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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 04/24/89 19:04 Msg:3677 Call:20629 Lines:2
20 Warning: Dry Paint
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003=Usr:4 Milchar 04/24/89 19:21 Msg:3678 Call:20630 Lines:3
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23 I couldn't resist. A blank disk! AT THE TOP! There, I said it.
24 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
004=Usr:284 Kevin Connell 04/24/89 20:28 Msg:3679 Call:20631 Lines:6
25 6------------------------------------------------------------9
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27 Hey! bartender! how about a diet pepsi! ?
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29 6-------------------------------------------------------------9
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005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/24/89 21:11 Msg:3680 Call:20632 Lines:7
31 &*&*&*&*'s
32 Drats! Beaten to the top. :-) Here we stand near the pinnicle of a new
33 disk. Don't look down, you may get vertigo! ::-)-) (echo smile.)
34
35 An Astral Dreamer
36 &*&*&*&*'s
37
006=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 04/24/89 21:19 Msg:3681 Call:20633 Lines:5
38 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&&)(**&&)(*&)()(*()(*)(*&
39 My god I've goten a nose bleed.
40
41 The Mole
42 )(*&)(*&)(&)(*&)(*&)(*&&)(*&)(*&)(*)(*)(*&
007=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 04/24/89 22:25 Msg:3682 Call:20634 Lines:3
43 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
44 So *that's* why these oxygen masks are dangling out of my CPU!
45 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob (and devonair?) Ha! I made a pun! Must be lack of O2.
008=Usr:248 Innkeeper 04/24/89 23:07 Msg:3683 Call:20635 Lines:4
46 +-*@+-*@+-
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009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/24/89 23:13 Msg:3684 Call:20636 Lines:3
50 Here I lurked.
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010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/25/89 18:47 Msg:3685 Call:20647 Lines:6
53 &*&*&*&*'s
54 The air must be to thin up here. Everybody seems to have left.
55
56 An Astral Dreamer
57 &*&*&*&*'s
58
011=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 04/25/89 20:58 Msg:3686 Call:20653 Lines:7
59 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
60 Hey, Astral, what's the lurk:post ratio? Maybe it's time to unleash...
61 RAMBAUD: Lurk Blood Part XXIV
62 Another fine product from: swob inc.
63 "What are Q-tips for?" "Why, for tickling babies' chins, of course!"
64@*/*/*/*/*/*/*/ swob (a Self-Willed OBject) [your company's name here]
65 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ swob (a Self-Willed OBject) [your company's name here]
012=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 04/25/89 23:39 Msg:3687 Call:20655 Lines:2
66 I came, I saw, I lurked.
67 *************************
013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/26/89 00:40 Msg:3688 Call:20657 Lines:13
68 &*&*&*&*'s
69 Current lurk to post ratio is 5.602, and riseing. Predictions are that at this
70 rate it will reach the critical mark in aproximetly six months. Yes, ladies
71 and gentlemen, 7.11 to 1! We must prevent this at all costs. Or the Inn will be
72 displaced by a prefab convinence store. Imagine the horror of falling asleep
73 at a corner table and awakening face down in the remains of a spilt slurpy!
74
75 I will be posting warnings from time to time to keep you all abreast of this
76 potentioly devastating posibility.
77
78 An Astral Dreamer
79 &*&*&*&*'s
80
014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/26/89 18:34 Msg:3689 Call:20677 Lines:8
81 &*&*&*&*'s
82 Up to 5.606. Remember, when you lurk you bring the Inn closer and closer to
83 oblivion. We don't want the old place to be torn down and turned into a 7-11
84 do we?
85
86 An Astral Dreamer
87 &*&*&*&*'s
88
015=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 04/26/89 19:09 Msg:3690 Call:20679 Lines:84
89
90 EFFORTS POINTLESS, LUJAN SAYS:-4/26/89
91 Efforts to hose down coastal Alaskan beaches fouled by the Exxon Valdez
92 tanker spill are ineffective public relations gestures that make little
93 relevant contribution to the massive cleanup effort, Interior Secretary Manuel
94 Lujan said. "It just seemed like make-work for appearances' sake," Lujan said
95 after returning from a three-day visit to the scene.
96 In an interview with USA TODAY, Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan said the
97 state of Alaska has to accept some of the blame for the ineffectual early
98 cleanup efforts in the Exxon oil spill. In the hours immediately after the
99 tanker went aground, various cleanup proposals were advanced but effectively
100 vetoed by Alaskan officials, Lujan said.
101 For all the environmental damage caused by the Exxon oil spill, Interior
102 Secretary Manual Lujan said he continues to believe oil exploration should be
103 permitted in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Alaska's northern coast.
104 Lujan said he regards the nation's oil need as compelling reason to risk
105 environmental damage on the Arctic plain.
106 USA TODAY columnist Dan Dorfman is reporting advice to Exxon Corp.
107 stockholders: Get out now while the getting's good. Reason: Exxon could be
108 dead money for the next two to three years because of the impact of its giant
109 oil spill off the Alaskan coast.
110 USA TODAY columnist Dan Dorfman quotes Alan Gaines, a partner in a
111 brokerage firm specializing in energy research, on bad tidings for Exxon Corp.
112 stock. Gaines: Exxon has about $400 million worth of insurance to cover oil
113 spills. But he figures total costs covering the Alaskan disaster will run
114 between $5 billion and $8 billion.
115 The implications from the Alaskan oil spill for Exxon Corp. are ominous,
116 energy analyst Alan Gaines told USA TODAY columnist Dan Dorfman. Gaines sees
117 costs of $5 billion to $8 billion connected to spill. He says that Exxon -
118 already facing lawsuits - has yet to set aside reserves to cover the costs.
