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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/13/89 23:17 Msg:3809 Call:21067 Lines:2
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24 Path: percival!littlei!uunet!lll-winken!xanth!ukma!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!
25 ucsdhub!calmasd!wlp
26 From: wlp@calmasd.Prime.COM (Walter L. Peterson, Jr.)
27 Newsgroups: alt.fusion
28 Subject: History (of science) repeats itself.
29 Keywords: P&F history of science
30 Message-ID: <308@calmasd.Prime.COM>
31 Date: 4 May 89 06:35:38 GMT
32 Organization: Prime-Calma, San Diego R&D, Object and Data Management Group
33 Lines: 84
34
35 Picture, if you will, the following hypothetical succession of newspaper
36 headlines:
37
38 "Professor claims radical new discovery - Scientific community skeptical"
39
40 "Nation's top experts disagree on 'discovery'"
41
42 "Chief of nation's leading lab can't reproduce experiments"
43
44 "Leading European scientists debunk Prof's. claims"
45
46 "Prof. repeats claim of new discovery - will disclose more details of
47 experiments"
48
49 "Scientists still not convinced - say discovery is only 'speculation'"
50
51 "Prof. offers to help reproduce experiments"
52
53 These made-up 'headlines' are not talking about the P&F "cold fusion"
54 experiment, rather they are based on the events following the publication
55 in the "Philosophical Transactions" for February 19, 1671 of "A Letter of
56 Mr. Isacc Newton containing his new Theory of Light and Colours".
57
58 I have obviously cast these headlines in the jargon of today's news media;
59 however, they fit the events of 300 some odd years ago. The 'Chief of nation's
60 top lab' was none other than Robert Hooke, who was Curator of Experiments for
61 the Royal Society.
62
63 The experiment that is questioned in the 'headlines' is the now famous
64 separation of sunlight into the colors of the spectrum by a simple
65 prism; an experiment that is easily understood by modern school children.
66
67 Not only was Hooke unable to reproduce Newton's simple experiments, he and
68 other members of the Royal Society, including Sir Robert Moray and Ignance
69 Gaston Pardies, began to doubt that Newton had even done the experiments!
70 They claimed, in letters to Newton at Cambridge, that his 'discovery' was
71 only an hypothesis; a guess.
72
73 The European opposition came from virtuosi as famous as Christiaan Huygens and
74 as obscure as a monk named Linus, but all agreed: Newton's experiment did not
75 work and his new theory of colors was just an hypothesis.
76
77 Newton sent numerous letters with further details of the experiment to the
78 Royal Society and his critics through the Society's secretary, Henry Oldenburg,
79 The controversy raged for years, and at one point in March of 1673, Newton was
80 so fed-up that he even sent Oldenburg a letter of resignation from the Royal
81 Society. There were still doubts when Newton came to London in February, 1675
82 on other business and attempted to perform the experiment for the Society, but
83 was unable to due to bad weather, which only prolonged the debate.
84 Newton was so disgusted at this point that he put off the publication
85 of his "Opticks" until 1706.
86
87 This story could go on for several more pages, even in this abbreviated
88 narrative, but I hope that this gets the point across. The reproduction of
89 an experiment that we consider child's play today eluded some of the best
90 minds of the seventeenth century for years. I don't know if "cold fusion"
91 is real or not, but I do know that some of the contradictions of the P&F
92 experiment have contradicted each other, that others have omitted one or
93 more critical measurement, and others have had various other problems. The
94 book is still open on "cold fusion" and will probably remain open until Pons
95 and Fleischmann can agree to assist some "name" lab, like Los Alamos to
96 reproduce their "experimentum crucis".
97
98 This kind of controversy is not new to science. It existed at the beginings of
99 modern science in Newton's day, it exist now and probably always will.
100 This current debate over "cold fusion" has a very large component of deja vu.
101
102 ------------------------------------------------------------
103
104 P.S. for more information on Newton's discoveries and the controversy
105 that surrounded almost every one of them see:
106
107 "In the Presence of the Creator: Isaac Newton & His Times", by
108 Gale E. Christianson, Free Press, NY, 1984
109 --
110 Walt Peterson. Prime - Calma San Diego R&D (Object and Data Management Group)
111 "The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those
112 Prime, Calma nor anyone else.
113 ...{ucbvax|decvax}!sdcsvax!calmasd!wlp
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005=Usr:32 JOHN SILVERMAN 05/14/89 00:19 Msg:3812 Call:21072 Lines:11
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118 Welcome to the Backwater News System. Must be slow posting.
119
120 Just called one last time to say goodbye. This board was the very fist I called
121 back in 1985, and has remained enjoyable the whole time. Thanks for the
122 good time.
123
124 J.D. Silverman
125
126 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#(but I'll be back...)#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
006=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/14/89 09:29 Msg:3813 Call:21080 Lines:7
127 &*&*&*&*'s
128 Good luck in whatever you are moving onto JD, I enjoyed your story writing and
129 your board.
130
131 An Astral Dreamer
132 &*&*&*&*'s
133
007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/14/89 11:07 Msg:3814 Call:21081 Lines:75
134
135 Article 291 of alt.prose:
136 Path: psueea!tektronix!uunet!shelby!agate!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!emory!s
137 From: meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal)
138 Newsgroups: alt.prose,talk.bizarre
139 Subject: MegaFauxPas
140 Keywords: Embarassment To the Max
141 Message-ID: <4673@stiatl.UUCP>
142 Date: 11 May 89 22:09:33 GMT
143 Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., a teeny little company in the existance
144 Lines: 60
145 Xref: psueea alt.prose:291 talk.bizarre:38676
146
147
148 I had the CheaperTaxi driver pull right up in front of the
149 Westin Lenox Hotel. As soon as I saw that the other arrivals
150 were either in chauffeur-driven stretch lemos or having valets
151 park their Euro-spec V12 Jaguars, I knew I had made a faux pas.
152 Bigtime. So as not to appear the rube, I flipped a valet a 20,
153 told the cabbie to keep the meter running and I'd see him in
154 the morning, flipped the doorman a 10 and the bellboy another
155 10, and told them both I'd carry my own bags since they contained
156 the treaties for a ban on nuclear AIDS-pesticides. I sauntered
157 over towards the bar and slipped out a side entrance. I caught the
158 next MARTA train downtown to a Red Roof Inn, where I ought to be
159 cool, even as tired as I was.
