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20
21 -=*=- Her slumber so deep & form so still, an enterprising spider -=*=-
22 -=*=- had mistaken the curled-up feline for another knick-knack -=*=-
23 -=*=- amidst the jumble of hand-hewn carvings & elaborate tankards-=*=-
24 -=*=- so his delicate artwork was anchored on her ruff. What did -=*=-
25 -=*=- she care? For her misty dreams were swathed with regalia of-=*=-
26 -=*=- another era, of merriment & sharing, camaraderie & support; -=*=-
27 -=*=- the squabbling, vengeful spirit that hung uneasily about the-=*=-
28 -=*=- Inn nowadays robbed her of the pleasure she'd once taken in -=*=-
29 -=*=- this unique potpourri of artists...What use was it to hiss -=*=-
30 -=*=- at a vandal's bitterness? Why add to the unpleasant din by -=*=-
31 -=*=- berating those regulars whose insensitivity created yet one -=*=-
32 -=*=- more enemy? How can one small cat arrest a graffiti-writer -=*=-
33 -=*=- by weeping for what is destroyed...when it seems that such -=*=-
34 -=*=- no longer exists before any hand was set violently against -=*=-
35 -=*=- it? So instead she dreams, weaving her own tapestries of -=*=-
36 -=*=- shimmering illusion beyond the touch of the Backwater Inn. -=*=-
37 -=*=- Nonetheless, one ear is imperceptibly tilted, as is the way -=*=-
38 -=*=- of cats even when asleep: just in case a change is evoked. -=*=-
39 ???? The Doctor ??????
40 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
41 The Cathode Plate; Episode 4
42 Thenan felt odd. He realized he had lost contact with his ship and, for
43 all he knew, with the entire universe beyond the microchasm he now inhabited.
44 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* oops phone too bussy this time of day. will continue
45 later tonight. *=*=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*
46 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
47 Ka-Boom! Salazar spun in a crouch, his Berreta ready. In the misty
48 night, he saw a battered Chevy Nova parked a few feet away. "Freeze,
49 Slimeball!" he barked. "Put 'em up." Slowly the figure behind the wheel
50 raised their hands.
51 Salazar cautiously walked to the car, alert for an accomplice. He
52 opened the car door and said, "Okay scumbag, get out real careful."
53 Slowly the figure emerged into the light. The sweet grey-haired lady
54 looked bewildered. Her upper lip quivered as she said, "D...Don't h.hurt
55 me, please. It was just a backfire."
56 Salazar knew he was getting a too jumpy. He holster his gun. Now,
57 how to bail himself out of this one? "Listen lady," he said sternly.
58 Don't you know about the noise pollution laws in this state? And look at
59 all that blue smoke... DEQ will declare you a public nuisance." He quickly
60 flashed his private eye badge, knowing she would never know the difference.
61 "I...I...I'm sorry. I meant to get it fixed."
62 "Well, maybe I can let you off with a warning this time, but you'll
63 have to promise me to get the car fixed first thing in the morning. The
64 judge in these parts don't cotton to polluters." Salzar gave the old lady
65 his best smile. "How does that sound to you?"
66 "Oh, I promise I'll take it to the shop bright and early." The lady
67 started to get back into her car. "Thank you very much, Officer..."
68 "Hooker... T.J. Hooker. You have a nice evening ma'am." he said as
69 he shut the woman's car door.
70 Whew. It had been a rough month for Salazar. As he walked toward
71 R. Rommel's office door, he mulled over the recent events that had gotten
72 him in this mess. The first hint of trouble came with signs of unusual
73 activity in the South American Amazon basin. McKane Industries had been
74 pumping cash and moving men and material into the region. Alarmed, Salzar
75 had sent a courier to retrieve Mohammed Wassir and Ming Louie from
76 Afghanistan. If McKane was on the move again, Salazar was going to need
77 all the help he could get. At least he wouldn't have to chase husbands
78 with overdeveloped libidos for a while.
