __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
057=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/24/89 01:42  Msg:3229 Call:18796  Lines:8
425 &*&*&*&*'s
426 Things are definetly grim around here. I'll try to work on my story and make
427 another entry somtime soon. 
428  
429 It's 1:49am 2/24/89
430 An Astral Dreamer
431 &*&*&*&*'s 
432  
058=Usr:245 Doug King         02/24/89 08:46  Msg:3230 Call:18799  Lines:10
433  
434  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
435 / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \
436  
437 BARTENDER SLUG LURKED HERE.
438  
439  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
440 / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \
441  
442@ 
059=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/24/89 12:59  Msg:3231 Call:18801  Lines:4
443 The western mind is not prepared to see things as they really are. If you
444 could glimpse the world without all the baggage that was put upon all of us
445 in youth you would see a much different place then we are all aware of.
446  
060=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/24/89 14:37  Msg:3232 Call:18805  Lines:5
447 ---=-======-=---------=-========-=--------=-=========-=-----------=-========
448 Panic Zone - - - -
449 7"abernacky LB\__/
450                oo
451 --=-=--{-==-=-------=-========-=-------------=-=========-=--------=-===-=---
061=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/24/89 15:28  Msg:3233 Call:18806  Lines:10
452 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___
453 VISION lurked here.
454 LB, what does:
455 7"abernacky mean??
456 And what about the Panic
457 Zone - - - - ??
458 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
459  
461 Hi AD!
062=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/24/89 18:21  Msg:3234 Call:18810  Lines:10
462 -------=-=========-=----------==-========-=--======-=--------=-=------=-====
463 7"abernacky is (pronounced: Tab'ernaki) an all powereful being uv sorts.  That
464 won't leagaly exist until July 3 2086.
465  
466 I just felt like writing panic zone.  I don't know.  It seemed more exciting
467 than a 'lurky'.
468  
469 LB\__/
470    oo
471 ---=-===-{==-=---------=-=============-=---------=========-=--------=-======
063=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/24/89 18:33  Msg:3235 Call:18811  Lines:15
472 &*&*&*&*'s
473 Well, it looks like the three of us are the only ones left. Excrpt for those
474 strange voices that occasionally rear themselves from the chaos that surronds
475 this place.
476  
477 So you might be asking, what about the story? Well ok, I'll really do some
478 more writting this weekend and upload some stuff.
479  
480 The saddest thing about backwater right now is that the whole mythos seems to
481 have died. The Inn, and all that surronded it are so hazy that they almost
482 no longer seem to exist.
483  
484 An Astral Dreamer
485 &*&*&*&*'s
486  
064=Usr:201 Robert Armstrong  02/24/89 20:34  Msg:3236 Call:18814  Lines:38
487 ---------------------==================>>>>>>>>>>>>>>T.R.
488  
489      I once had many friend here.
490      They have all since gone,
491      Each to their own path,
492  
493      But still I remain, here pondering
494      If this path I have chosen to call my own,
495      Does it really have a heart?
496  
497  
498  Appologies for the delay,
499   However, I spread my time thin
500    for I try to please every-one in my world
501     Including my self.  so if you kind folks will
502      put up with my eccentric orbit.  I will be here
503       Every Mon. and Fri. just as the moons phase changes
504        Please excuse the Muse but the flu bit and she is now
505         Sleeping off the after effects.  
506  
507         My friends, Saint, Talos, The Muse, The Philosopher
508        , and many more.  those on just before this place
509       was rebuilt.  Many of them now reside outside of
510      the area, or are without modem.  But others?  where
511     did the rest go.  I was gone for some time but this
512    is frightening.  My home, my place at the bar, all dust
513   and emptyness.  Is this what comes of a weakening of the 
514  faith?  My friends, we need to revive this Inn!!!!!!!!!!