160
161 I asked the desk clerk if she was busy, and in return got an icy
162 stare and a glimpse of a MOTSS Member-4-Life card. I only wanted
163 to check in, not get a date, for crying out loud. When I got to
164 the question on the form that asked for occupation, I put Male
165 Impersonator on a whim. The clerk warmed up immediately, and escorted
166 me personally to a room in the back away from the other guests and
167 asked if I needed company. I told her to wait while I changed, and
168 we'd head out to a bar. As soon as the door was closed, I threw my
169 suitcase out the window. I climbed out, and dropped one story onto
170 my luggage, which burst open, strewing Teddy Ruxpin (TM) Talking Undies
171 everywhere. I grabbed my toothbrush and razor, some mismatched argyle
172 socks, and the SciFi novel I'd started reading on the plane from
173 Philly, and hightailed it out of the alley. A couple of blocks away,
174 I started hitching, and an old geezer in an older, geezier Ford gave
175 me a lift to the Y.
176
177 The cat at the desk checked me in with no problem, read me the rules,
178 and gave me a room by myself. Of course, I had to share the shower
179 with 7 other guys, 3 gals, and a very hairy foreign national of unknown
180 origin and indeterminate gender. When I refused to join in the soapy
181 gathering, one of them asked me why I had checked into the Young Perverts
182 Orgiastic Society in the first place if I was gonna be hostile. Glancing
183 at my key, I saw my latest mistake, and promised to be right back with
184 my sheep. They brightened up, and I skipped down the hall, sopping wet,
185 to my room. Some wino had made off with everything (including my suit),
186 except my toothbrush and novel, and the Y's towel. I wrapped the towel
187 around my dripping locks, and wandered casually down the fire escape.
188
189 Slinking from bush to bush, still dripping, clad only in my Y-based turban,
190 mismatched dayglo Argyles, and my last pair of Teddies, which were now
191 shorted out into an endless loop of a gay, loud, "Hi! Wanna be my friend?",
192 which was attracting far too much attention from people I would just as
193 soon avoid right that minute, I finally found an out-of-the-way, darkened
194 pay phone booth. Fortunately, it worked, and accepted 3rd-party charges.
195 Using a purloined IRS phone-billing account, I called my client, and they
196 agreed to move the next day's meeting to the afternoon. Then I called the
197 local cops, told them some nut case was wandering around 5th and Piedmont
198 nekkid, wet, and being too friendly with old ladies. I waited right under
199 the traffic light until the cruiser showed up. They booked me for the night,
200 and I finally had a place to get some rest without fear of terminal
201 embarassment. Twice they brought me cell-mates, but one was a drugged-out
202 Madonna clone, and the other was a Tech student in a drunken stupor, and I
203 knew I wouldn't do anything stupider than them, so I slept just fine at
204 lst.
205
206 Ever have 1 of those days?
207
208
008=Usr:233 molusk the crab 05/14/89 14:32 Msg:3815 Call:21084 Lines:9
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210
211 **********************************
212
213 Must be that people have been
214 sucked up by aliens.
215
216 **********************************
217
009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/14/89 15:56 Msg:3816 Call:21086 Lines:6
218 &*&*&*&*'s
219 Perhaps they were. three more days until two. Then another countdown can start.
220
221 An Astral Dreamer
222 &*&*&*&*'s
223
010=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/14/89 18:36 Msg:3817 Call:21088 Lines:46
224 )*&)(*&&)(*&)(*&&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*)(**()*&&)(**)((**&
225
226 (Voice from Above) "ENTER OR DIE!!!!"
227
228 Oh, no its the 7-11 coming inn for another pass.
229
230 ack, ack, ack!
231
232 - - - - - -
233
234
235 Whoop Plot Inconsistantsy...
236
237 *Dream sequence*
238
239 The mole woke up from his nap, wondering what he has been dreaming about
240 (*wow, I now know what patrick duffy felt like after his dream sequence:*)
241
242 The mole getting bored rolled over in disgust for being part of such a
243 poor plot change.
244
245 - - - - - -
246
247 WHOOP WHOOP! PLOT COMPLICATION, PLOT COMPLICATION!
248
249 The Mole
250 )*&)(*&)(*&&)((**&)(**&)((**&)(**&&)((*&(*)*)&&((*)&&(*)&
251 )*&()**&)(*&)(**)(*&)(**&)(*&()*&()*()*((*&
252 percentage now at
253
254 .
255
256 .
257
258 .
259
260 5.52%
261
262 thats lurks per post not percentage.
263
264 Oh, well noone is totally perfect :-)
265
266 The Slightly Imperfect Mole...
267 )(*&)((*&)(&((*)&)(*&()*&()*&
268
269
011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/14/89 20:30 Msg:3818 Call:21089 Lines:3
270
271 Perhaps the heat caused people to melt....
272
012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/14/89 22:07 Msg:3819 Call:21091 Lines:24
273 Begin Hunk...
274
275 Muchie could feel the cold hard reality of cyber space all around
276 him. Today was the big day, the trits were going to get their a**es kicked,
277 It was about time they got put in their place, nobody put down the wags and
278 got away with it.
279 The light on the artificial horizon dimmed, and at that signal he
280 and the rest of the wags charged forward. With a snap of his wrist a knife
281 appeared, and subconciosly he reveled in the thought that he had six proc
282 capability, while just about everybody else was stuck with four. It was
283 going to be one h*ll of a lot of fun.
284 The first of the trits appeared, they wore scarlet red shirts and
285 pants and their heads were obscured by impenetrable clouds. With screaming
286 battle crys the two groups came together.
287
288 The sight that greated little billys mother was not a pretty one. When
289 she had fineshed vomiting she ran from the room and called the disposal
290 service. She had heard rumors about burn out, but had thought them meerly
291 stories. She couldn't help but think what a tradgedy it was, after all he
292 had only been five. The net was such a good baby sitter.
293
294
295 End Hunk...
296
013=Usr:4 Milchar 05/14/89 22:27 Msg:3820 Call:21093 Lines:42
297 ::: BGN CYBER-LINK: ID F78B:9EA1:C88D CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
298
299 "Careful, Sem," said Ann, "those are critical components.