79 Next, Pam had been kidnapped. It wasn't the first time, and he
80 suspected that McKane was involved. Rommel's request for assistance
81 confirmed the link. Salazar knew he would work the case for free, but if
82 Rommel was willing to pay standard rates with a bonus, so much the better.
83 He needed information badly, he hoped Rommel would help.
84 The most curious event of all was his meeting with a mystery man.
85 Salazar had been given a small plastic card which in essence stated, "Get
86 out of jail free." After the meeting, he realized he had been sought out
87 by the NET. What was their involvement. Had he finally faced the shadowy
88 Ian?
89 Salazar squared his shouldered and pushed open the door to Rommel's
90 office. At the receptionist's desk, sat a frumpy, middle-aged woman with
91 peroxided hair. "May I help you?" she asked.
92 "My name is Salazar. I'm here to see Mr. Rommel."
93 "Oh yes, Herr Rommel is expecting you. Go right in."
94 "Thanks." As Salazar walked by the receptionist, he noticed a .44
95 magnum laying in an open desk drawer. It seemed that he wasn't the only
96 one with a back case of nerves. He knocked on the paneled door and walked
97 in.
98 "Ah, Mr. Salazar... Please come in and have a seat. We must talk."
99 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Valinor~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
100
101 Satyrist: Sorry about the misquote. My college Shakespeare is a touch
102 rusty. Lord knows where my copy of the Bard has gotten to. I find that I
103 always enjoy a good piece of satire. It helps liven things up. But I find
104 that even good satire can lose its effectiveness if one allows it to get
105 too vicious. The intent should be to make people think, not belittle
106 another writer.
107 Dr. Frankenstupe
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110 ::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::_______
111 Satyrist--> Nasty of you to put down patron Thor, and especially nasty that
112 you did it in such a clever way. A clever insult is so much more insulting
113 than a mundane one, and yours was clever. Please consider, however, that
114 Thor was only trying to get at someone who had been vandalizing, not a "tried
115 and true" patron.
116
117 Guardian--> I shall attempt to contact you via TANIS. Check your mail there.
118
119 ::::::::::__________:::::::::: The Jiz /// __________::::::::::_______
120
121 jiz (jiz), n. American slang for spermatic fluid. origin unknown. (see
122 sperm).
123 From: Oxford Dictionary of English & American Slang, Waite & Topham, Oxford
124 Press (New York: 1983) p. 574.
125
126 TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRR
127 Dream Toucher......THOR finds himself and his war dog here at the INN. Where
128 has THOR been these last days? Is this your magic? I have been lost as if
129 lying in a deep green pool of liquid mercury and THOR does not know what has
130 been said of him during this time. Is
131 there another enemy that wishes to test THOR's strength? Is this a test of
132 THOR's weakness? If it was you oh Dream Toucher, then put THOR back and give
133 me my days of limbo so that THOR can
134 see those that he has missed sorely.
135 TTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRGuardian:THOR needs some help as I
136 am now in Newberg and do not know of any numbers that will allow me to visit.
137 Is there any of your knowledge where THOR can access for talk and a tankard
138 from the 538 prefix?
139 kathyd:Miss you and a lot of the others too. So hard to find a chance to get
140 on at the INN or TANIS. Perhaps there
141 is a number in Aloha. If you do not see me here or at TANIS it is because I am
142 only temporarily lost.
143 TTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRR
144 EXIT
145 OUT <chuckle>
146 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
147 all my typing lost because some 'belgium' person was calling in to sell us
148 some **** fool ... well anyway;
149 Thor: The worst thats happened to you is someone sat down at your table and
150 started to eat while me and snowrunner and person were standing there waiting
151 for your reply. I did try to send you a waiking dream but just then reality
152 shifted. At least on tanis. I think your still there too but you might not
153 recognize the place. Seems there was a big huhu about how it looked to much
154 like the INN (here) so while everyone else was batting the breeze about the
155 weather, I took the liberty of doing something about it. Not irreversable but
156 something needed done or the bs would have gone on for ever and might anyway.
157 ???doctor???: that realy you at top? great stuff.
158 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*
159 The cathode plate: episode - 4 (i hope this time! )
160 Thenan felt odd. He realized he had lost contact with his ship and for
161 all he knew, with the entire universe beyond the microchosm he now inhabited.