515 I'll bring the fresh paint and rollers, And the pizza,
516  Just name the place to meet...
517  
518  Whew..... never new I was that verbose.....
519  Well, My lights are dimming again-------
520  I must faid into tomorrow-------------
521  
522                               Until later my friends,
523                               The Time Rider.
524 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<======================------------------------
065=Usr:211 kathwren doherty  02/24/89 21:56  Msg:3237 Call:18815  Lines:1
525 *******kathyD*********
066=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/24/89 22:32  Msg:3238 Call:18817  Lines:5
526  
527 Lurking....
528 Who's KathyD?
529  
530 Who cares?
067=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      02/24/89 23:21  Msg:3239 Call:18819  Lines:3
531 --------------------------------------------
532 Hi Kathy! Nice to see you around again!
533 ---------------------------------------
068=Usr:13 voyeur            02/24/89 23:25  Msg:3240 Call:18820  Lines:6
534 >Who's KathyD
535 >Who cares?
536 KathyD is one of those 'old timers' you people have been crying for.
537 You can't have it both ways, VISION.
538 Kathy - to echo the greeting after the 'who cares?', Nice to See your name
539 again.       :::::::::voyeur:::::::
069=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/25/89 01:37  Msg:3241 Call:18823  Lines:21
540 &*&*&*&*'s
541 Ah Action! I love it. Now for a short speach. I hope that enough of you will
542 find the time to be here every couple of days so that the Inn may once again
543 live. 
544  
545 I myself only arived last summer and thus know little of the lore. I cannot
546 revive it though I would be glad to learn. (Milchar has told me some, but 
547 hearing is not seeing.)
548  
549 So it's up to all of you. I can't hope to make this board what it once was
550 though I really would love to. 
551  
552 I willnot be responsible for entering 1/3 to 1/2 of each disk. So (And no
553 doubt some will celebrate.) You will be hearing less from me here.
554  
555 But on to more positive things. Let us see the fire lit and the Ale brought
556 out!
557  
558 An Astral Dreamer
559 &*&*&*&*'s
560  
070=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/25/89 12:06  Msg:3242 Call:18828  Lines:8
561 -=-======-=---------=-===========-=--------=-=========-=---------=-======-=-
562 Ah.  At long last.
563  
564 Have someone throw a pig on the brbq ther'l be hungry travlers aryving sune.
565  
566 LB\__/
567    oo
568 --=--{=-=-----------=-=========-=----------=-========-======-=-------=-=====
071=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/25/89 14:46  Msg:3243 Call:18832  Lines:3
569 Lurking....
570 Sorry KathyD, didn't know you were an 'old timer'
571 Glad to see you then.....
072=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/25/89 17:33  Msg:3244 Call:18837  Lines:26
572 &*&*&*&*'s
573 Here I am a day later and still wishing for more direction. 
574  
575 The beuty of the sunrise was nothing compared to the beuty of the lake. It 
576 radiated a magic that only the most cynical could miss. There was about
577 it a very deep green grass that no doubt contained rabits and gofers and
578 other furry creatures of the ground.
579  
580 The surface rippled in a slow and gentle motion, causing the water flowers
581 to gengtly wave back and forth. A fish jumped and a unlucky insect became 
582 dinner.
583  
584 The soft glow at night was strange but not frightening and in the light of
585 day manifested itself as a silvery sheen that made the water seem clearer 
586 then even the clearest glass.
587  
588 On the western side of the field that surronded the lake was a large Inn. 
589 Beside the Inn was a large old tree that seemed to speak out stories with
590 its branches.
591  
592 Out of the chimney came faint whisps of smoke and the sounds of conversation
593 could be heard inside.
594  
595 An Astral Dreamer
596 &*&*&*&*'s
597  
073=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/25/89 18:54  Msg:3245 Call:18839  Lines:30
598 .
599 I sit in the Inn and listen. There is somthing of an air to the place. I could
600 feel a certain somthing in the walls.
601  
602 The woodwork was not all that outstanding, but it had a gritiness to it that
603 made one feel. The past/future disonated through me and I saw/felt a name
604 in the air. It floated for a moment and then was gone, into the mist that
605 had spewed it out. 