300 Damage those and you can sell me as scrap."
301 Sem was busy soldering a ribbon cable to contacts on a circuit
302 board. "Have I slipped up yet? I'm running on my Magic, baby. Nothing
303 can go wrong." He grinned at the cube.
304 "I don't share your faith in that chemical, Sem." Ann changed
305 the subject. "How long before my matrix link is operational?"
306 Sem talked while he worked. "Almost finished, I think." His
307 pencil-laser melted a tiny bit of solder, completing the last connection.
308 "Ready for test accesses, baby."
309 "Already begun, Sem. There seems to be intermittent operation
310 of the 08 and 1E lines. Please recheck."
311 Sem looked again, firing the pencil-laser twice more.
312 "I have positive connection on all data lines, Sem."
313 "Ann, honey, how would you feel about a little run?"
314
315 ::: SUSPENDED THREAD 02, WAITING FOR RESTART :::
316
317 "That was when he asked me to perform the data snatch
318 on grid coordinates 2C77:03-63DF:84-0B5A:91."
319 "Please identify the data structure at those coordinates."
320 asked the Honorable John H. White.
321 "The structure is the main data store of OmniCorp, Limited."
322 "Please continue with your testimony, Ann."
323
324 ::: RESTART THREAD 02 -- DONE :::
325
326 "I am yours to command, Sem. Please elaborate upon this 'run.'"
327 Sem got up and moved to the console, pressed a few keys. "Data
328 now available in local store 8FAB, key is OMNI."
329 Ann paused as she gathered data, then spoke. "This will take
330 some doing. OmniCorp manufactures Analog Neural Nets. There is a very
331 high probability that several AI units will be part of OmniCorp's
332 military-grade Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics."
333 "Doesn't matter, baby," said Sem as he applied another derm to
334 his wrist, "'Cause you're the best, and I have my Magic." Sem
335 giggled for a few moments. "What could go wrong?"
336
337 ::: END CYBER-LINK: RUN TIME 00:22:53 CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
338
014=Usr:4 Milchar 05/14/89 23:00 Msg:3821 Call:21094 Lines:9
339 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
340 AD: Remember that electronic magazine idea for writing? You're
341 too late, it seems. I just downloaded an archive filled with stories
342 from various authors, with a text reader program. I'll show it to
343 you at work Tuesday... I'm going to Estacada on Monday to aid the
344 parental units in dwelling clensing in preparation of permanent
345 occupant displacement. (Helping them get rid of stuff so they can
346 move out.)
347 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
015=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 05/14/89 23:43 Msg:3822 Call:21095 Lines:6
348 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
349 Well, JD is gone to Eugene. A sadder Portland is left behind.
350 We musn't let that fate happen here, no 7-11s. I liked the
351 "one of those days" story.
352 [][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][] Still boycott Exxon!
353
016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/14/89 23:48 Msg:3823 Call:21096 Lines:6
354 &*&*&*&*'s
355 Curses, foiled again! Oh well, somebody has to be second. :-)
356
357 (You know who)
358 &*&*&*&*'s
359
017=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/15/89 12:47 Msg:3824 Call:21104 Lines:3
360
361 We need new blood.
362
018=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/15/89 18:11 Msg:3825 Call:21107 Lines:7
363 )*(&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&
364
365 Lurking, Scribbling, Lurking, SCribbling...
366
367 The Mole modus boredus
368 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&
369
019=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/15/89 22:29 Msg:3826 Call:21112 Lines:100
370 696969696969
371 > Rick Dell'aquill is a ParaNet member from Seven Hills, Ohio and State
372 Section Director for the Mutual UFO Network in Cuyahoga County. He is a
373 practicing attorney and has contributed articles to the MUFON UFO Journal.
374 Again, his views as presented here does not necessarily reflect those of
375 ParaNet
376 ---------------------------------------------------------------------->>
377 In a recent series of uploads provided to Freenet by Dale Wedge and Jim
378 Speiser of Paranet, a December 29, 1987 statement by John Lear was quoted.
379 Mr. Lear is a reputable and apparently highly qualified airline pilot with
380 impressive credentials. Every so often one finds something in UFOlogy which
381 is simply staggering in its implications but valueless without supporting
382 evidence and therefore, "hard to swallow." Although he should be admired for
383 his courage in presenting this information (obtained from various "sources")
384 without hard objective evidence, Mr. Lear's statement can only be regarded as
385 interesting reading without evidentiary support. In short, he sets a nice
386 table but leaves us waiting for dinner. >>
387 Were it not for his credentials and ParaNet's assurance of his "numerous
388 contacts in sensitive positions," the otherwise outlandish claims he makes
389 could be dismissed as entertaining fiction. However, Mr. Lear's character and
390 reputation require that greater consideration be given to his statement. >>
391 In summary, Mr. Lear contends that our government has for over 40 years
392 been concealing from the public a "horrible truth" concerning an "invasion" of
393 Earth by EBEs (Extraterrestrial Biological Entities). He alleges that the U.S.
394 government has conducted "business with little gray extraterrestrials for
395 about 20 years," i.e. we were "sold" by MJ-12 to the aliens in exchange for
396 technology and to preserve our democracy. He contends that our government
397 agreed to ignore human/cattle abductions and mutilations, but that the deeply
398 sinister purposes of these activities were not completely understood by MJ-12
399 until about 1984. >>
400
401 Without explaining the EBE's reason(s) to do business with the most
402 powerful nation on Earth when they could covertly continue their activities in
403 the Third World without concern, or why these advanced and powerful aliens
404 would even want or require our "agreement" to continue their activities, Mr.
405 Lear maintains that the purposes of the abductions are:
406
407 (1) The insertion of a 3mm spherical device through the nasal cavity of the
408 abductee into the brain. The device is used for the biological monitoring,
409 tracking, and control of the abductee.
410
411 (2) Implementation of Posthypnotic Suggestion to carry out a specific
412 activity during a specific time period, the actuation of which will occur
413 within the next 2 to 5 years.
414
415 (3) Termination of some people so that they could function as living sources
416 for biological material and substances. (Why not cadavers?)
417
418 (4) Termination of individuals who present a threat to the continuation of
419 their activity.
420
421 (5) Effect genetic engineering experiments.