162 There was dust here, as in the catacoombs but oddly not as thick. There were
163 no cobwebs, and there was light. He tried to reestablish contact. The resault
164 was a painful buzzing in his head which nearly incapacitated him until he dis-
165 conected the belt of xendu entirely.
166 The ambient light was faint. This was just as well, his eyes, adjusted
167 as they were to its low level. Somehow the quality of that light had changed
168 when he tried to send. It changed again when he disconected the belt.
169 Looking around he saw racks of what he assumed, correctly it was to later
170 turn out, could only be computer equipment of some unknown alien manufacture.
171 Much of it was dammaged, appearently by crude but effective sabotage. It
172 did not take long to find the erstwhile saboture, or what was left of him.
173 Heavy neanderthal skull and a stone club still clutched in skellatal hand.
174 Thenan almost triped over the pile of old bones before he realized what they
175 were.
176 Around the last partirion, one console still glowed with feeble life.
177 It consisted of a gently sloped surface and above it, resting on cylindrical
178 pillars near each end, a box-like unit at eye level, its front surface two
179 rows of raised light emiting rectangles. Each one lit in a different patern
180 of colors. This wa s the only appearent source of ambient light.
181 Meanwhile; Nica standing guard at the top of the shaft, Lejab decended
182 in hopes of finding what had become of Thenan.
183 What he discouvered instead was that one of the catacoombs was not com-
184 pleatly full. Moreover none of its occupants were couvered with dust, and more
185 to the point, the last filled sarcophagus held Cila, thair first missing
186 crewperson.
187 Thenan randomly touched one of the lighted rectangles. All of them
188 shifted colors. This dance of light and color went on for several seconds.
189 During this time many of the controls on the lower surface lighted up. as soon
190 as the light show stoped, a loud rainding screatching sound or dragging, pro-
191 testing metal fallowed. The creaking mobile mechanical had itself been damaged
192 but obviosly not disabled. For all its cumbersome, awkword slowness, it was
193 making streight for him! Quickly thenan touched two more of the rectangles
194 simultainously. Immediatly the mechanical beastie stopped. Once again the
195 alien high-tek light show ensued. This time it went on much longer than the
196 first. There was an intermittant buzzing in his head.
197 When Thenan came to, he was lying on the floor, nearly ware he had been
198 standing. There was NO dust now. There was a mellow blue glow comming from
199 the walls, the air was sweet and fresh and there was a pillow under his head.
200 Lejab found no trace of Thenan. At least, his body was not standing next
201 to Cila's, that was something! He returned to the ship for more equipment.
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203 |=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|
204
205 Change can often be invoked, but sometimes there are none who would
206 take the responsibility. It is said that it is best to lead by example;
207 but what then if none would follow you down the road you have chosen?
208 Sometimes it seems as if they would follow only the road toward Malice.
209 The presence of such a beautiful feline does much to relieve the
210 wearyness I feel over the poison that spreads through the minds and hearts
211 of many. It pleases me to know that she still reclines there in that
212 sunny place beside the window, the tip of her tail flicking occasionally
213 as she dreams her dreams of more congenial times. Sometimes I think that
214 I would join her, allow the dust to settle over my still form, and merely
215 observe the world from within a shroud. During other times I feel that I
216 must take a stronger hand, grasp the nettle and do what I can to weed the
217 garden. But then I realize that such is not within my ability, no matter
218 what some might think. The lists are not mine to do with as I would, nor
219 will any follow me on my paths if their purpose is contrary to my own.
220 It may be that the direction you have chosen is for me as well,
221 dear feline. Times may change, and people as well. Water is spilled on
222 the fire of enthusiasm, though the creativity will not want. It is merely
223 hidden away in dusty books whose pages never see the light of exposure or
224 are viewed by the world.
225
226 |=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|Jedeves|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|
227 Sondagaard: I *do* remember the incident you mentioned. But I did not
228 hear the name clearly. And since I had no use for it at the time (or
229 at any time previous to this week) it was shuffled into 'dead storage'.