606  
607 I did/do what I must and have/will taken the risks. Things cleared and the
608 moments become one. It is now and I know that I am here in the present.
609  
610 I continue to sit at the corner table, the sound of guitars and even lutes
611 play in the air. 
612  
613 The link crackles by my ear and I feel the pull that will means I must 
614 return.
615  
616 A pull and I am back in my seat. I pull out the plug and look bleary eyed at
617 the dump that is my home in the normal world. The door buzzer continus to
618 attack me and I am forced to rise. I look at the viewer and see a face.
619  
620 "Hey man, it's bleary. Let me in, I think theres a cp after me!"
621  
622 I press the buttons and let the fool in. "You A**h*ole, I told you this 
623 would happen." I tell him as I secure the door.
624  
625 "Yeah well these things just happen somtimes." was all he could say.
626  
627 .
074=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/25/89 21:04  Msg:3246 Call:18843  Lines:1
628  
075=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/25/89 21:06  Msg:3247 Call:18844  Lines:3
629 Blah de Blah de Blah. Life moves to slowly. I'm really begining to hate
630 Weekends.
631  
076=Usr:4 Milchar           02/25/89 21:42  Msg:3248 Call:18846  Lines:46
632 #########################################################################
633         Hum a tune.  Repeat it.  Do this until boredom rears its ugly
634 head, but do not relent; continue for eight hours a day, not stopping
635 during meals, either.  Pretty soon you're humming it whether you want to
636 or not.  That's what they wanted, of course.
637         My first month of training in Magick passed like this; a different
638 tune every day, the first thirty Basic Spells.  Nothing else is taught for
639 the first month- there is a lot of silly worrying about uncontrolled Power.
640         On the first day of the second month, all of the new 'prentices
641 were allowed to pick a musical instrument, a focusing device for conjuring.
642 It is a weighy problem- you want something small and easy to carry, but if
643 you already have a talent for an instrument, you should choose that.  Our
644 choices weren't limited to the instruments of our dimension, fortunately;
645 but familiar ones such as the harp and the lute had the advantage of being
646 less intimidating.  My choice was already made, weeks ago.  The pan flute.
647 Not of my dimension, but it had a haunting quality that touched me deeply.
648 Not to mention the coincedence of names.
649         After the choosing, my friend Merryl proudly displayed his choice.
650         "It's a Har-mohn-ik-ah," said he.  It certainly was small, and the
651 noise it produced resembled a tortured version of the intense humming of
652 last month.
653         "What have you chosen, Pan?"
654         "A flute of another world."  I let him read the label.
655         "Pan's flute, indeed!"  He laughed.  "An omen of some sort, I am
656 certain.  How is your skill with it?"
657         I showed him.  I surprised myself, actually; the flute seemed made
658 for me.  A few dozen notes clove the air and I felt, for the first time
659 since I went into training, the internal SNAP of my Power coming to life.
660 The dormitory Merryl and I stood in grew indistinct.  I was a minstrel
661 before a mage "discovered" my talent and brought me to Dunbarrah for
662 training- and this showed.  I continued with my improvised song, enthralled
663 with my sudden proficency.
664         "Pan!" Merryl sounded panicked.
665         I looked up.  The dormitory wasn't visible; Merryl and I were alone
666 in a milky haze.  Shocked, I stopped playing.  The world snapped back into
667 view.
668         Merryl and I stood between spires of stone and glass, on a street of
669 brick.  A thunder assaulted my ears.  I spun to face a demon mounted on wheels,
670 spraying saliva and chewing upon the bricks, about to make a meal of us...