422
423 (6) Impregnation of human females and early termination of pregnancies to
424 secure the crossbreed infant. >>
425
426 He cites the history of UFOlogy in the 40's and 50's, contending that
427 several crashed saucers and at least 3 live aliens have been captured and
428 hidden by the government. But would such a powerful adversary permit humans
429 to hold, study and possibly copy crashed saucers or permit us to keep captured
430 aliens, or would they simply take them back? >>
431
432 The EBEs are said to suffer from an atrophied digestive system which
433 requires that they sustain themselves by absorbing through the skin a solution
434 made from certain enzyme/hormonal secretions derived from cattle and humans
435 and collected by ghoulish cattle and human mutilations. The various body
436 parts said to be obtained in this manner are then supposed to be taken for
437 processing to various hidden laboratories jointly maintained by the aliens and
438 CIA in the Southwestern U.S. Although this description of the alien's
439 atrophied digestive tract agrees with alleged autopsies of dead aliens
440 (reported by Stringfield, et al). It is difficult to accept that in at least
441 2000 years of genetic engineering on cattle and humans, the aliens have not
442 collected enough material to maintain their own "livestock" and feed
443 themselves without CIA cooperation. >>
444
445 Mr. Lear maintains that a 20 year plan for release of UFO information to
446 the public (including the history and intentions of the EBE's) to be completed
447 by 1987-88, was terminated when the "horrible truth" became apparent. Indeed,
448 during the first year of the Carter Administration, various media sources,
449 including Walter Cronkite on the "CBS Evening News" and " U.S. News and World
450 Report," reported that before the end of that year the administration was to
451 release UFO information of a "startling" nature. The information was never
452 released. He contends that "Star Wars" is in reality a defensive response to
453 the EBEs, not Soviet nuclear missiles, but does not explain why the EBEs
454 permit us to continue with SDI studies that pose a threat to them. >>
455
456 Among the many manipulations of human history said to be perpetrated by
457 the aliens, they maintain that Jesus was their creation and that his
458 crucifixion has been recorded in an alien holographic videotape. There are
459 also said to be other recordings by humans, including an interview of an alien
460 which is translated by an Air Force Colonel and other tapes said to be held by
461 UFO investigator William Moore. It is difficult to understand why such a
462 superior race, capable of manipulating human civilization for a minimum of
463 2000 years, would wait to subjugate the planet for that same period. At the
464 time of Christ, our most advanced missile system was the "slingshot." We are
465 now capable of nuclear "suicide." Insane as that would be, their food supply
466 would go up with us. >>
467
468 Further evidence should be interesting and will be anxiously awaited. >>
469 696969696969696969
020=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 05/16/89 07:42 Msg:3827 Call:21119 Lines:8
470 (*)_%(*)@_)#@%*)!_*$~)@_$(!_+@$)_+#@!$(@#_)%*)_#@%*_)@!(_#@^)_$#@&@)_#*%@_)#%*@
471 Milchar: I hope those aren't Intel ICE units you're talking about?
472 AD: My, aren't we getting philosophical in our old age?
473 redsun: Don't you ever, ever, ever go down on the weekend again like that. I
474 mean like 4.5 megs for you and you won't answer the bloody phone. What's a
475 poor qiclab to do?
476 *@%$#*)_#$@*%_)@#%*&)_@#*%@)_#%*@# L'homme sans Parity *%@#*@#*%@)_%*@)_#%*@)_#
477
021=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/16/89 15:56 Msg:3828 Call:21123 Lines:9
478 &*&*&*&*'s
479 L'homme, me philisophical? I can't even spell the word. :-)
480
481 Oh, Milch says thank the gods of PGE for redsuns vacation. Looks like
482 auto-reboot is useless when your console is out. :-)
483
484 An Astral Dreamer
485 &*&*&*&*'s
486
022=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/16/89 16:41 Msg:3829 Call:21125 Lines:72
487 696969696969
488 COLMAN McCARTHY: Sending a Real Message to Exxon
489 WASHINGTON POST: STYLE, 05/14/89 Copyright (c) 1989 The Washington Post Co.
490 By COLMAN McCARTHY
491
492 It was lively theater but not much more when a member of Congress stood in
493 the well of the House the other day and scissored in half his Exxon credit
494 card. It was heady populism but not much more when some talk-radio babblers
495 called for a boycott of Exxon.
496 Aside from a few satisfying moments of stick-it-to-the-bums glee, these
497 attacks on Exxon the oil spiller do little to protect the world from the next
498 blackening, in Alaska or wherever. What does a boycott accomplish? Don't fill
499 up at the Exxon gas station but drive down the street to Amoco? That's the
500 company guilty of Europe's worst oil spill, when its Amoco Cadiz came apart
501 off the coast of Brittany in 1978. Or perhaps instead of Exxon, boycotters
502 should buy from Union? It was 20 years ago this spring that one of Union's
503 offshore oil rigs broke and blackened the beaches of Santa Barbara, Calif.
504 I went to Santa Barbara in May 1969 to write about the spill. Boycott
505 fervor was in the air then, too, if not the water. Union was scorned by the
506 citizens' group GOO (Get Oil Out).
507 Big oil didn't get out not out of the Santa Barbara Channel, nor Prince
508 William Sound, nor Antarctica's Palmer Peninsula, where 250,000 gallons of oil
509 were spilled last January.
510 To be meaningful, a boycott of all oil companies is needed. The
511 congressman-showman who snipped his Exxon credit card would have been credible
512 had he announced, say, that he was cutting in half his personal consumption of
513 oil or was taking public transportation or commuting by bicycle to work or
514 insulating his home, or was pushing for heat-tight buildings back in his home
515 district where he rents office space.
516 Energy conservation and energy efficiency is the only boycott that oil
517 companies respect, because it's the only one that can last beyond the latest
518 postspill furor. If a nation's habits of consumption are radically changed,
519 the oil industry's habits of production are forced to change also.
520 Greenpeace magazine reports this month that "the United States loses more
521 energy each year through poorly engineered windows than is provided by all the
522 oil flowing through the Alaska pipeline. From this perspective, leaving it in
523 the ground is far cheaper and less destructive than pumping it, burning it and
524 spilling it across oceans from Cape Horn to the Bering Sea."