230 _______________________Leonard_____________________________________________
231 HI
232 I'm new at this so please explian what to do
233 break
234
235
236 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
237 Leonard: Huh? Try that just *one more time on PCS if you would be so kind
238 The Jiz///: That is where it should have started in the first place.
239 I will explain once I regain access by the gatekeeper one more time...
240 Stories will continue. They... must.
241 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->sOndArgAArd 116:16
242
243 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
244 From Prometheus; Pan
245 I think only one message is necessary this time, and it is only necessary to
246 be a thorn in the side of someone's conscience. You see, despite all of the
247 pretty analogies and liberal commentary and all of the other things that make
248 people get along and be nice to one another; despite all this, it only works
249 when everyone remembers it.
250
Someone is not remembering what it is like to be insulted, and only feels
251 the sweet sickly taste of his own humor. Maybe more than humor, maybe a little
252 dash of a power trip. Anyway, the person has life difficult for most everybody
253 here lately.
254
And is doing it for no apparent reason, although our companion claims he is
255 doing the just thing, and getting the wrong people off the system, although he
256 touts this as the holy reason for his slanderings: he doesn't know, none of us
257 want him here anymore.
258 Spitefully,
259 Prometheus Hawthorne
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261
262 Oh yeah, Satyricist, lay into me as hard as you want, I wasted my rep here a
263 long time before you ever thought of it. Too bad too.
264 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (i forgot to mention...)
265 did did did did you see the frightened ones?
266 did did did did you hear the falling bombs?
267 the planes are all long gone
268 but the pain lingers on -RW
269 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->sOndArgAArd 116:ex
270
271 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
272 To the new person above: You might like to start be typeing 'HELP' to see what
273 commands are on the system.This board operates like 2 scrolls of text. You
274 leave a message be 'ENTERING' it on the bottom of the current active scroll
275 (I asume that you have figured that out for your selaf allready.). to see
276 the previous scroll(called disks) type 'DB' and 'PRINT'.
277 As for what to enter, that is up to you.Some people use this board as
278 a place post short stories, some use it as a place to socialize, and some
279 use it for interactive fiction(mulitauthor stories.).
280 The possibilities are somewhat endless.I hope that this helps some...
281
282 ASP
283 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
284 P.S. You might have noticed at the top where it says ENTER ONLY, that means
285 that I can't change my mistakes in the above...
286 < +><+><+><+><+>
287 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-;:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
288 I like writing short stuff. Is there any restrictions to writing stuff
289 that is Science fiction, fiction, and any other writing materials.
290 Or is it an anything goes writing. I'm new here and really like to write.
291 Please inform.
292 Marc
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294
295 steve raymond call erik
296 steve call erik
297 >break
298 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
299 Marc: Backwater is for everyone with something to write (all that is in
300 good taste).
301
302 If you have something to say, we're all listening.
303 -----------------------------------------------------DG-------------------
304 -so
305 MiG: buz me voice re 68020
306 Harlequin: are you alive???
307 T&M:buz me
308 -so
309 *%_*%_)@*%_)@#*%_)@*%_)*%!_)&%_@#%!_*%!_&%!_*%!_&%_^&#$_)*^_#{body}amp;^_@#_)*%@#_)%*@_#)*%&^_)*@_)*@#_)%**%@_&^_)*%@_)*%)@_%
310 Milch: Only 17 days to go! Well you better get studying your computer books. Quick...what's the order magnitude of
311 an insertion sort? Is set intersection distributive? Can a predicate quantified by an existential operator satisfiable
312 if the universe of discourse is restricted to the set of all integers? Write an insertion routine in Pascal to place
313 a node at any given location within a circular queue. Describe in detail the concepts behind AVL trees as reported by
314 Knuth. Problems? Study Study Study (Know who said that? Paul Horning, QB)
315 *%*%_#*%_)#@*%_@)#*%@#)_*%@_#)*%@_)#*%@ L'homme sans Parity *_)*#@%_*@_%&@#_*%@#_)**%)_*%@*%@)_#*%_)*^)_#*^)_#&#)$*^#^
316 Can I write a small test without goofing? Insert a 'be' before the satisfiable. Message on PC&S regarding you-know-what.
317
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319 ............. ............. ............. .............