119 Gaines predicts Exxon will scrap its dividend boosts after seven consecutive
120 years of raises.
121 Energy analyst Alan Gaines told USA TODAY columnist Dan Dorfman that he
122 expects Exxon Corp.'s share repurchase plan to be sharply curtailed as a
123 result of the Alaskan oil spill. The buyback had helped fatten Exxon's stock
124 price and boost per-share earnings. Also: Gaines sees possibility some large,
125 socially conscious institutional investors might unload extensive Exxon
126 holdings.
127 Exxon Corp. rejects the conclusions drawn by energy analyst Alan Gaines,
128 reported by USA TODAY columnist Dan Dorfman. It says his $5 billion to $8
129 billion estimate for the Alaskan oil spill is ridiculous. Exxon spokesman:
130 There is nothing definitive about a dividend boost or a per-share buyback on a
131 year-to-year basis. Gaines' assumptions are invalid.
132
133 TOPIC - CLEANING UP ALASKA:
134 Manuel Lujan Jr., secretary of the interior, talks with USA TODAY's
135 editorial board and Gannett News Service about the Alaskan oil spill. Alaska's
136 Gov. Steve Cowper adds his views.
137 WHAT'S THE SITUATION IN ALASKA? IS THE OIL SPREADING?
138 LUJAN: No, most of it has disappeared. It's either on the beaches or in
139 the fiords. You only see ribbons of oil, six to 10 feet wide. And some of them
140 are long - 100 or 200 yards. But it's really solid stuff. Soft peanut butter
141 is what it's like.
142 WHAT WILL CLEAN THAT UP?
143 LUJAN: The fishermen are the most effective way. They're going out there
144 with scoops or buckets, filling them up, bringing them back to shore and
145 selling them to Exxon for $5 a bucket.
146 WHY WAIT FOR PEOPLE WITH BUCKETS? WASN'T ANYONE IN CHARGE?
147 LUJAN: The Coast Guard was in charge, very clearly. But when they started
148 doing the things that they were supposed to do, the state of Alaska objected
149 to it. The Coast Guard tried some burning; Alaska objected. They tried
150 chemical dispersants; Alaska objected. The Coast Guard, which is the federal
151 cleanup agent, just didn't know what to do.
152 DOES THAT MEAN EXXON'S GETTING TOO MUCH BLAME?
153 LUJAN: Well, they're the ones that wrecked the ship. They've got the
154 ultimate responsibility. But I think they are all to blame. In the
155 containment, Alaska has to share the blame. And then the Coast Guard for
156 letting Alaska intimidate them.
157 SO HOW IS THIS EVER GOING TO GET CLEANED UP?
158 LUJAN: Man's efforts are not going to pick it up. Eventually, there will
159 be a good-sized storm, and that will break it up.
160 WHAT MIGHT HAVE LESSENED THE DISASTER?
161 LUJAN: More equipment; a different kind of equipment. The king of
162 equipment that we have is not sufficient to handle that kind of a spill. First
163 of all, you have the ship for skimming that can pump form 200 to 500 barrels
164 an hour. But its capacity is only 37 barrels. The second thing is the booms
165 that they have there were like Tinkertoys. They were breaking up.
166 WHAT ABOUT CHARGES ABOUT DISPERSANTS NOT BEING ALLOWED?
167 COWPER: Chemicals to break up the oil didn't work when first tested by the
168 Coast Guard the day of the Exxon Valdez accident because the weather was too
169 calm. When conditions improved, the industry didn't have enough of the
170 dispersant.
171
172
016=Usr:4 Milchar 04/26/89 21:03 Msg:3691 Call:20681 Lines:6
173 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
174 Holding at about 5.6046 now...
175 SWOB: Ya ever do any writing? Think about it... :-)
176 Mole: Ditto. Just because your senior project is on the line doesn't
177 mean anything... :-)
178 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++ unlurk +++++
017=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 04/26/89 21:39 Msg:3692 Call:20682 Lines:10
179 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
180 Ok, as soon as I get past my Compilers midterm (tomorrow), an assigned essay
181 and an impromptu (Fri.), month end at work (AIIGHH! an avalanche of 8"
182 floppies! (this wkend)), and some semantic actions on my compiler (Tues),
183 I'll write up something... but I'm kinda new at this (writing about the Inn,
184 that is) - are there any ground rules?
185 Testing my ASCII text send... please ignore the next line:
186 This i eto h mergency posting system- this is only a test.
187 Hey, I don't think that worked.... milch, any suggestions?
188 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob "What fun is work if you can't gripe about it?"
018=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/27/89 00:55 Msg:3693 Call:20688 Lines:9
189 &*&*&*&*'s
190 5.603 and counting.
191
192 Say, does anybody here know how to define custom charector seton IBM's?
193 Or under Turbo Pascal 5?
194
195 An Astral Dreamer
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197
019=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 04/27/89 17:32 Msg:3694 Call:20709 Lines:2
198 %%%%%%%%%%%% THINGFISH %%%%%%%%%%%
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020=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/27/89 18:30 Msg:3695 Call:20710 Lines:3
200
201 Hovering at 5.606
202
021=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 04/27/89 20:15 Msg:3696 Call:20711 Lines:8
203 )(*&)(*(*&)(*&&)(*&)(*
204 ack, ack ack!!