525 Environmental groups have deep wells of information to prove that America
526 can save more oil than it can produce or import. Changing cars from gas
527 guzzlers to gas sippers has been demonstrated. In 1973 automobile efficiency
528 was an inefficient 14 miles per gallon. Two years later federal standards were
529 passed, and the efficiency doubled to 28 mpg by 1987. The technology is
530 available to increase it to 45 mpg by 1995, which would eventually more than
531 eliminate the need to import any oil at all.
532 Nothing has been said by George Bush since the Alaska spill about rallying
533 the country to conservation or efficiency. The former Texas oil man doesn't
534 think that way. The Village Voice reports that while he was vice president,
535 Bush's Task Force on Regulatory Relief tried to repeal the 1975 fuel
536 efficiency standards. Congress refused but did, as a compromise, weaken them.
537 Instead of promoting conservation and efficiency, Bush remains the old
538 Texas wildcatter who never sees an oil field he doesn't want to drill. His
539 Interior Department is advancing proposals for exploiting coastal oil off
540 Washington, Oregon and Florida, as well as in the Arctic National Wildlife
541 Refuge. Of seven industrial nations, the United States ranks last in the
542 percentage of income devoted to energy conservation research.
543 If oil were an illegal drug, the United States would be the world's
544 sorriest addict. It has 5 percent of the Earth's population but consumes 25
545 percent of its energy. The high from this addiction is so pleasurable that
546 only a few politicians dare advance the conservation ethic. A member of
547 Congress who called on Americans, say, to bicycle to work would be as
548 ridiculed as Jimmy Carter was when he asked citizens to lower their
549 thermostats.
550 Whether freebasing on crack or oil, addicts lose touch with reality. Now
551 the Exxon addicts are announcing that they are changing dealers, as if
552 becoming an Amoco addict is the answer. It's not. A boycott high, apparently,
553 has some of the same thrill as an oil high. And the same downer after.
554
555 ------->BOYCOTT OIL COMPANIES<---------(easier said than done, but it must be
556 done)..................................................................
557
558 696969696969696969
023=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 05/16/89 22:25 Msg:3830 Call:21130 Lines:15
559 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
560 Wow... it's been too long since I've been on. Too much stuff to
561 do I guess... whoever wrote that stuff on the end of the last disk...
562 looked pretty deep - I'll have to look at that on my soft-copy. Maybe
563 I'll use a quote or two for that informative essay that's due tomorrow..
564 then we'll all be famous! (Gee, I hope my prof. doesn't read Backwater!
565 Nahhhh!) _
566 /#)
567 n n n (#/
568 / ~~~ ~~~ \/
569 /___/____\__\
570
571 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob (a Self-Willed Orange Blancmange)
572
573
024=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/16/89 22:51 Msg:3831 Call:21131 Lines:9
574 &*&*&*&*'s
575 Hello there swob, I was begining to woder what had happened to you. Compiler
576 design useing all of your time?
577
578 Well, just one more day.
579
580 An Astral Dreamer
581 &*&*&*&*'s
582
025=Usr:4 Milchar 05/17/89 00:01 Msg:3832 Call:21132 Lines:19
583 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
584 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BWMS! (And someone else, incidentally.... :-])
585 Today marks the second anniversary of BWMS II, brought on line at midnight
586 the morning of the 17th of May, 1987. Take a look at the "AU" command.
587 Yep. Right there in vivid black and green (or whatever your terminal is).
588 AND NOW, A BIT OF TRIVIA: The first person to log on to BWMS II was
589 Jeff Green, also known as the Doctor (one of many on BWMS). Some
590 bizarre mage character named Milchar was the last on BWMS I.
591 AND WHAT IS BWMS? The hardware? Read the "AUTHOR" command. HOW ABOUT
592 THE ORIGINAL ONE? A modified DiskWriter, circa 1975 technology methinks.
593 8K rom, 1K ram, 630 disk sectors a disk, 1 for the system and 629 for
594 text.
595 So, now that BWMS II has survived its second year (despite the fact I
596 had a hand in writing the software!), shall we have a party? Where? When?
597 Inquiring minds.....nahh, forget that cliche'. Anyone have any ideas?
598 (chanting HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU in background,
599 do this out loud in your own home for better effect. Thank you.)
600 Now, I wonder where my "Bake B-Day Cake" 3x5 card is?
601 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++
026=Usr:82 SWORDSMITH 05/17/89 00:21 Msg:3833 Call:21134 Lines:4
602 SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.
603 OFF
604 ?
605 SS.SS.SS.
027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/17/89 08:43 Msg:3834 Call:21139 Lines:9
606
607 &*&*&*&*'d
608 Whoops, ah the 'd' means todays the day. Yea, thats the ticket!
609
610 Happy b-day BWMS-II!
611
612 AD(Yes, I might be shortening my sig.)
613 &*&*&*&*'d (Gotta be consistent.)
614
028=Usr:4 Milchar 05/17/89 18:50 Msg:3835 Call:21147 Lines:3
615 Awfully quiet around here for a party.... time to liven it up a bit.
616 YAY! YAHOO! YIPPEE! (Horns blare) HOORAY! (Bells ring)
617 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
029=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/17/89 19:21 Msg:3836 Call:21149 Lines:51
618 696969696969
619 HELMSMAN CAN'T EXPLAIN SPILL:-5/17/89
620 Gregory Cousins, third mate of the Exxon Valdez, said he couldn't pinpoint
621 how the tanker ran aground March 24, spilling 11 million gallons of oil off
622 the Alaska coast. Cousins, at the helm when the accident occurred, appeared
623 before a National Transportation Safety Board panel in Anchorage.
624 The Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup in Valdez, Alaska, has brought a short-
625 term economic boom to the port city. Some have made small fortunes. But there
626 is little pleasure in the added commerce, local officials say as the National
627 Transportation Safety Board conducts hearings in Anchorage this week into the
628 accident.
629 Valdez, Alaska, has roughly doubled its 3,000 population since the Exxon
630 tanker spill March 24. Local businesses are shorthanded because employees have
631 left, lured to the cleanup by $16.69-an-hour wages. There are no hotel rooms
632 and houses are renting for $12,000 a month.
633 More than 40 lawsuits have been filed against Exxon Corp. over the Alaska
634 oil spill disaster, and dozens more are pending, according to company
635 spokesman Leo McLean. Experts say the litigation will break new ground by
636 applying an array of statutes -from ancient doctrines of admiralty law to the
637 latest environmental legislation.