671 ### Pan #################################################### 02/25/89 ###
672 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
673 kathyD: Welcome back!  I do hope you will visit more often.  I myself have
674 been guilty of a lot of lurking, but I could accuse others of being downright
675 silent (Hi there, Mikey!).  I'm writing different stories nowadays, leaving
676 Grann, and the Doctor alone for a while and exporing other characters.
677 ++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++ 02/25/89 +++++++++++++++++++++
077=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/25/89 22:39  Msg:3249 Call:18848  Lines:14
678 &*&*&*&*'s
679 Ah, Milchar Excellent story. I wish I had your talent. 
680  
681 I'm afraid I'm not going to continue the story I started. I feel that the 
682 whole thing was flawed. But I'm going to make a promise, and that is that
683 I will think through the next story I write and hopefully have a good
684 portion of it written before I enter it here.
685  
686 Please bear with me, I know it is frustrating to never see the end of a story.
687 Perhaps in awhile I will return to it with a new perspective.
688  
689 An Astral Dreamer
690 &*&*&*&*'s
691  
078=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/26/89 00:16  Msg:3250 Call:18851  Lines:28
692 .
693 "So what did you do to get the cp's on you?"
694  
695 "Oh hell, just having a bit of fun Kit. Man you know how it is."
696  
697 "Yeah sure I do. Your going to get your ass killed and mine along with it."
698  
699 "Ain't a cp been born yet that can catch a good net jokey."
700  
701 "Sure, thats what we all say. You remember Tad though don't you? And Lauri?
702 You telling me they wern't good jokeys?"
703  
704 "**ck if I know. Guess their time was up."
705  
706 "Well mine isn't. You better not have led them here."
707  
708 "Sh*t, give me some credit. I said they were after me, I didn't say they were
709 on to me. There's a world of difference you know."
710  
711 "Fine, I've got work to do. You keep out of my way and don't disturb me. If
712 I get burned because of you There will be hell to pay."
713  
714 "Great, I can take a hint. Go ahead and plug in. I'll be as silent as can 
715 be."
716  
717 "Good."
718 .
719  
079=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/26/89 09:45  Msg:3251 Call:18854  Lines:3
720 Lurking......
721 There is some excellent story writing going on here.
722 Good work!
080=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       02/26/89 10:27  Msg:3252 Call:18857  Lines:3
723@ 
724 _+_++_+++_++++
725  
081=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/26/89 13:08  Msg:3253 Call:18860  Lines:82
726 &*&*&*&*'s
727 Here's the first part of my next story. I'm going to try the upload route.
728  
729      Patrick looked out of his window at the backyard. It was not large in
730 reallity, but it held an imaginary world that was far larger then any phsical
731 boundry. It was squere and aproximetly fourty by twenty feet with the long 
732 side towards the house.
733      In the far right hand corner was a small fountain. It trickled water
734 and was along its sides over grown with algy. In the far left hand corner
735 was a dog house. It had belonged to Cymry, a large german shepherd. Cymry
736 had dissapered just before Patrics 16th birthday a year earlier. It had
737 been nearly a year before that that his parents had dissapered. 
738      Somthing bad always seemed to happen around his birthday. In the
739 center of the yard was a small cherry tree. It was surronded by a raised
740 patio on which several pieces of randomly placed lawn furniture lived.
741      The rest of the yard with the exception of the back deck and the path
742 to the cetral patio was thick green grass. That was the reallity.
743      In his mind Patrick saw the fountain as a beutifull waterfall, at the 
744 base of which lived a group of the wee folk. Even now he imagined he saw them 
745 darting about playfully.
746      The Tree was in fact a Treant. Who, would occasionally tell him long
747 meandering stories about the Earth.
748     The Dog House was a large friendly building from which he would 
749 hear strange a beutifull music.
750     He sighed and turned from the window. 
751 is Grandmother had come to live with him After his parents had dissapered.
752 Things had been ok since then but he wished he knew were they were. Grandma
753 had told him once that they were probably dead.
754     He wasn't sure wether he believed that or not. Growing restless he
755 went to his desk and opened a drawer at random. There sat the disk with his 
756 history report. What was that in the corner? Oh great! he thought pulling
757 out the small green orb his uncle had given him for christmas.