205
206 I don' wanna writ' anyfing.
207
208 Da Mole
209 )(**&)(*&&)(*&)**&&)(*&
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022=Usr:4 Milchar 04/27/89 21:27 Msg:3697 Call:20715 Lines:5
211 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
212 Swob: Not really. Just follow your own good sense and you'll do fine.
213 AD: Got that Multi-user, multi-tasking operating system that only runs
214 on 8088's ready yet? We're shipping tomorrow, you know.... :-)
215 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
023=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 04/27/89 22:52 Msg:3698 Call:20716 Lines:66
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024=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/27/89 23:08 Msg:3699 Call:20717 Lines:7
282 &*&*&*&*'s
283 Interesting art there. Multi-Tasking OS? on an 8088? should be done right after
284 I find my true love. :-)
285
286 An Astral Dreamer
287 &*&*&*&*'s
288
025=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 04/27/89 23:37 Msg:3700 Call:20719 Lines:17
289 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
290 Milch: Thanx, I'll do my best. But I'll have to think of a better name
291 than swob for such posts.
292 A question: (actually, a story and then a question)
293 The other day in a writing class, we were giving comments on an anonymous
294 essay. Instead of saying, "the author says, the author does, the author..."
295 all the time, I resorted to the neutral pronoun 'he,' thinking it the most
296 logical and best-sounding way to express my thoughts. The instructor took
297 it to be sex-biased, possibly sexist. The question: how many people out
298 there are actually offended by the use of 'he' as a neutral pronoun for
299 people. Anybody know a better word? ('it' sounds a bit derogatory, no?
300 'he or she' can do for once or twice in a paragraph, but is worse than
301 'the author' in the long run)
302 Just Curious... \ /
303 8Q=####--- <--- dead cat
304 / \
305 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob (A Self-Willed OBject) "Everybody must get cloned" -ST
026=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/28/89 00:29 Msg:3701 Call:20723 Lines:47
306
307 &*&*&*&*'s
308 I think 'they' is a good alternative. Or, just use she. I've seen some writters
309 do that. Seems sort of strange at first, but what the hell. Women have had to
310 put up with it, why should I complain?
311
312 I was dodling and the following is what I came up with, it is the opening
313 scene to The second part of Patricks story. (Oh, swob. I use AZComm on its
314 lowest text send speed. Just hit the 'Help' key and you'll see what I mean.)
315
316 A shadowy figure moved rapidly from stall to stall. Few noticed, and
317 those that did smiled knowingly. The screaching of the SeaGulls that
318 seamed to be everywhere was a constant reminder that the sea was near.
319 One stall in particuler seemed to have drawn our furtive friend. As if out
320 of nowhere he appeared in front of the propriator. "Brian sends his regards."
321 The man was dressed in the simple yet functional dress that many of the
322 Merchents seemed to prefer. "And?"
323 "He has a request."
324 "What will it be this time?"
325 "Leaf of Cerium, no less then ten. Can you get it?"
326 "I might, it will be expensive though."
327 A hand came from under the dark robes and placed a money pouch down on
328 the counter. "Will this be enough?"
329 The merchent picked up the pouch and after examining its contents nodded
330 in agrement. "Three weeks, no less."
331 "I"ll be back in two."
332 Their was an uncomfortable silence. Finaly the Merchant conceded. "Two
333 it is."
334 "Good day then." And like the wind he was gone.
335 The alley he stood in was silent and deserted, the perfect place for
336 a quick spell. He pulled a tiny vial from inside his cloak and after a
337 moment of concentration through it on the ground. A billowing cloud of
338 smoke enveloped him, and when it cleared he was gone.
339 Back in his room Jos removed his cloak and emptied his pockets. He had
340 done well, perhaps 10 gens if he disposed of everthing properly. And their
341 was the bonus from Brian. A quit chime reminded him that it was time for
342 dinner. If he didn"t get there soon the best places would be taken.
343 The dark cloak and the furtivness were now gone and a young man,
344 perhaps 17 was revealed. There was nothing outstanding about him,
345 and during his walk nobody gave him a second glance.
346
347
348 Thats all for now.
349
350 An Astral Dreamer
351 &*&*&*&*'s
352
027=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/28/89 09:02 Msg:3702 Call:20726 Lines:14
353 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | I'm Hav'n A Really Bad Dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
354
355 How 'bout instead of using 'he' 'she' or 'they' you make a sensible choice
356 and use then word 'it'. After all, people are nothing more than about
357 20 gallons of water and $5 worth of chemicals.
358
359 BTW, what does everyone here think about George "Mr. Invisible" Bush's plan
360 to lease off the Oregon coast for oil drilling? I personally believe that
361 such an action would fall under the individual state's jurisdiction and
362 not be a power of the federal government. I also think we should deep-6
363 every derrick they attempt to erect.
364
365 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Bankrupt Exxon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
366
028=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 04/28/89 10:10 Msg:3703 Call:20728 Lines:4
367 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
368 Is Mo' Wassir behind the plan to replace the Inn with a seven-11?
369 I won't help him out. I'll post this kind of gibberish every time.
370 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
029=Usr:53 prince dragon 04/28/89 16:44 Msg:3704 Call:20732 Lines:3
371 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.
372 this was not a post.
373 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.
030=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/28/89 18:08 Msg:3705 Call:20733 Lines:8
374 &*&*&*&*'s
375 I'm not sure who's behind this plot, but I suspect that certain NET
376 operatives might be able to find out. I hope thats not a bulldozer I hear on
377 the horizon.
378
379 An Astral Dreamer
380 &*&*&*&*'s
381
031=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 04/28/89 19:11 Msg:3706 Call:20734 Lines:30
382 696969696969
383
384 GROUP SAYS REPORTS INCORRECT:-4/28/89
385 Reports from Alaska have failed to get across the vast killing of wildlife
386 or the enormous remaining risks to birds, animals and fish from the oil spill
387 in Prince William Sound, a conservation group said Thursday. The Defenders of
388 Wildlife said reports of 200 to 300 miles of beach contaminated by the 11
389 million-gallon spill were inaccurate. Actual contamination: 1,000-2,000 miles.