638
639 HONESTY MISSING, SURVEY SAYS:-5/17/89
640 A survey of 1,000 adults finds that 75 percent of the people in the United
641 States think honesty and ethical behavior have declined in the past few
642 decades, reports Parents magazine. Eighty percent say they think the nation's
643 ethics are lower than they should be. And 92 percent favor the teaching of
644 honesty in schools.
645
646 BUSH NON-COMMITTAL ON COOKIES-5/17/89
647 Most politicians stay neutral on major issues, but President Bush is taking
648 the non-committal stance to a new extreme.
649 That's because he won't help California grade school kids decide on which
650 should be the "national cookie" --Oreos or chocolate chips.
651 Fifth-grade teacher Rosemary Hartner says her 21 students sent Bush letters
652 regarding the controversial cookie conflict. Most were pro-chip.
653 But Hartner felt Bush should make the final decision.
654 However, his response left the kids in limbo.
655 Written on White House stationery and signed by Bush, it reads:
656 "How thoughtful of you to send me your essays on the national cookie. It's
657 always a joy to see young citizens using their talents in a creative way. You
658 can be proud of your work."
659 Hartner says her students enjoyed getting the letter, but were upset that
660 Bush didn't help them solve the issue.
661 Hartner says she explained to the kids that Bush is a politician and that
662 seemed to satisfy them.
663 After all, what can you expect from a politician?
664 Especially the one that will veto the minimum wage law passed by Congress, over
665 a difference that amounts to about two gallons of milk a month in take home pay
666 to the lowest wage earners in this country. A kinder, gentler, nation, indeed!
667
668 696969696969696969
030=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/17/89 19:37 Msg:3837 Call:21150 Lines:11
669 )(*&)(*&)(*&&)(*&&)(*&)(*&)(**&)(*&
670
671 Happy B-Day BWMS. Yippy.
672
673 hey, Milch: working on version 3 :-)
674
675 ------
676
677 The Mole
678 )((*&)(**&)(*)(*&)((*&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*()(*&
679
031=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/17/89 20:25 Msg:3838 Call:21151 Lines:12
680 &*&*&*&*'s
681 WordWrap? (Just kidding.)
682
683 So, how about a mondo party, one to celebrate BWII's second, BWMS's 8th and
684 our CYSTOP's ??. Hmm, if we all got together I think we could fill a table
685 or two. If everybody who has ever called backwater came we could probably fill
686 a stadium or two.
687 :-)
688
689 An Astral Dreamer.
690 &*&*&*&*'s (Still playing with my sig.)
691
032=Usr:245 Doug King 05/17/89 22:10 Msg:3839 Call:21154 Lines:14
692
693 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
694@Milchar, you say Jeff Green was the first person
695@
696@
697@Milchar, you say
698@
699@
700 Milchar, you say Jeff Green was the first to log onto Backwater? Did he go to
701 Estacada High School? If so ask him if he knows about breaking into a certain
702 persons locker (mine) back in 1984. The guy drove me nuts!
703 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
704
705@
033=Usr:4 Milchar 05/18/89 00:40 Msg:3840 Call:21159 Lines:6
706 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
707 Mr. Slug: Yes, the same one... he was first on BWMS II. Zog only knows
708 who was first on BWMS I, that was way before my time. Perhaps Mikey
709 remembers?
710 And yes, Jeff can drive you nuts. He still does. :-)
711 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
034=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 05/18/89 10:36 Msg:3841 Call:21163 Lines:9
712 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
713 Party time again? What say we leave the week-ends out of it this
714 time, and have a nice quiet brew at the MT bottle and Deli. Say
715 around 7:00ish? And let's say, Thursday? Any other takers?
716 [][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][] Boycott Everything!
717 PS. I reinsulated some areas in my house this week. I calculate a savings
718 of 3 bbls of oil a year, for a total cost of $14. If we all could do that
719 much?
720 [][][][][][][][]
035=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 05/18/89 15:21 Msg:3842 Call:21165 Lines:5
721 {+}{+}{+}{+} -|- ThingFish -|- {+}{+}{+}{+}
722
723 He walks.....He talks.....He crawls on his belly like a reptile....
724
725 {+}{+}{+}{+}
036=Usr:131 THE VISION 05/18/89 16:49 Msg:3843 Call:21166 Lines:18
726 __________________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N_______________________
727
728 Yo! Been gone for a rather long time, but I am back now. Hey AD!
729 There's been a lot going on here. Haven't had time to read it all
730 though. You went to the Dalles? Fun, huh? So BWMS's B-Day was a
731 couple days ago? Well... I'm sorry I missed it. Just been really
732 busy with school, etc. lately. We have finals in a couple weeks,
733 too. Hey, anyone been watching the Geraldo's that were filmed in
734 Portland? Pretty cool. Saw some people I know on there. Oh well,
735 enough for now. Later! (BTW AD, keep it as An Astral Dreamer. That's
736 the best way... the original way!) Later!
737
738 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
739
740 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___
741
742 5/18/89 4:57 25pm
743
037=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/18/89 18:18 Msg:3844 Call:21168 Lines:20
744 )*(&)(*&)(**&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(&)(*&)(*&)(*&
745 yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa!
746 ------
747
748 The glare from the screen reflected off his eyes. The room had gone out
749 of focus several hours back, he was in hack mode, the mode someone reaches when
750 the believe they are two minutes from completion of a project but they seem to
751 have forgotten that there still are just a few more functions to go (procedures
752 for you pascal programmers out there :-). He glqnces over to the clock hoping
753 it still is before midnight. the time is 2:30 am; must of let the time go by.
754 I can finish ths tomorrow ...
755
756 - - -
757
758 Oh, does anyone know how to do a text dump from tip. is it tilde put or tilde
759 get, I always get these confused.
760
761 The Mole (Tipus Modus)
762 )(*&)(**&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*(&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&*
763
038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/19/89 09:09 Msg:3845 Call:21178 Lines:10
764 &*&*&*&*'s
765 Xmm,0not much action on the party idea. Oh well.
766
767 Good to see you again Vision, good luck with school.
768
769 Signing off.
770
771 An Astral Dreamer
772 &*&*&*&*'s
773
039=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/19/89 14:02 Msg:3846 Call:21182 Lines:10
774 )(*&)(*&)(*)(*&)(*&()*&)(*&)(*&
775
776 Is there anybody out there?
777
778 Boy, this is sad. only Astral Dreeamer entered something since I
779 was last on. Come on. I dare you to enter sometime.
