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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 06/05/88 23:03 Msg:1611 Call:10001308 Lines:10
20 The Big Bang Theory:
21 Imagine that you are an ant on a sponge. Suddenly the sponge explodes.
22 As each piece flies apart from every other peice, all the pieces are
23 equally far away from one another. The pieces farthest away are are going
24 faster than you are. One day every piece of sponge except us will will be
25 out of sight. Too late then to wish we had been on a faster piece of
26 sponge. This is the Big Bang Theory. Before the big bang we must imagine
27 a glowing ball of something, without any edges. This is the ball which,
28 by a process not understood, turned into a sponge.
29 *************************************************************************
003=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 06/06/88 00:14 Msg:1612 Call:10001310 Lines:19
30 @*%@_)#*@)#_*%!_)@%*@)~%)@+#_%)@_+%*~+)_#@~_@_+%*_#@&%*@_*^_@%*~_#@%*@~_)%*~@)*
31
32 Cultist? Yes, in a way, but a cultist of a different color. I do not consider
33 myself a Jonsian-styled cultist. Because of this, I always run a chemical
34 analysis on any koolaid I might be offered. A love of music and art might be
35 considered a cult - a cult of a mindset steeped in expression and presentation.
36
37 Life is like a sine wave of varying amplitude and frequency. The peaks and
38 valleys are composed of different heights and depths, and the distance from
39 the minima/maxima of valley/peak is also in constant flux. Always changing,
40 up and down, our lives and our life flows always forward. One day feels
41 greater than the next. Next week brings utter despair and the accompanying
42 depths. The slope is forever changing. The derivatives of the line that
43 traces this path must always be recalculated.
44 Life might be a cult. We put so much energy into it. We give up everything
45 for it. We put all our hopes and dreams on it. And if we lose those hopes
46 and dreams, we might as well drink fully of that tainted liquid despair.
47
48 *%$#@*%_)@*%@_#)@%)_#%*@_)#*%@#_)%* L'homme sans Parity *%#_@*%@_#%*!_*%!_)%*_
004=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/06/88 00:33 Msg:1613 Call:10001312 Lines:19
49
50 Yahoo(ts)! More dis space!
51
52 Addiction - and Cults. Put the two together, shaken, not stirred, and
53 you end up with a Cult of Addiction. Shades of THX 1138! Is there really
54 addiction to anything? Or is every redundent habit an addiction, an
55 affliction, a rash that we dig, groovy huh? Cults are addictions to
56 religion, maybe. But I know one thing; Cults were never my strong
57 point. Why should I listen to other people about how to screw up my
58 life more effectively than I ever could do for myself? My brain would
59 be mush before I would consider shaving my head for starving children and
60 taking money to feed my Zen Master in a New York High-Rise. Let me
61 make my own victories, and my own mistakes. And if I don't learn from
62 my mistakes, then I guess I'll just have to suffer. Or do I still impact
63 everyone around me if I make a mistake? Zounds, my mind is wandering!
64 (Would someone please kick this boob in the mental arse dept.?)
65
66 H.C.
67 ---{ Fifty-One big rhinos, all in a row }--------------------
005=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 06/06/88 08:39 Msg:1614 Call:10001320 Lines:21
68 --=-=--==-=------=-======-=--------========-=-----------=-=====-=--------==-
69 Hgbrd,
70 Your a Guru, your mind is suposed to wander. Pretty profound wisdom your
71 dishing out though.
72
73 That 'Big Bang' theory was totaly wrong...were not on a piece of sponge and
74 not all of us are ants.
75
76 NOITARTSIGER EZIRP SUNOB (Mystical words!)
77 "Zod will no longer exist!"
78 woldn't that be great! A disk without him. I might miss him a little
79 though.