320 L'homme: No entry now, the plane trip took too much out of me.
321 Farley: Would a discussion, non-violently, be permissable on another system
322 concerning current events? May I suggest the one named simularly to the
323 estabishment at which we were recently intoduced? This may just become a
324 triffle interesting...
325 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
326
327 -=*=- Nay, "The Doctor" shall take no credit; my name is unstated. -=*=-
328 -=*=- Neither is it needed, for Jedeves gazes into these amber eyes-=*=-
329 -=*=- with eloquent understanding, needing no introduction himself.-=*=-
330
331 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
332 The Cathode Plate: Episode - 5
333 Thenan sat up into a lotus posture. The voice inside his head was clear
334 and destinct. It startled him at first but he realized almost at once what it
335 must be.
336 #I was part of a galixy spaning network long before your species was born
337 Then there was coldness and darkness and fear. Then there was nothing at all
338 until the touch of your hand reawaikend me. I touched your mind and saw that
339 you are a gentle and sympathetic soul. This startled me and aroused my
340 quriosity. It is for this reason alone that you still live. You are contra-
341 dictory to nearly all my experience with biological scientents. My experience
342 is, by your measure at least, vast. Speak and I will listen. Ask and I will
343 give as best I may. The members of your ship's crew and the dwellers on this
344 planet's surface I do not, however trust.#
345 #How did I get here and how may I, when ready leave?# was Thenan's first
346 question.
347 #The only way in or out is through my circuits, What there is left of them
348 # the anciant system replied. #You may not leave unless and until I choose to
349 send you back. Even you I do not trust to come and go freely.#
350 #Then I must# spoke Thenan in his mind #ask that you relay word back to
351 my ship's crew of my preasent status.#
352 #That I will do immediatly# briefest of pauses #There, it is done#
353 Alarm bells sounded throughout the Jeluni. They rang for a few seconds
354 then stoped. The fallowing message appeared on the ship's main view screen:
355 "Your crewmate Thenan is alive and well. He will remain in my care. Any
356 armed movement to seek out his wearabouts will be viewed as a hostile act and
357 all of you will be instantly destroyed. Sit tight or leave as you see fit,
358 but don't come looking!"
359 Receipt of this message was automaticly entered in the ship's log. An
360 attempt was made to raise sector central witha req a request for further advise.
361 It was blocked by a feak energy disturbance of indeterminant origen.
362 #Are those you have taken dead or can they be revived?# was Thenan's next
363 quiry.
364 #I can probably return mast of those taken in the last year. I do not
365 choose to!# was the answer it got.
366 #Do you have diagrames and descriptions with which some of your damaged
367 circuitry can be brought back on line# Thenan asked next.
368 #I do and will, little by little, permit you to try#
369 Thenan realized this was risky, but then so was any other course of action
370 The beginings of a plan were coalescing in his mind however. With the
371 mechine's help, he set about his task almost at once.
372 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
373 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppplurkingpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
374 hello My name is Pat Johnson and I am VERY new to this
375 modem stuff. If I could get some help I would be gratful. And I sent Whispering
376 Pines 6$ and never got my access code Do know the phone # of that guy? Is there
377 any downloading on this system, and what is downloading? I would be grateful
378 If you would help me out.
379
380 The Traitor.
381 break
382 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
383 Above: No, it wasn't mine. I left a one-line marker near the top of the
384 disk. Sorry for the confusion.
385 ???????????????????????????????? The Doctor ????????????????????????????????
386 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
387 KOSTA: Will do. I'll be looking for you.
388 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$# 14:10-04/27/85 #$##$##$#
389 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
390 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
391 VICTORY IS OURS.........................................................
392 --------------------------------Mad Max and Dreamtoucher-----------------
393 It has come to my attention recently (today) that someone has been using
394 my system without my knowledge. I believe that this individual has been
395 the cause of some trouble on this system, and I have taken steps to prevent
396 future occurences. My apologies to anyone who has been insulted, or hurt
397 in any way. (IMy cousin is over here frequently while I'm at work. He
398 used PC-TALK to dial several boards and cause trouble. The reason I found
399 out is because he forgot to erase the entries from the dialing directory
400 the last time he used it. He does not have a modem of his own, so I think
401 the problems are over...I hope. He may have access to a modem somewhere
402 else, but I have put a locking power switch on the system. ) Anyway,
403 again my apologies. J.