780
781 The Mole
782 )*(&)8*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&
783
040=Usr:322 Stray Cat 05/19/89 19:56 Msg:3847 Call:21188 Lines:3
784
785 something
786
041=Usr:322 Stray Cat 05/19/89 19:59 Msg:3848 Call:21189 Lines:4
787 @#)^)(*@&$#, tricked me ... or I overlooked the obvious; anyway
788
789 SOMETIME
790
042=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/19/89 20:21 Msg:3849 Call:21190 Lines:82
791 696969696969
792 OIL IMPORTS TO HIT 12-YEAR HIGH:-5/19/89
793 Annual petroleum imports are forecast to exceed do}estyc crude oil
794 production for the first time since 1977, according to the Independent
795 Petroleum Association of America. This is supported by the forecast that U.S.
796 crude oil production will drop for the fourth consecutive year, down 4 percent
797 to an average 7 million barrels per day.
798 .......ARE YOU READY FOR THE LINES........
799 SCIENTISTS SAY OCEANS RISING:-5/19/89
800 Scientists have evidence the world's oceans are rising about one-tenth of
801 an inch annually. And0dhey say it might be a sign of global warming caused by
802 man-made pollutants. University of Toronto researchers say "a nearly globally"
803 sea level rise during this century might be attributed to "climatic warming."
804 .......ARE YOU READY FOR THE FLOOD........
805 EXXON - RESPONSE `OUTSTANDING':-5/19/89
806 Exxon Shipping President Frank Iarossi Thursday defended his company's
807 response to the Exxon Valdez spill as "outstanding" - saying the only failure
808 was the ship's inabiliti0to recover the oil. Iarossi was questioned before a
809 National Transportation Safety Board panel in Anchorage, Alaska. He also
810 defended Exxon's drug and alcohol policy, saying it had resulted in 34 firings
811 in five years.
812 Joseph Hazelwood, fired captain of the Exxon Valdez, was a respected
813 seaman plagued by alcoholism and lack of initiative, according to confidential
814 performance reviews released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The
815 agency is investigatyng the spill. Hazelwood received hospital treatment for
816 alcoholism in 1985.
817 A lawyer defending Exxon in Alaska oil spill suits has been arrested on
818 charges of drunken driving in Alaska. News of the arrest came as Exxon
819 executives were defending the company at a shareholders meeting in New Jersey.
820 Douglas Serdahely, 42, was arrested Wednesday. Meanwhile, Exxon said Thursday
821 that it would begin randomly testing employees for drug and alcohol use.
822 EXXON MEETING - MIHUD RUSULTS:-5/19/89
823 When Exxon Corp's turbulent annual meeting Thursday in New Jersey was
824 over, nobody could agree on how it fared in the wave of monumental criticism
825 over the Alaska oil spill. Shareholders seemed mollified. Environmentalists
826 say they were insulted.
827 Exxon tightly controlled its annual meeting Thursday in Parsippany, N.J.,
828 despite the throng of oil-spill protesters. It was ripe for hysterics, but
829 never got out of hand. Every person who wanted to speak was given two minutes.
830 Ed Rothschild, a representative of five environmental groups, asked for Exxon
831 Chairman Lawrence Rawl's resignation. Rawl refused.
832 At Thursday's shareholders meeting on the oil-spill response Exxon
833 Chairman Lawrence Rawl said: The company has spent $115 million on cleanup and
834 believes it can finish by mid-September; the firm will do random drug and
835 alcohol tests on several thousand employees, including executives; and a panel
836 will review0management performance. Most shareholders expressed satisfaction.
837 Environmentalists were not impressed Thursday with the steps Exxon Corp.
838 told shareholders it had taken to respond to the Alaska oil spill. Jay Hair,
839 president of the National Wildlife Federation, said company Chairman Lawrence
840 Rawl "came off as arrogant." Exxon managers are failing at salvaging their
841 image, said John Merriam, chairman of the Conference on Issues and Media.
842 Despite the public attention over the oil spill raised at its annual
843 meeting Thursday, Exxon is probably not in any immediate financial danger
844 because of the spill, financial experts say. Exxon's net income for the first
845 three months 1989 was $1.3 billion, or 99 cents a share, down 7 percent,
846 mostly because of rising crude prices. Its stock was up 3/8 Thursday to 43 1/4.
847 ..........ARE YOU READY FOR THE STUPIDITY AND GREED.........
848
849 REINCARNATION/UFO ABDUCTION INSURANCE-5/19/89
(50 Want to get paid 10 million bucks for being abducted by an outerspace
851 alien?
852 Or 20 million smackers for being reincarnated?
853 That's the amount Florida accountant Mike St. Lawrence claims he will pay
854 if folks purchase his "future life insurance" and/or "UFO abduction
855 insurance."
856 Here's how the reincarnation insurance works: Pay a one-time fee of $9.95
857 and collect 10 million when you prove in your next life that you bought the
858 policy in this lyfe.
859 You get 20 million if you return as a lower life form like a plant or
860 animal.
861 As for the UFO abduction insurance, 10 million dollars is yours if you've
862 been kidnapped and obtain a authorized signature from an extraterrestrial.
863 St. Lawrence says he's sold about 10,000 policies so far.
864 Even actress/New Age Priestess Shirley MacLaine owns one.
865 And there's one being sent to Prince Charles and Princess Di.--M.D.
866 For more information, or to throw your money away:
867
868 > 319 Hermits Trail, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701; 1-800-443-6858
869 ............ARE YOU READY............