758      "Well, atleast I have the hardcopy!" He thought as he eyed the orb. It
759 had arrived in the mail just a few days before the previose christmas with
760 a note from his uncle saying it was a focus or somthing like that. He'd never
761 met his Uncle so the gift was a suprise.
762      So far the only thing he had found it usefull for was erasing floppy 
763 disks and warping the picture on the tv. "I think I'd better find some
764 place safe to put this thing." He said. 
765      He walked over to his closet and pulled on his jaket and took out his
766 mini backpack, placing the orb inside it. It was a saterday and he had 
767 finished his homework the night before.
768      "It's about time I checked out that strange building." He thought walking
769 from his bedroom, through the hallway into the livingroom and from there
770 into the kitchen. He opened the cupboard and pulled out some peanut butter,
771 bread and jam. The making of the two sandwhiches was a sort of ritual. Never
772 go on an expadition without suplies.
773      Next he went to the fridge and pulled out a can of pepsi and two 
774 oranges. Looking around the cool interior he spoted some muffins and took 
775 two of them out as well. He wrapped everything up and inserted the items
776 one by one into his backpack.
777      Outside the glass door to his left was the pourch and the gateway to
778 the other places.
779      He shouldered his pack and walked the few steps neccesary and opened 
780 the door. Steping outside he looked around. The yard was empty but bright
781 with the light of early morning. The air was chill with the last tendrills
782 of winter were in the air.
783      He walked over to the raised bridge that was the path to the treant 
784 and crossed. 
785      As he approached the tree it began to move slowly as if coming out
786 of a deep sleep. "Treant, do you wish to speak to me?" He asked walking up
787 to it.
788      "YYYYEEEESSS, YYYOOOUUU AARRE GOINg on a long journey." It said 
789 coming slowly up to humen spead.
790      "No, a short one, I'd imagine that I'll be back by this afternoon."
791      "Perhaps, but my roots tell me otherwise. The soil does not lie
792 young one."
793      Patric looked disturbed. "How long a trip?"
794      "Oh, that is hard to say. Time is so different for the two of us. I
795 think that anytime is a long time for you."
796      Patrick sighed in relief. "That is so I suppose. I'll see you before the 
797 next setting of the sun."
798     "Wait humen, I wish to give you a gift." This was followed by a crack
799 as a strangly straight and narrow stick about 6 feet long fell from above.
800      "What is this for?" Patric asked.
801      "YOUURRR TTTTRRRRRIIIIIPPPPP" Was all the tree said before subsiding.
802      Patrick shrugged and picked up the stick, grasping it tightly in his 
803 right hand.
804  
805 An Astral Dreamer
806 &*&*&*&*'s
807  
082=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/26/89 15:39  Msg:3254 Call:18862  Lines:13
808 _______________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__________________________
809 Very impressive storywriting going on here.... AD, your story is going
810 very well. It's okay that you went on to another story, if you didn't like
811 the other one too much then it would be better to move on because when
812 you don't like what you are writing it usually will turn out bad <although
813 that other story was good too>. Continue the one that you started today,
814 however, I would like to see where it goes... Hmm, well then I guess that
815 is it. Keep up the good work AD!
816 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_:O*_:O*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
817  
818 Later.................................................at (3:52 2/26/89)
819  
820                              __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
083=Usr:322 Stray Cat         02/26/89 16:06  Msg:32550Call*18863  Lines:4
821  
822 Good work you guys!!!  
823  
824  
084=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/26/89 16:22  Msg:3256 Call:18864  Lines:60
825 .
826 I moved in slowly on the synthetic reallity that was the net. Blearys 
827 problem ran through my mi~d. Being tagged by the cp's was no laughing
828 mater. I'd almost been caught and tagged a time or two myself. Taging
829 is not real high on my list of things to experience. In fact it's right
830 after castration.