80
81 HAVE A DAY FILLED WITH BAD RIDDENS! O O
82 LB\__/ \__/
83 oo GIP
84 WIF
85 WAG
86 TTR
87
88 --=-=-=--==--{-=-=-====-=--=-----=====-------===-----=-=======-------=-=-=-=
006=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/06/88 09:22 Msg:1615 Call:10001322 Lines:10
89
90 !@#(*_)(@#*$(_)(*(#@&*$#)!(*_(@#!$*^(*_)(@!#&(_)(@*#$*&_()!#$_)(@!&#_!_)!(@#{body}amp;
91
92 (This, by the way, is MY border)
93
94 HC - lovely name. Does it mean anything or did you just like the sound?
95
96 Does the word Limpopo ring a bell with anyone?
97
98 !@#^*)*(&@#&)(*@#&Y&)*)(@*{body}amp;*(+!)_@#*&&$*#@)#({body}amp;*_)(#@!$ - MINE - !_)(@#&$_(#*
007=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 06/06/88 15:33 Msg:1616 Call:10001335 Lines:7
99 ---======--=-======------=====---=-========-------=-=---------======-----===
100 The great grey greasy green Limpopo river.
101
102 LB \__/
103 oo GIP
104 Prophet Extrordinare
105 -=-=-{-=-===-=-=-=-===---==-======--=----======--==-======--------==------==
008=Usr:507 todd rogers 06/06/88 17:03 Msg:1617 Call:10001340 Lines:8
106 OOOHHHH My head....
107
108 HEY! where am i ????
109
110 the last thing i remember is driving on a country road last night
111 then a bright flash of light... and now i'm here.
112 SO... just where is here??
113 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
009=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 06/06/88 17:20 Msg:1618 Call:10001342 Lines:17
114 **%$#)_%*#$_)%*#$_)^*&#)$^*)_*@#)$(@!+)$@#_$*@#_)%*_$(*)_@($@_+$(@)!$*(@_#(@#_$
115 Stray Cat : I will not enter in to any sort of border conflict, but I will
116 point out a couple things: I have been using this random sequence of characters
117 from the top row of the keyboard since approximately 1984. As the keeper of the
118 BW archives, it is my business to track such important event sequences in BW
119 history. Secondly, one of the reasons I chose such a border is that NO ONE
120 can lay claim to a random sequence of alpha characters. It changes every time,
121 an ever mutating boundary that signifies a beginning and an end. Like the
122 wind and the land and the sky, it can be owned by no one, and used by all.
123 You are the first person to ever claim it as solely (ie MY) their own. I
124 think there are enough permutations to go around for us all. I will continue
125 to utilize the wonders of random muscular exertions on the keyboard, as I
126 have been doing for the past four years. I believe the phrase is "let your
127 fingers do the walking!"
128 %*#@_%)@*#%)_@*%_)(!$_+@!($_)%&*%$# L'homme sans Parity *$#@_*%_~*#)!*$_!*!_*)!
129@
130
010=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/06/88 18:53 Msg:1619 Call:10001345 Lines:11
131
132 I guess I was rude (as usual). But I hadn't, in my limited experience with
133 these things, seen (that I KNOW of) this particular border. I saw something
134 like it on THE WALL, but I believe that was afterwards. I used it because of
135 your perfect timing with the "car-tunes" in the HOW THE FUNNIES GET AWAY WITH
136 IT, which was right before I nearly got kicked off of here for swearing.
137
138 !_@(#*_({body}amp;*_)+_)*#&)+_)(((+@_)#$^Y*(@^#$)+_)*#&*$#Y+_+_)#I{body}amp;_*#@%!@#)(#$^@#)$(
139
140 First person ever, huh?
141
011=Usr:447 General Zod 06/06/88 19:42 Msg:1620 Call:10001346 Lines:14
142 <><><><><><<><><<><><<><<><<>>
143@THIS ISGEERAL ZD
144 THIS IS GENERAL ZOD.
145 A disk without me? Never. I see
146 that I need to make my presence known
147 lest you forget who I am. I have
148@been off making GREAT preperations
149 been off making GREAT preparations
150 for the take over of your world.
151 Fear, for the dawn of the order of
152 ZOD comes. And ZOD shall rule over
153 all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
154 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
155
012=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 06/06/88 20:03 Msg:1621 Call:10001347 Lines:3
156 Somebody just had to go and mention Sots name.
157 Bleah!
158
013=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 06/06/88 20:49 Msg:1622 Call:10001349 Lines:12
159 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
160 THIS IS GENERAL ZOD.
161 I see you mortals are trying to fight
162 me. I have the power to crush you all
163 but have no more will and determinatio
164 n and therefore, give up the rule of
165 the planet to Lord Beaker, Prophet
166 Extrodanairre. May Zod come down and
167 rule the universe, Good bye for now!