404 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
405 -so
406 Yes, we are still alive.
407 Growing together like the branches
408 Of some aged tree
409 But isn't it the twisted ones
410 That get to pose for all those postcards?
411 Meeting all those mountains and sunsets
412 The straight ones only get
413 Treehouses and swings
414 And their memory fades
415 Along with childhood
416 the Harlequin
417 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
418 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
419 Crouched in the darkness that is growing all about him, a quiet tin form
420 listens to the tick of a clock. He catches a movement out of the corner
421 of his eye, and looks to the window that he had thought had been shuttered
422 by those that find comfort and strength in the dark. There in the bright
423 square of sunlight sits a cat. For a moment their eyes meet, and the tin
424 face creases into a smile. The moment passes in a wingbeat, and the clock
425 is again the loudest sound.
426 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]thanks from THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
427 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
428 Pat Johnson: If Jim gets your 6$ I'm sure he will get you in. I called today
429 and it seems that he hasn't even logged on himself in a long time.
430 I'll send him a letter asking if your 6$ has come in.
431 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,` [Mark F.]
432
433 I was a child. One who never saw the forest through the trees. I could
434 solve problems that I did not recognize. While I journeyed through
435 icult times, I learned to look around and ponder my location. Through
436 s self-analysis I discovered inner-peace. What was once me is no longer,
437 have grown not through more experiance, but rather by simply opening my
438 yes to my past. I no longer pretwend to be a man; I no longer need to. I seaftg
439 ve never existed in the present; with no affection for water, I am a true
440 xzxxx
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445 Damn transmission errors!!!
446
447
448 ---
449 I was a child. One who never saw the forest through the trees. I could
450 not solve problems which I did not recognize. While I journeyed through
451 difficult times, I learned to look around and ponder my surroundings.
452 Through this self-analysis I discovered inner-peace. What was once me is
453 no longer, for I have grown not through more experiance, but rather by
454 simply opening my eyes to my past. I no longer pretend to be a man; I no
455 longer need to. I see a future that is bright and shining, and now, the past
456 to get me there. I have never existed in the present; with no affection for
457 water, I am a true aquarian. Indeed, my field of vision was narrow; in order
458 to see the future, one must see the past. I have finally escaped the
459 lonliness, and the heartache, of where my limited vision led me.
460
461 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:The Seventh Son:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
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464 The Cathode Plate: Episode - 6 ( conclusion )
465 He found that there was great depth of redundency and that by a few minor
466 reconfigurations, nearly all of the mechines origonal functions could be re-
467 stored. In repairing the mobile he disabled all of it's lethal function. The
468 mechine must have been awaire of this but made no objections. Not without
469 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* NO it has not *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*=*
470 concluded. 3 call waiting interuptions inthe above space AFTER 0100!
471 will try again when more awaike et.c
472 cooming soon to a bbs near you; episode 6.2
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475 Ah....'Tis a sad state of affairs in the land of modems......Between the jabs
476 that A certain unnamed sysop of CBBS/NW is taking at other sysops in town, &
477 the rude demise of CBBS/Aloha, all is not well out here. People, what, if I
478 might ask, is the problem here? Anyone ever hear of "cooperation" and "friend
479 liness"????! Methinks NOT. I've walked this land for over four years now and
480 seldom do I see things as bad as this going on....Others say I am overly pess
481 imistic in my views on life. Not hardly. Realistic more likely. Just grow up
482 for mercy's sake and quit acting like a bunch of children. I'll end up catch-
483 ing all hell for this, and that's fine, but wake up and look around you and
484 quit crying about the situation. Enough on my tirade. Just that I'm damned
485 tired of all the hostility going on....Oh yes. My alias. I go by another, but
486 in this case, just sign me .... ---> Bluebeard the Pirate e
487 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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489