390
391 EXXON CONTRIBUTES TO ALASKA:-4/28/89
392 Exxon will give the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council and the Alaska
393 Visitor Association an estimated $10 million for a four-month print and TV
394 advertising and public relations campaign, reports Advertising Age. The
395 effort, breaking May 1, will use TV spots from the council's current campaign.
396 EXXON CREATES LITIGATION PANEL:-4/28/89
397 The board of directors of the Exxon Corp. has created an independent
398 litigation committee to determine whether Exxon should file lawsuits against
399 any one or more of present or former employees or directors because of the
400 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Committee: Jess Hay, Sir Hector Laing and Philip E.
401 Lippincott. They are all non-employee directors of Exxon.
402 SURVEY - PROFITABILITY DOWN:-4/28/89
403 A survey by the American Petroleum Institute finds that despite increased
404 net income, the profitability of the leading U.S. oil companies lags behind
405 that of non-oil firms. API: Gain in income from refining and marketing
406 operations offset by decline in exploration and production earnings.
407
408 The Comedy continues, why is no one, except EXXON laughing?
409
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032=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 04/28/89 21:25 Msg:3707 Call:20738 Lines:7
412 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
413 The one that really pissed me off was the statement by the chairman of Exxon
414 "Go ahead and boycott Exxon. We will sell all of the gasoline we want to
415 this summer, and people will line up to buy it. A consumer boycott would
416 have no effect on us. We don't care about it at all."
417 What an arrogant bastard.
418 [][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][] Boycott Exxon!
033=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/28/89 23:56 Msg:3708 Call:20740 Lines:11
419 &*&*&*&*'s
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421 I predict he'll get his. People the far out from reality in high places ussualy
422 do.
423
424 To whomever posts the stuff between the 69's, thank you. It is hard for many
425 of us to keep up with such things.
426
427 An Astral Dreamer
428 &*&*&*&*'s
429
034=Usr:32 JOHN SILVERMAN 04/29/89 00:09 Msg:3709 Call:20742 Lines:13
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431@On May 12th around 10PM J.D.'s Place will be going down permanently.
432@
433@This is becauseI will be moving from Portland to Eugene during that
434@weekend. This is for personal reasons which are long and complex which I do
435@not wish to go into in the news.
436@
437@I apologize for the apparent suddeness of this decision, and for any
438@problems it might cause. The time I have spent running this system has been
439@a lot of fun, and I have mt many great people. I will miss you all.
440@
441@I do not know yet if I will be settig up my system in Eugene yet. I would
442@
035=Usr:4 Milchar 04/29/89 00:18 Msg:3710 Call:20743 Lines:12
443 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
444 To those following the cold-fusion experiments: The Friday 28 edition
445 of the Vanguard, PSU's school paper, has a front-page story about an
446 experiment on campus headed by Physics professor John Dash. 25 ml of heavy
447 water, platinum and palladium conductors, 2 watts of electrical power, and
448 a special electrolyte not used in the original Pons-F experiment produced
449 100 times the input energy. It lasted 10 seconds (the duration of the
450 current flow) and heated the water 6.5 degrees C in that time. No mention
451 of radiation is made, but the reported neutrons in other experiments are
452 difficult to detect. Now, all I want to know is, where can I buy
453 palladium stock?
454 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
036=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir 04/29/89 08:51 Msg:3711 Call:20746 Lines:10
455 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
456
457 Gosh, I always get accused of stuff I don't do. Actually, I
458 had planned on replacing the Inn with an Albanian Burger King.
459 That way, the NET could have a Whopper on me.
460
461 Mohammed Wassir
462 <The Albanian Firebrand>
463
464 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
037=Usr:32 JOHN SILVERMAN 04/29/89 11:22 Msg:3712 Call:20748 Lines:44
465 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
466 System News
467 April 28th, 1989
468 11:30 PM
469
470 ********** IMPORTANT NOTICE! **********
471
472 On May 12th around 10PM J.D.'s Place will be going down permanently.
473
474 This is because I will be moving from Portland to Eugene during that
475 weekend. This is for personal reasons which are long and complex which I do
476 not wish to go into here.
477
478 I apologize for the apparent suddeness of this decision, and for any
479 problems it might cause. The time I have spent running this system has been
480 a lot of fun, and I have met many great people. I will miss you all.
481
482 I do not know yet if I will be setting up my system in Eugene yet. I would
483 like to, but other considerations must be attended to first. At the very
484 least it will be late summer or fall before J.D.'s Place again sees the
485 light of day, and maybe in a vastly altered form. When (if) this happens I
486 will be calling the Blue Parrot (661-3529) and Applephilia (591-8090) with
487 the information in case anyone would like to call long distance.
488
489 I would like it if somebody organized a Farewell To J.D.'s Place party. I
490 most certainly will not have the time to do so between now and the weekend
491 of the 13th. An optimum time would be the weekend of the 20th or the 27th.
492 Gino's comes to mind as a meeting place (it's traditional!) but that, too,
493 I will leave in the hands of whoever cares to organize it.
494
495 Finally, I would like to thank you great people for calling and
496 contributing to make this one of the finest systems Portland has ever seen.
497 I can only hope I will be able to do this well in Eugene. Thank you one and
498 all.
499
500 Hope to see you around sometime.
501
502 James Charles Lynn
503
504 a.k.a.
505
506 J.D. Silverman
507
508 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/29/89 14:35 Msg:3713 Call:20751 Lines:8
509
510 &*&*&*&*'s
511 Lurkus lurkus lurkus.
512
513 An Astral Dreamer
514
515 &*&*&*&*'s
516
039=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 04/29/89 16:07 Msg:3714 Call:20753 Lines:10
517 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
518 AD: Thanx for the tip. I'll try a slower send speed.
519 All: Thanx for the input on pronouns. 'He' still *sounds* best to me,
520 but since saying 'it' and 'she' is more noticeable, perhaps it
521 makes a point. At least people will wonder why we don't have such
522 a pronoun.