168 ZOD will rule forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
169 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
170
014=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 06/06/88 21:02 Msg:1623 Call:10001350 Lines:23
171 --=-------======--------=============----------================---------====
172 Thats more like it. (I question the validity of the statement.) But it
173 sounds nice! How bout' a story. It's not finnished but It wouldn't all fit
174 in at once any way.
175
176
177 Link-Up
178
179 Johnathen looked across the table to his brother Mark. He could see
180 the all too visible blue veins on his face, the tatoo they formed on his
181 pale skin. "Are you ready?" He spoke softly as though afraid a loud noise
182 would harm his brother.
183 "I'm always ready.", Mark replied. "In there I'm still alive, out here
184 I'm already dead." He brushed a few strands of blond hair out of his eyes
185 and began to adjust himself in his chair. He had to get comfortable incase
186 this was one of those long breaks. Sometimes theey had to use a real slow
187 siphon so no one would notice the vanishing data.
188
189
190 OOPS, gota go!
191 LB\__/
192 oo
193 --------===-=-=-=-=---=--{=-=--=-==============-----------============------
015=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 06/06/88 21:40 Msg:1624 Call:10001353 Lines:9
194 The Return Of Phoenix II....
195 L'home, are you also a culest of unknow origin? Things get shaky when people
196 start speaking in toungs, especially unknown toungs....
197
198 Lord Beaker, int'resting.
199
200 Sod, Therrpppt!!!!! Who is trying to opose you? We're just ignoring you.
201 all for now
202 ^C
016=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 06/06/88 23:42 Msg:1625 Call:10001360 Lines:9
203 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@kev c.###################################
204 Lord Beaker
205 what do you question?
206 who wrote it,
207 his honesty
208 whether or not he meant it?
209 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#################################
210
211
017=Usr:272 Talos 06/07/88 00:30 Msg:1626 Call:10001362 Lines:6
212 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
213 I still can't believe Col. COD is still fishing arond here for a strike.
214 This guy really stinks ya know? At any rate, Talos Valheru is among you
215 should you require my services (Remember two wrongs don't make a right,
216 three rights make a left.)
217 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
018=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/07/88 03:43 Msg:1627 Call:10001364 Lines:30
218
219 ---{ Zod is my favorite Fnord. }------------------------------------------
220
221 HC - Hagbard Celine, Illuminoid (and Paranoid) and (in)sane Pending Guru.
222
223 Just when you thought it was safe, along comes a Generic Zit, covering us
224 like teen-age acne. But he has fled, with his almight Army of One. A pox
225 I place upon him; may his fingers break like popsicle sticks. But I vex myself
226 too much. Or is it him?
227
228 Say, could someone help me wit(in)sanity and the definition thereof? I
229 always find that sanity is linked to a shared belief (usually a fiction called
230 a Society). Which reminds me, societies are simply large tribes. The world
231 has still yet to advance from the "Tribal Stage" of boundry, property, and
232 other games of war & finance...
233 Lord Beaker, I ask some help from you too;
234 WIF; WAG; TTR; what are these? Your (Pending)GURU kindly asks for
235 your assistence... (ever notice how this system seems to drop characters?)
236
237 Also, your story is off to a good start - please finish! (An Epic in the
238 making?)
239 Hagbard Celine (Pending) GURU(ship)
240
241 "What is Bhudda?" the apprentice asked.
242 "Five pounds of Flax" the master answered.
243 The apprentice was both vexed and happy at this new-found knowledge...
244
245 ---{ Your own prose awaits you. Mine just isn't here tonight. }-----------
246 ---{ Maybe my sine waves are not in sync... hummm... :-) }---------------
247
019=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 06/07/88 09:04 Msg:1628 Call:10001368 Lines:35
248 -------------========================------------------------===============
249 Link-Up
250
251
252 John reached towards a small machine in the center of the table. It
253 looked like a futuristic tape player. He flipped a little switch on its
254 side and waited while it warmed up, a small red light on its side blinked to
255 warn against premature use. This was there connection to the databanks of
256 the world. One need only put on the headset and be sent to a computer
257 representation of the entire International Data Transfer System. John and
258 Mark stole from this system. It was the only way they could live.
259 The red warm up light kept blinking on and off, on and off. It lulled
260 John into a small trance, calling up repressed thoughts from his
261 subconscious. He began mantaly talking to himself. Marks getting to weak
262 for this, he thought. I should take care of him, not kill him. Who knows
263 what a mental shock could do to him. Johns Mother had made him promise to
264 watch over Mark before she had died. She didn't know that the boys had used
265 up most of her estate to try and keep her alive.