870
871 696969696969696969
872
043=Usr:4 Milchar 05/20/89 00:26 Msg:3850 Call:21192 Lines:7
873 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
874 Friar- where is that? I have trouble keeping names straight, and that
875 one seems familiar, but I don't recall space-time coordinates of same
876 offhand. Jog my memory/
8'7 696969 person: I don't think insurance policies will be my road to riches-
878 I'm selling "DRY PAINT" signs instead. :-)
879 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
044=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/20/89 15:37 Msg:3851 Call:21205 Lines:7
880 &*&*&*&*'s
881
882 Just droping in. How is everything?
883
884 An Astral Dreamer
885 &*&*&*&*'s
886
045=Usr:4 Milchar 05/20/89 23:16 Msg:3852 Call:21211 Lines:8
887 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++;+++;++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
888 AD: Weeell, I'm playing Space Quest III (358 out of 738 points so far...)
889 More than once I burst out laughing. I LOOOVE the MonoLith Burger place.
890 It took me ages to work out how to get out of that stupid garbage freighter,
891 though (How to build a working spaceship out of parts you may find around
892 the home).
893 See ya tomorrow....
894 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
046=Usr:82 SWORDSMITH 0 5/20/89 23:51 Msg:3853 Call:21212 Lines:1
895 SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.SS.
047=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/21/89 12:04 Msg:3854 Call:21220 Lines:31
896 TO DARNED SILENT.
897
898
899 Today is the day that Roger reaches his Majority. The
900 fact that he feels he is not ready does not matter. Measuring from
901 conception he is 124 year old. No fond farwells, only a quick freez and
902 trip outsystem to some far off colony world.
903 "Oh I wanta be a farmer, a farmeb0I wyll be." he sings to himself.
904 The training he has recieved has all been academic, as there is very
905 little free space for growing food on the Earth itself, and even if
906 there were the air outside would not allow it. So he will arrive, be
907 thawed and start working. "I'll even be off these suppresents" He
908 thinks, but it is a neutral thought.
909 A bell rings, and knowing that this is the signal he stands, grabs
910 his bag and walks from the room. The walls are a happy loking blue,
911 and he is happy to. The lights flicker, and momentarily the walls turn
912 red. He feels a surge of hate, but it passes as the lights return to
913 normal. (In a room far away many people in white smocks node to each
914 other, the experament has been a success.)
915 As he reaches the final gate there is again a flickering, this time
916 the walls turn green. He feels somthing... Back to the happy blue,
917 and calmness returns. Through the gates he goes, up the walk and into
918 the waiting room. There he waits, standing stiffly in place against one
919 of the wall. The walls flash brown, and suddenly he is raked with pain.
920 He falls to the floor, and grasping his head begins to moan softly.
921 But his eyes are now closed and the pain has gone away. His eyes
922 open and he stands, returning to the wall. Time passes. It grows dark
923 and he sleeps... It is a cold sleep.
924 His parents, long dead knew him only as accidetal fetus #987436.
925
926
0$8=Ucr:219 Friar Mossback 05/21/89 14:35 Msg:3855 Call:21226 Lines:6
927 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
928 Milch-
929 It's where we had the first one, many years ago. Out towards Vancouver on
930 Haydn Island.
931 Friar
932 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
049=Usr:4 Milchar 05/21/89 15:09 Msg:3856 Call:21229 Lines:8
933 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
934 Friar: I don't recall it. That is a bit out of my way, which might explain
935 why I missed it the first time. Is there some place closer to the center
936 of things which might suffice?
937 Anyone who cares: Don't spend until 3:00am playing Space Quest III, or any
938 other game for that matter, you'll regret it. Why anyone would pay $59.95
939 for a game solved in seven hours is beyond me...
940 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch :-] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
050=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/21/89 19:34 Msg:3857 Call:21238 Lines:13
94! )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&
942 Milch: Buy Mire. Its the game of a Lifetime.
943
944 Ho hum, It sure is lonely here these days. I wonder if everyone
945 has been abducted by aliens or something. Oh, noooo. It's the
946 Orange Blaumanche(sp)!!! :- (man with no mouth)
947
948 The Mole (Modus Paper-Writus)
949 )(*&)(**&)(*&&)(*&)(*&&&*))(**&((*&)((*&))(*)&(*&(*)(*)(
950
951 - 50 lines to go -
952 Da Mole
953
051=Usr:4 Milchar 05/21/89 22:50 Msg:3858 Call:21"47 \ines:7
954 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
955 Mole: Mire? Naaah, I ain't playin' nothing I had a hand in designing... :-)
956 As for the abduction theory, you may be right. Fleets of aliens landed
957 today and beamed up everyone they found outside. Guess I'm safe, I've
958 been inside most of today. That'll teach those early-risers a thing or
959 three! :-)
960 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
052=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/22/89 14:13 Msg:3859 Call:21261 Lines:8
961 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&()*&)(*&
962 This is sad. :-(
963
964 Is there anybody out there?
965
966 The Lonely Mole
967 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&(*&())*&)(*&))(*&(*&()*&)
968
053=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/22/89 18:47 Msg:3860 Call:21264 Lines:5
969 &*&*&*&*'s
970 I'm out here. Not much to say.
971
972 &*&*&*&*'s
973
054=Usr:4 Milchar 05/22/89 19:02 Msg:3861 Call:21265 Li~es:5
974 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
975 Drat- a story to upload, and not enough lines! Fill this disk!
976 (Low chanting in background swells until you can distinguish the words)
977 fffilll the disk...Fill The Disk....FIll THe DIsk...FILL THE DISK!
978 +++++++++++++++++++++ Milch 890522190814 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
055=Usr:301 Cal Menop 05/22/89 22:54 Msg:3862 Call:21271 Lines:6
979 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.>>>.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
980 What can one say when there's so little space left... 20 lines isn't enough for
981 a story entry, or much of anything else. Besides, it's been so long for some
982 that we don't know what to say (I tried using MA 76 before I used the ENter
983 command... that might give you some idea how long it's been for me...)
984 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
056=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/22/89 23:23 Msg:3863 Call:21273 Lines:3
)85 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&()*&)(*&)(*&)(*&
986 Lurk. The Mole
987 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(&)(*&
057=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/23/89 00:35 Msg:3864 Call:21277 Lines:12
988 &*&*&*&*'s
989 Only 12 more lines to fill? Ok, I think I can do it.
990
991 Ahmm, gee, I seem to be suffering from writers block. Ok, here goes.
992
993 Life is like an open box. Often though it seems as if that box is in fact
994 a toilet.
995
996 Down to only four lines! I don't think I can come up with any more pithy
997 phrases, so I guess it's time to sighn out.
998
999 An Astral Dreamer &*&*&*&*'s (Who screwed up and hit return one to many times.)