523 Well, gots to go... lots to do today... oh, yeah, I almost forgot:
524
525 SAVE THE INN!
526 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob
040=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/29/89 17:25 Msg:3715 Call:20755 Lines:11
527
528 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Bankrupt Exxon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
529
530 Perhaps if a boycott won't stop Exxon or make them accountable for their
531 blatant screwup (to put it lightly), a few bullets will.......
532
533 After all, with all the death in Alaska from the oil spill right now,
534 what's the demise of a few corporate executives more or less?
535
536 KKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Is A Man's Life Worth More Than Any Animal's???????
537
041=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 04/29/89 20:07 Msg:3716 Call:20759 Lines:4
538 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&(*
539 Lurk..
540 The Mole
541 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*(*&
042=Usr:4 Milchar 04/29/89 22:21 Msg:3717 Call:20766 Lines:32
542 ::: BGN CYBER-LINK: ID F78B:9EA1:C88D CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
543
544 Sem punched in, allowing the crisp edges of C-space to fill
545 his awareness. The grid lines pulsed brightly, carrying thousands
546 of transactions per second. Sem ignored them. He was after bigger
547 game.
548 Sem's fingers flew over his keyboard, and he moved. He moved
549 faster than fast-forward, his sensory input distorting for a moment.
550 He knew no one else in the matrix could move as fast. Speed aided the
551 ability to attack, and also made retreats possible. More slowly now,
552 he moved his matrix-analogue nearer his target. He dared go no closer,
553 or the ICE systems would lock on to him too soon.
554 Streched before him, some two clicks farther down the 5F7B:A8 line,
555 stood the Turing pyramid. The Turings were cyber-police, the watchdogs
556 of AI machines. Only so far would they allow machines to evolve, and no
557 farther. Every AI used an ANN (analog-neural-net) cube to provide the
558 base for intelligence. Turing registered every ANN and watched it.
559 Sem intended to make Turing forget about one.
560 Sem jacked out for a moment and reached for his cartridge. It
561 had taken weeks to construct it, taking the CPU time from over a
562 dozen systems to run the silicon-compiler. It was his program, but as
563 software it was too slow-- useless. Once translated into hardware
564 it was a weapon. He called it DiamondCutter.
565 Sem jacked back in, casually slotting DiamondCutter. Instantly,
566 the form of a ship materialized about his matrix-analogue, the heads-up
567 display targeting the Turing pyramid automatically. Several displays
568 winked on, controls formed out of nothing beneath his mental hands.
569 Sem checked the information, noting green lights over each display.
570 Easy. He knew it would be easy. Turing didn't have a chance.
571
572 ::: END CYBER-LINK: RUN TIME 00:10:45 CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
573
043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/29/89 23:05 Msg:3718 Call:20768 Lines:38
574 &*&*&*&*'s
575 Lurking mostly.
576 Impromptu story follows.
577
578 The wizard in the window.
579
580 The wizard in the window stared at me as if with its eyes it could know
581 all that transpired within my mind. Its clay hand held above its head an orb,
582 in which I could see a tiny round replica of my face reflected. I fixated on
583 that for a moment, imagining myself as actually being that size. I'd probably
584 see eye to eye with the tiny statue.
585
586 I looked down at the price tag, 35$. It was a heck of a lot of money for
587 a lump of clay and a tiny bit of crystal... Why not? And so I walked in and
588 bought it. The sales lady was a bit uptight, as I insisted that I had to have
589 the one in the window. I offered an extra 5 for her trouble and she decided tha
590 t perhaps it was worth her time. It was wrapped and bagged and I was out of the
591 store. Total transaction time, 5 minutes.
592
593 I looked around at the other shops in the small mall, but saw nothing
594 interesting. Time to find the car and drive home. I knew just the spot for
595 my new purchase... I nearly hit the neighbors cat coming into the drivway,
596 Boris was its name, but the way it always seemed to be nearly underwheel made
597 me think that chicken was more appropriate. Stop the car, pull out the stereo
598 and lock the door. Ah, the joys of modern living.
599
600 I noticed that the grass was dying, I'd have to look at the sprinkler
601 controls again, They don't even make the things they didn't used to make the
602 way they used to make them. Up the stairs and to the door. Insert key, yea the
603 same old routine. Flipping the light switch by the door brought my living room
604 to elumination, and also served to remind me that it was time to vacume again,
605 but my new purchase was heavy under my arm. I'd always thought the mantle of
606 the fire place looked a little bare, so after unwraping my purchase I filled
607 that naging hole.
608
609 An Astral Dreamer
610 &*&*&*&*'s
611
044=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/30/89 15:49 Msg:3719 Call:20781 Lines:6
612 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | This is not a lurkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
613
614 Hmmmmm. This is my third call with the system still at only line 611. So,
615 where'd everyone go?
616
617 KKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | It isn't a message either thoughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/30/89 19:43 Msg:3720 Call:20785 Lines:8
618 &*&*&*&*'s
619 Good question. The lurk to post ration is taking a heck of a beating folks. Ig
620 If this keeps up the bulldozers might be here any day.
621
622
623 An Astral Dreamer. (Fill the disk! Fill the disk! (Being subliminal again.))
624 &*&*&*&*'s
625
046=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 04/30/89 20:32 Msg:3721 Call:20787 Lines:4
626 ******************************************************************
627 Hmmm, so that's what Mohammad Wassir did with all them little furry
628 animals, he open up Bugger King franchises.