266 "John!", Mark yelled. "Yo John, are you there?!"
267 "Huh...Oh sorry, I didn't hear you." John said. "What did you say?"
268 Mark shot an evil look across the table. "The Link-Up is ready!"
269
270
271 _________________Gotta go! Wish I had time to write more at once!
272
273 Hgbrd, you want to bea good Guru you should figure it out for yourself.
274 I'll tell you if you get it right.
275
276@--{-=-========-=--------------================-=-------------===============
277 LB\__/
278 oo GIP
279 WIF
280 WAG
281 TTR
282 -{-=-=======-=-------===========--------===-=--=-=-=------------====--==--==
020=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 06/07/88 17:25 Msg:1629 Call:10001378 Lines:24
283 @###############################################VVV##################
284
285 HELLO?
286 ATDT 230xxxx
287
288 CONNECT
289
290 Command:ON283
291 Password:..........
292
293 Welcome, KEVICONNELL
294
295 141
296
297 Command:li 141,
298 ^[ Enter filename to send:a:Dragon.TXT
299 Enter Protocol:N
300 Press any key to begin:
301
302
303
304
305
306
021=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 06/07/88 17:32 Msg:1630 Call:10001379 Lines:2
307 What the heck was dat?
308 ^C
022=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/08/88 01:11 Msg:1632 Call:10001393 Lines:21
309
310 ---{ Telemachus Sneezed. }---------------------------------------------
311
312 Lord Beaker,
313 GIP - God in Pending (you were kind enough to leave that one)
314 WIF/WOF - Still pondering
315 WAG - With a Guru? (Appears only after my request.)
316 TTR - Still pondering, relatively new...
317 Yes, I should have known these....(time for another whack on the head
318 that would give me 3 day's vacation from work...)
319 :-)
320 Oh, and keep up the good work! The story is starting to become
321 VERY interesting. What happens next?
322
323
324 Anyone for a second(-hand) story by me?
325
326 Hagbard Celine
327 "Guru Apprentice" and all-around nice guy.
328
329 ---{ Badges? We DON'T need no stink'n BADGES! }---------------------------
023=Usr:7 Leonard Erickson 06/08/88 12:25 Msg:1633 Call:10001398 Lines:5
330 Gentle Users:
331 Might I point out the _simple_ solution the General Zod?
332 Ignore him, and he'll go away.
333
334 ______________________________Leonard____________________________________
024=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 06/08/88 17:31 Msg:1634 Call:10001404 Lines:28
335 IGNORANCE IS BLISS!
336 THE WORLD KNOWS NO FURY LIKE A
337 DWEEB IGNORED.
338 _______________________________________________________________________________
339 That is except for Zod. He is here to test his exclamation key. Back in the
340 dark ages of computing, when the words of the new world were being formed, a
341 learned group coined the term TWIT to identify certain users who showed a
342 remarkable lack of intelligence and learning ability. Through the years,
343 different people have stepped forward to claim the title of HEAD TWIT. We
344 all remember DESTROY THE WOLD, and 666, and PEN NAME.
345
346 This year's winner of HEAD TWIT needs no introduction, as General Zod has
347 gained in sheer volume what he lacks in pure twitliness. His threats and
348 scare tactics are known the board over. The heavy leaning on the ! key, the
349 spelling errors, and mindless drivel, even the lack of sensible grammar has
350 made this year's winner a runaway landslide victor.
351 Congratulations Zod, you have joined the ranks of some pretty non-heady
352 company. You should be proud that your brain-damaged entries on Back Water
353 have done more than gained you the electronic hatred of thousands of users,
354 you have netted an award that many strive for but only a few ever achieve.