831  
832 I decided I'd betteb0chesk things out to see just how bad they were.
833  
834 I started to skate over the icy blue surface of the net. Enjoying the
835 feel of the Electrons as they speed by beneth my feet. In the distance
836 I could see several towers. One of them was0dhe0Central data-base. I
837 prepared myself for the coming assault. 
838  
839 My first action was to activate my personaly written code generator. 
840 "What you want Kit?" It asked me as it came on line.
841  
842 "We're going to be doing a littlu breaking of the central Data-Base
843 pal."
844  
845 "Oh, that easy. You don't need me Kit."
846  
847 "Sure I do. It's easy for a reason. We're going after the real stuff, not
848 the stuff they leave lying around on the surface."
849  
850 "Oh,0deep probe. Why did you not say so in the first place? It will be fun!"
851  
852 "Sure dude, just try to contain your enthusiasm and concentrate on the task
853 at hand."
854  
855 "Sorry Kit."
856  
857 "Oh hell, thats ok. Didn't mean to be so tough n you."
858  
859 "It's Ok, I understand."
860  
861 I went to sub surface travel and felt my body moving down a stream of
862 pulsing electrons. Now I was a Fish moving towards my destination.
863  
864 I found a silent circuit and started to0gork on it.
865  
866 "I want you to be ready to jump in Kit."
867  
868 "Ok."
869  
870 The reality reformed and I was in a room that was looked like somthing
871 out of one of those you see in movies about the 60's. There were
872 posters on the0gallc and all that stuff, as well as the faint smell
873 of drugs.
874  
875 There was only one door out and I walked across and broke it down. Beyond
876 it was another room similer to the first. The only difference being the 
877 large Cop with the ~ight Stick. I quickly activated my Mark five 
878 fighter program and ducked to the side. 
879  
880 The two of them went at each other and locked in mortal combat. I found 
881 it momentarily humerose to see a large hippy and a cop beating on each
(82 other. The fight was short and grusome for the guard program. I deactivated
883 the Mark five and continued on.
884  
085=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/26/89 20:22  Msg:3257 Call:18868  Lines:8
885  
886 And more good work!!
887 This is some of thu besd storywriting I've seen since I've been on here!
888  
889 Quote of the day:
890  
891 " The only time Success comes before Work is in the dictionary. "
892 -  THE VISION
086=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  02/26/89 21:04  Msg:3258 Call:18871  Lines:12
89# &*&*&*&*'s
894 Yes, things do seem to be going well. I'm glad you liked my story vision.
895 I'll upload the next part tommorow. I have decided that in fairness to those
896 of you who take the time to read the stuff I write I will not be uploadinw
(97 anything untill I have the part after the part I am uploading done.
898  
899 I do wish Kurfer,Frier,Muse,Talos,Hagbard and all the rest would return. I
900 suppose we can make a new start though.
901  
902 An Astral Dreamer
903 &*&*&*&*'s
9 4  
087=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  02/26/89 22:20  Msg:3259 Call:18873  Lines:4
905 .
906 Remember, The Computer is your friend. The computer wants you! Paranoia.
907 .
908  
088=Usr:131 THE VISION        02/27/89 15:43  Msg:3260 Call:18890  Lines:6
)090Lurking....
910 AD, I sure did like it!
911 I wish all those would return too!!
912 Hmm, this is the slowest filling disk I've ever seen...
913 Atleast it's east on Mikey.
914 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___
089=Usr:178 terri bates       02/27/89 19:00 0Msg:#261 Call:18895  Lines:6
915 ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * i'm back!!) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) 
916 HI guys!!!  The nasty flu is gone!! NOW I'm left with a stuffy nose, hacking
917 cough, and a case of eczema coupled with hives.  Talk about having0your
918 skin crawl...
919   YO've all been doing some lovely work.  I'm very proud of you, and
920 proud to have been your inspiration--that's what MUSEs are for, you know.  