629 ******************************************************************
047=Usr:4 Milchar 04/30/89 20:47 Msg:3722 Call:20788 Lines:5
630 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
631 M.W.: Better be careful, the A.S.P.C.A. isn't as soft as it used to be-
632 now they're lugging semi-automatic weapons to deal with people who
633 exploit small rodents....
634 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
048=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 04/30/89 20:57 Msg:3723 Call:20789 Lines:6
635 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
636 Excuse me, but could someone please direct me to Wimbledon? I'm from out
637 of town (planet Skyron, galaxy of Andromeda, actually).
638 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -Blancmange (a self-willed object)
639 ^^^^another blatant attempt to save the Inn from Convenience Store Hell.
640
049=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/30/89 21:47 Msg:3724 Call:20791 Lines:24
641 KKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Well well welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
642
643 Here is an ordinary bbs. It spends every ordinary day of its ordinary
644 existance doing absolutely nothing. That is why our show is not about it,
645 but is rather about this little inn over here. Yes, this quaint little pub
646 sitting there peacefully, with no idea that it is about to enter the land
647 of 7-11's from hell!
648
649 If'n any of you watch Montigue Anaconda's Levitating Burlesque every
650 Saturday night (I know you're out there, I can see your beady little eyes
651 peeking through the shrubbery), this may sound familiar.
652
653
654 Angus Podgorny vs. John McEnroe live tonight.
655
656 ^
657 /|\
658 |
659
660 The Above Is Not A Paid Announcement. We forced Them To Say It.
661
662 >R
663
664 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Smurf In Range... FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
050=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/30/89 22:17 Msg:3725 Call:20792 Lines:27
665
666 &*&*&*&*'s
667 (More impromptu story telling follows.)
668
669 After dinner I sat down to read the paper. Death, violence and
670 advertisments all lept out at me. Somtimes it just seems better to avoid
671 finding out what the rest of the world is doing. After flipping through the
672 22 chanels I have the dubious houner of recieving I decided it was time to do
673 some reading. Somthing light and entertaining I thought. I looked at my to
674 be read shelf and spoted a book by Piers Anthony that I had been wanting to
675 read. Another of his Xanth series. Always good fodder for an evenings
676 entertainment.
677
678 Some two hours later I had made my way through most of the book. It was
679 a familer story, but as usual t execution was superb. I caught a movement out
680 of the corner of my eye. I looked over at the fireplace, looked away and then
681 looked back again. The clay mage was dancing. twirling about and tosing his
682 crystal ball into the air. This went on for several minutes while I sat there
683 slack jawed. Then with a final florish he turned to me, smiled and disapered.
684
685 The next day I went back to the little shop in the mall. And there in the
686 window was the clay mage. I wasn't sure if it was the same one untill it
687 winked at me.
688
689 An Astral Dreamer
690 &*&*&*&*'s
691
051=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 04/30/89 23:00 Msg:3726 Call:20794 Lines:25
692 )*(&()*&()*&()*&()*&()*&)(*&)(*&(*)()*&)(*&(*)&
693 LURK ALERT!!! LURK ALERT!!! WHOOP! WHOOP!
694
695 Incoming 7-11,
696 Shields Sulu, Lock on Phasers..
697
698 Fire Checkov!
699
700 We missed capten.
701
702 The 7-11 seems to be unharmed captain. It seems to be radiating
703 energy, but I can`t locate the source.
704
705 Fire Photon Torpedos!!
706
707 Torpedos Fired, Captain.
708
709 Captain, the torpedos missed.
710
711 . . .
712
713 Only your posting will fight off the 7-11.
714
715 The Mole
716 )*(&(*)&()*&)(*&()*&()*&()*&()*&()*&(*&(*&
052=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/30/89 23:54 Msg:3727 Call:20795 Lines:9
717 **********************************
718 Lurking I am. Be all that you can
719 be. Spenall of your time in
720 contemplation.
721 **********************************
722
723 bye
724
725
053=Usr:7 Leonard Erickson 05/01/89 00:26 Msg:3728 Call:20796 Lines:1
726@test
054=Usr:29 The Bard 05/01/89 00:29 Msg:3729 Call:20797 Lines:48
727 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
728 A figure has slipped into the Inn and has been sitting unobtrusively in
729 a dark corner. Now realizing that the denizens need something to take their
730 minds off their troubles, he decides a song is in order. Say one that will
731 remind them that everything is not always what it seems.
732 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
733 Red as Blood
734 (words & music: Cecilia Eng)
735
736 Mirror, mirror on the wall
737 Cannot see my face at all
738 My lips are red as the blood I crave
739 My hair as black as an empty grave
740 As my cold arms around you go
741 Admire my skin as white as snow
742 I've a coffin for my bed
743 And a piece of earth to lay my head
744 CHORUS: For I shun the bright sun
745 Snow White is my name
746 And I am the night one
747 As cold as the grave
748 Stu`mother Queen you fear me well
749 The mirror answers to your spell
750 But Father loves his daughter best
751 He'll not believe what you have guessed
752 So best you learn to live in fear
753 And keep your cross and bible near
754 For if I catch you unagare
755 I'll drink your life, I'll drain you bare
756 Chorus
757 Huntsman seeks to end my life
758 With cucifix and prayer and knife
759 His eyes stare now from lifeless face
760 He met his death in my embrace
761 I walk these woods at ~ight, undead
762 My mother's crown upon my head
763 I'll bleed this land eternally
764 Stepmother Witch come challenge me
765 For I shun the bright sun
766 Snow White is my name
767 And I am the night one
768 As cold0as the grave
769 As cold as the grave
770
771
772 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
773 I'm told that this is based on a Tanith Lee story of the same name...
774 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
055=Usr:"87 Balph Steadman 05/01/89 12:45 Msg:3730 Call:20802 Lines:100
775 696969696969
776
777 Science Con Fusion by Robert Fried
778 Science is in trouble. Big trouble. And it's all because of a couple of
779 scientists in Utah who simply refuse to follow the rules. They believe that
780 they have created atomic fusion in a jar, and a few other researchers now
781 think they're right. If they are, we may have a curcu of very cheap energy,
782 but science as we know it may be done for.