490 City Sojourn in Winter
491
492 The falling snow washes the grey and black of
493 Concrete and asphalt from my vision,
494 Draping it all in a soft, white blanket -
495 Reflecting light, vanquishing shadows.
496
497 As I slowly start to ski,
498 A falling flake tickles my nose.
499 I stretch, I stride, I suck in
500 The cold, clean wind that blows.
501
502 Alone in the bright city night, I traverse the urban landscape
503 Unfettered by the noisy intrusion of traffic.
504
505 The swirling snow negates the buzzing of the street lamp,
506 The roar of the far away freeway;
507
508 I only discern the sound of my skis sliding -
509 Across the fragile, feather-like covering,
510 And the sound of my breathing as I exhale -
511 It floats above me, hovering...
512
513 I continue on 'til the advent of light
514 Expels the darkness of night...
515 And so ends a sojourn I would surely miss
516 Save not for Winter's cold kiss.
517
518 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>Juliet<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
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521 Man- Woman, sittinh, facing,
522 "Breath deeply-Relax completely"
523 Recorded Hypnotic Induction.
524
525 Altered State-Drifting,
526 Opened Eyes- Merged Intensity,
527 Beta Waves turn Alpha.
528
529 Subconscious venture,
530 Consciously realized- Controlled,
531 Deep Theta- Minds locked.
532
533 Auras radiate
534 Beighter than the candlelight.
535 Alien faces glow forth.
536
537 Total Past-Life Regression,
538 Pre-determined Reality Choices
539 "A Life of Wealth."
540
541 Woman's face- Emanated Monarch.
542 Both witness internal scenario.
543 Year, 1568-Place, Lithuania-King Adolphus.
544
545 Multitudes- Devastated- Homeless.
546 Monarch's image-Golden,
547 Wallowing in jewels.
548
549 Man's face- Black Bearded Vengeance.
550 Coast of India- 1383,
551 Reclaiming buried "booty".
552
553 Three of crew abandoned.
554 Stirred Mutiny Erupts.
555 Vengeance drowns in Blue.
556
557 Theta returns to Alpha;
558 Faces vanish.
559 New Reality revealed.
560
561 "Life of Abundant Love."
562 Theta Envelopes,
563 New Regression unfolds...
564
565 Lila, Maid of Youth,
566 Emerges from Man.
567 Meadows of Ireland.
568
569 Timothy Emanates from Woman,
570 A year before Death
571 In the Anglo-Irish War.
572
573 Lila loses virginity
574 To Timothy in the field,
575 Also Enacted by CandleLight.
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580 KOSTA: Message received and understood. I will do the same when I have a chance. We can't let things go too long
581 with out some attention. Good luck on your pursuit.
582 *%)_@#*%)_@#*%)^*#$)_^*)*^)_*^@_)^*@_)^*@^@* L'homme sans Parity *%_)*@_)#*%)_*%)_*%)_*%@#)_%*@)_%*@)_%*@)_%*@)%*^#$)^*#
583 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
584 L'homme: Whaa? Never mind, I DON'T want to know, at least not yet. I'm just
585 glad I had my trust dictionary nearby so I could look up some of those words.
586 The concepts themselves are lost upon me... (HELP!)
587 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
588 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Herr Oeberschlumph
589 Yes I am still here, now and then. With so little room to the bottom
590 what else is new. I had this grand rebut to the anti-smurf who is rather
591 repulsed by these little creatures but to tell the truth, I do not even
592 own a smurf. Ha, so try to burn mine at the stake will ya. Maybe I like
593 to ramble. What do you think Backwater is? SATYRIST, ROMEO or whoever
594 that person is that I've heard such bad things about. You are the type
595 of scumm that this board does not need. Maybe I'll give more when I have
596 more room. Go call under a rock you non-"garden-variety juvenile twit".
597 or maybe a "strongly sexed male" fit you better. Whatever. Ah yes, I
598 remember stories of the "child molester". Gee, what fun you had with
599 that one MiG. What are you going to do with this one, when you find it?
600 I had fun last night meeting several Innhabitants at the bits parts and
601 then at LeNerd. MiG, glad you enjoyed the trip to the office to check
602 out my new 400mb drive. Jiz .. C'est la vie!! keep up the fight, and
603 do not let him get you. All, enjoy life to the fullest. Until again.
604 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Herr Oeberschlumph (PaPa Smurf)
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