090=Usr:178 terri bates       02/27/89 19:04  Msg:3262 Call:18896  Lines:79
921 It's been a long week.  Let me tell you now, tht if I go away for a while,
922 it doesn't mean I won't be back.  I'm doing some very important scientific
923 research (seriously) and I occasionaly go away for the weekend, as well as
924 worki~g eyght hours a day.  And I like to get my laundry done.  And eat.
925 It's a hard life. But I loveyou all, And I promise that I'll always
926 come back.
927 NOw, Inn keeper, a tankard of your finest ale!! There's tales to be told.
928 ...............>...
929 She dreamed often of a house.  It was an old house, on a lonely country
930 road overlooking a small stream.  Dogwood trees kept its porch in cool 
931 shade, and magnolia twisted and twined its way up the colums.  It was
932 a very empty house< bet she knew that there was one room that was lit
933 and warm, even in the dead of winter.  When she awoke she would have the
934 odd sensation of having been watched, and her heart would be racing.  
935 She dreamed this same dream every night for mnths, until it became
936 a part of the night, as expected as starlight and owl calls.
937    On a   late spring day she rode out of town to visit her sister
938 who lived a few  furlongs to the west.  It was a perfect day, and 
939 sparrows heralded0her destriers every move.  She decided to take 
940 the old rode, which she had never ridden before.  It winded through
941 the woods, the ancient woods which ages before were ancient home to
942 Elves; their ancestrial wakening place.  But that was on|i story to be
943 told after the days work had been finished, when the children were ready 
944 for bed.  just as her grandfather had done.
945    These woods were silent.  There was no sound of bird or beast.
946 It was the silence of sleep, the slee`0of q new born babe, or an
947 elderof the village.  It was silent so that one could hear the 
948 trees grow.  almost percieve their subterranean conversation.
949    For hours she wandered in eldrich daze.  The setting sun reminded
950 her of her oriwina| plans, and she found the road once again.  
951 It finally emerged form the forest, overlooking a small stream.
952 Looking up, the suns dying rays fell on an old country house, with
953 magnolia entwined around its colums and dogwood sading the porch.
954 She rode up to the steps, dismounted, and slowly, quiently, stepped 
955 up the porch steps to the house of these long months dreams.
956 In Silence, heart full of fears, and of questions she stood.  How 
957 could it be?  Dreams cannot stant in front of the waking dreamer.
958 This was the place of nighttime, of moonbeams and fireflies, not of
959 daylight hours.  Such thoughts raced through her mind, and she did not
960 see the fron door open, and the old woman step through.
961   "Come yn, shild.  Though you will not find a great hospitality.
962 These old rooms once were filled with laughter and noise.  Now they
963 are silent.  But you must know that."
964   "But Why?  What is this place?  And why is it now empty?"
965 The womans fqce wrew distant, as she recalled times gone by.  "An inn,
966 my dear.  This once was an inn.  In acient times it was the first
967 neutral territory between Men and Elves.  In more recent times, it
968 has been a comfortable place to stay on a journey, or just as an
969 adventure in itself."
970    "and what has happened?  Why does it now stand empty??" She nearly
971 cried, needing, but not wanting to know the answer.
972    "It has become haunted."
973    "By......."
974    "By YOU......"
9750............................
976  and now you have had my meager offering.  Another round, inn keeper!!
977 there will be much rejoicing this night!!!
978 ( * ( * ( * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ( * )
979 Actually, guys, I'm rea|ly slose to the botom and I 
980 kinda want to keep going till it's all gone.  I guess I shouldn't have 
981 done the bottom border, but I did.  And I don't really
982 feell like goiing back an erasing it .  
983 here are a few lines to a MUSE you while I finish up this disk.  tee hee.
984 ,,,,,,,...............,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
985 god isn't dead.
986 He just didn't leave
987 a forewarding
988 address.
989 .................
990 If tomorrow never comes,
991 then why are there calendars??
992 ....................
993 1968
994     PEACE, POT AND THE MICRODOT
995  
996 1989
997      QUICH, POT AND THE BIRKENSTOCK.
998  
999 SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.