783 How have these people endangered science? To put it bluntly, they may
784 have started a movement toward science on the cheap. No more multi-million
785 dollar physics0labs, no more huge government grants to look into the long term
786 effects of exposure to neutrinos, no more super colliders. Scientific research
787 may be moving into a jar. Future requests for large grants may see
788 foundations questioni~g whether a few hundred dollars for some heavy water and
789 a few palladium rods might not be enough. No? Well then, how about trying
790 some other kind of rod? Have you looked into the possibility of using rhodium
791 rods? Why not?
792 If dhese upstarts had any consideration at all for their colleagues, they
793 would have hidden their jar in a mass of stainless steel and surrounded it
794 with rooms full of sophisticated electronics. That's the least they could
795 have done.
'96 0 Yes, it's possible that it may all blow over, even if we do end up with
797 an almost limitless source of energy for twenty bucks. Maybe the government
798 and foundations will treat the whole thing as an exception to the rule, and
799 maybe0they'll go on investing their millions in research. Maybe.
800 But don't count on it.
801 At this very moment, there may be scientists waiting in the wings with
802 other shoestring discoveries, biding their time until the furor over fusion0
80# disappears. As you read this, there may be thousands of disgruntled graduate
804 students in their labs trying dumb experiments with foam hamburger boxes,
805 orange crates, mailing tubes, and water guns, hoping against hope that they
806 will come up with antigravity, perpetual motion, time travel, teleportation,
807 or a cure for cancer.
808 Hamburger boxes? Yes, hamburger boxes. You know, those foam boxes that
809 are hinged on one edge. Some smart kid may decide to take a closer lok at
810 the orange residue left in the box weeks after the removal of his
811 cheeseburger. His nimble mind might wonder why the leftover cheese has
812 apparently not been attacked by mold. Look out cancer, here it comes -- the
813 Big Mac Effect.
814 Oh yes, it would be very nice if a graduate student happened on the Big Ma
815 breakthrough, but after cheap fusion, a 99-cent cancer cure would totally
816 destroy the scientific establishment.
817 Silly? Yes, indeed. As silly as a jar full of water and a couple of
818 metal rods.
819 ------------------------------
820 This is Number 174 in a series of articles designed to explain the world to
821 those who plan to live there and to visitors alike.
822 ------------------------------
823 Watch It by Robert Fried
824 Cows like to watch television. In a study several years ago, cows were
825 shown to produce more milk when they had television available in the barn, so
826 the conclesion0was that they enjoyed it.
827 Aside from the question of why the researchers decided to set up a TV in
828 the barn, there is nothing at all interesting in the project. After all,
829 people enjoy watching television too. It should be more0inturesting that
830 people watch television, b ecause under close questioning, even cows will
831 admit that they are stupid animals. Humans don't like to admit that they are
832 stupid. In fact, they will go to great lengths to avoid looking stupid. Hmm.
833 On reflection, perhaps someone caught a few humans watching TV in the barn,
834 and perhaps they decided to explain their behavior by claiming to be
835 performing research, and perhaps other people believed them. Yes, that's
836 pocsible.
837 The fact is that people will watch almost anything. The most significant
838 difference between the Gilligan's Island of yesterday and the Alf of today is
839 that Gilligan was more intelligent. But it shouldn't be surprising that
840 people watch those shows when one considers that they have been enraptured for
841 years by the spectacle of Mr. and Mrs. America buying deodorant on The Price
842 Is Right.
843 Television is, to be sure, a special case. It is, after all, an oasis of
844 brightness in an otherwise drab and lifeless room. No matter how frayed the
845 curtains become or how much dust builds up on the coffee table, the screen
846 radiates excitement.
847 Some people can't take the excitement, of coubse. But that doesn't mean
848 that they are immune. The literature has reported cases of people who watch
849 fish. These poor souls buy huge tanks, fill them with water, rocks, and fi
850 sh, then sit and stare for hours. One might imagine that watching a little
851 yellow fish swim back and forth for a few minutes would be enough for anyone,
852 but one would be wrong.
853 You wouldn't have been surprised to learn that human beings can spend
854 their time watching guppies if you knuw arout the pancakes.
855 Pancakes. You know, those spongy things that you brown on a griddle,
856 then have to drown in corn syrup before they will slide down your throat.
857 Right, those pancakes. At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, special `olice had to
858 be hired to keep the crowds of people from crushing each other while trying to
859 watch a lady make pancakes. The Betty Crocker Company has a photograph of a
860 crowd watching a short-order cook making pancakes eleven years earliub than
861 that. Come to think of it, how surprising is it that people would watch
862 someone make pancakes when you find out that someone else spent their time
863 watching the people who were watching?
864 Human beings will watch pancakes browning, fish swimming, pizza dough
865 stretching, balloons rising, snow falling, baseball, ant farms, The Price Is
866 Right, and cows. If we can tear our eyes away for a few moments, we might want
867 to re-evaluate the comparative intelligence of sows0and people.
868 No, maybe not.
869 ------------------------------
870 This is Number 175 in a series of articles designed to explain the world to
871 those who plan to live there and to visitors alike.
872 ------------------------------
873 ...and there are those who call Computer Bulletin Board Systems and read the
874 postings.....
056=Usr:131 THE VISION 05/01/89 15:38 Msg:3731 Call:20804 Lines:16
875 __________________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I__ON__O______________________
876
877 Lots going on here. Good too. The above #174 article is excellent. Made
878 me crack up out loud. Great stuff. Let's see some more! Well I posted in
879 an effort to save this Inn from becoming a 7-11 (from what I've read). I
880 know very little about all this talk but it is very funny. Lots of good
881 action going on here it seems people coming back who have been gone for
882 awhile. It's great! Later--for now. Hey AD.. haven't talked for awhile.
883 0 Anything new going on with you lately? How're you feeling?
884
885 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
886
887 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
888
889 0 0 3:45 15pm 5/1/89
890
057=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/01/89 18:12 Msg:3732 Call:20807 Lines:3
891
892 A lurking I will go, A lurking I will go...
893
058=Usr:4 Milchar 05/01/89 20:01 Msg:3733 Call:20808 Lines:7
894 +;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
895 Bard- your taste in music never ceases to amaze. Interesting viewpoint
896 expressed in the song I must say.
897 And now, the number you have all been waiting for: 5.575! Yes, it0ceemc
898 that 7.11-dom is retreating, all due to the help of those Innklings
899 willing to contribute.
900 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
059=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 05/01/89 20:13 Msg:3734 Call:20809 Lines:&
901 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Whatcha doin Smeagol?????????????????????????
902
903 Just to lower the Lurk to Post ratio, I have decided to post this message.
904 Now aren't I a nice guy?
905
906 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | SNEAKIN"'!!!!!1!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
060=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/01/89 21:05 Msg:3735 Call:20811 Lines:6
907 ***************************************************************************
908 Take that! And That! Arghh! Pounce! Jab! Parry! Thrust!
9090Dhat'll teach you you $%$#%$# 7-11's Now stay away from the Inn and
910 never show your face again!
911 **************************************************************************
061=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 05/01/89 21:41 Msg:3736 Call:20813 Lines:6
913 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
914 "Hey, you!" "Yeah, YOU! the one in the 7-11 cap!" "Can't you *READ*?"
915 "Right there, above your head! The sign clearly says that any and all
916 convenience store employees may be shot ON SIGHT!"
917 "sheesh! some peo`|e!"
918 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob (A Self-Willed Orange Blancmange) /~~~\
062=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 05/01/89 22:04 Msg:3737 Call:20814 Lines:11
919 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Hmmmmm. Line noise. Fascinatingggggggggggggg
920@
921@Wow, two whole posts in just two hours
922
923 Well, two whole new posts in the last two hours. Fairly good. We can do
924 better though.
925
926 As an added incentive, I will personally read every post you write here.
927 (I know, so what?)
928
929 KKKKKKK[KKurfur Redlig | Klingons off the starboard bough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
063=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/01/89 23:56 Msg:3738 Call:20816 Lines:49
930 &*&*&*&*'s
931
932 Gee, Even mine? :-). Yes folks, the lurk ratio is heading down. But remember,
933 only yoe can keep this trend going.
934
935 Another attempt at impromptu story telling follows.
936
937 It was one of those warm summer days that writers seem so fond of writting
938 about. I sat in the living room watching TV. Fred and thu ga~g were doing
939 their thing. Suddenly by brother burst in through the front door. He looked
940 a little wild eyed, and right away I knew somthing was wrong. Being the oldest
941 I knew I'd better try to get a handle on the situation. He ran back into the
942 kitchen, I followed.
943
944 "Whats wrong?"
945 "The Clubhouse, it's on fire! Grab some milk jugs and fill them with
946 water!"
947
948 I didn't have time for questions, the 'clubhouse' was a big hole in an
949 open field covered with boards. Surronding those boards was dry grass, and
950 beyond that, on two sides was the begining of a duplex. We filled a couple of
951 water jugs each and ran out the door and up the road. I Don't think I had
952 ever ran that fast before, the thought of eight or nine house going up in
953 smoke really scared me.
954
955 By the time we got there the flames were leaping up six or seven feet.
956 we emptied the jugs out, but it didn't seem to do much good. A couple f
957 my brothers friends were there as well. We started to throw dirt down into the
958 pit and did our best to keep the flames down.
959
960 More story telling later.
961
962 Vision, I'm feeling sort of indiferent right now. I'm goi~g hme this
963 weedend to help my mom and brother go through a lot of stuff that has been
964 in storage for a long time. I still havn't reconciled myself to the whole
965 thing. This is only my second experience with the death of somebody I knew,
)66 and the first with a family member. There will always be a whole in my li,
967 but I will continue to live and grow. In one of my last conversations with
968 my father he told me how important it was to finish school. I guess he was
969 proud of me being in College, and I'm sort of glad he never found out how
970 badly I've been doing recently in school. For both he and I, I will someday
971 get my degree. He came so close, withing one term, but didn't quite make it.
972
973 Well, don't let me0dampen the mood. One of the things I realy enjoy is
974 conversing with everybody on this board.
975
976 An Astral Dreamer
977 &*&*&*&*'s
978
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980 I am glad to see that we are in no danger of having a seven-11 take us
981 over this week. I hope to add to the post ratio, to keep it from going.
982 I am curious as to how many people here frequent Blue Parrot and JD's
983 Place, as well as here. I am at least one, and I think I have seen
984 Nighty in all three places, and JD, of course.
985 If you go to all places, leave a note here, just with the name you use
986 here. (Don't give youb alder egos away!)
987 Whatever happpened to the mole?
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989
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990 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Gxoah1 I Got Vertigo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
991
992 Sure gives you vertigo when you're all the way down here on the
993 bottom and look all the way up to thetop of the disk.
994
995 Nifty, only five lines remaining. Now, I could either write a *very*
996 short story, or I could just fill the disk with whatever comes to my
997 mind (but that could take a while, my having so few original thoughts!.
998
999 KKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | This is the end. There aint no moreeeeeeeeeeeeeee