355
356 FISCAL 1988's HEAD TWIT : General Zod
357
358 Respectfully yours,
359
360 The awards committee.
361 _______________________________________________________________________________
362
025=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 06/08/88 17:59 Msg:1635 Call:10001405 Lines:2
363 All hail Gen. Zit!
364 ^C
026=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/09/88 01:03 Msg:1636 Call:10001417 Lines:18
365
366 ---{ Zod-Another Airhead for World Domination... }-------------------------
367
368 Kudos to the Zen Master of Bad Grammar, Zod. May his life be filled with
369 nightmares of {!} being typed by him 1,000,000 million times; and then he
370 discovers he has to type it over again because of a mistake on the 99999
371 {!}. My mind will always have a place for you (somewhere around the dead
372 letter section) in the world. It is with the Great Honor of the Ancient
373 Tradition of Twits, Idiots, Imbiceles, and Lobotomized People, that the
374 Awards Committee presents you with a life-like rubber exclamation key
375 that will amuse your enemies and wear your finger to a pulp in 547
376 keystrokes.
377 Again, my Kudos to you (along with some great amusement from your
378 prose).
379
380 Freeman Hagbard Celine (ex-apprentice Guru?)
381
382 ---{ To recieve your award, simply leave this board alone }----------------
027=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 06/09/88 20:01 Msg:1637 Call:10001431 Lines:7
383 Phoenix Polymorph II herer. What I want to know is; Even though Ray Thomas
384 was listed as a member of the Moody Blues on the album sleve of SUR LA MER,
385 how come he wasn't listed as actually PREFORMING on any of the traks?
386 Has the Vetrain Cosmic Rocker retired?
387 Also, why hasn't Greyam Edge written anything lately?
388
389 Phoenix out ^C
028=Usr:511 steve muralt 06/09/88 21:41 Msg:1638 Call:10001434 Lines:8
390 This is a great board! By the way Thanatos, when are we going to play some Lt
391
392 (Lasertag)
393 ^c
394 ^c
395 ^c
396 what's wrong with this thing?
397
029=Usr:272 Talos 06/09/88 22:21 Msg:1639 Call:10001435 Lines:38
398 I think it's got the hi^c hiccups!
399
400
401 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
402 In keeping with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Louisiana's
403 mandatory teaching of "creation-science" in the public schools, which gave
404 the doctrine equal status with Darwinian scientific thought, the Louisiana
405 state senate has passed legislation calling for the mandatory teaching of
406 evolution in church.
407 The landmark bill calls for all religious services to be accompanied by a
408 bonded secular humanist, who will assist clergymen by periodically interrupting
409 their services with irrefutible scientific evidence that everything they say is
410 bullshit.
411 In addition, services will henceforth be translated into appropriate secular
412 language, as demonstated by "Darwin's Prayer":
413
414 Our forefather,
415 Who art in the food chain,
416 Homo be thy name,
417 Thy genus come
418 With opposable thumbs
419 On earth
420 As it is.
421 Give us this day
422 Our naturally occuring assortment of animal and vegetable proteins
423 And select just our best
424 As we select below us.
425 Lead us not into extinction
426 And deliver us from large carnivores.
427 For thine is thy kingdom
428 And the phylum and the order
429 Forever
430 Men.
431
432 Church leaders refrained from public comment, instead gathering their
433 congregations for an extended period of chanting, worship of the dead, and
434 collection of donations.
435 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
030=Usr:507 todd rogers 06/10/88 09:25 Msg:1640 Call:10001448 Lines:17
436 Does anyone know me? I don't seem to remember how I am...
437 Mmmmmm... Could I be this Gen. Zed; Er.. Zop , Sip , Dip , Drip
438 That must be it. Am I Gen. Drip?
439 >>>>> General DRIP
440 Bow up behind me and let me serve you.
441 Wait a sec...
442
443 Bow down and tie your shoes?
444 Buckle down the hatches?
445 Tackle the Quarterback?...
446 Thats it.
447 OBEY GENERAL DRIP:
448 TACKLE THE QUARTERBACK.
449 AND YOU SHALL GIVE.
450 Give???
451 Hmmmm... OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!
452 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
031=Usr:23 Grann 06/10/88 14:00 Msg:1641 Call:10001452 Lines:1
453 +++++ Kind of an odd disk. +++++++++++++++ M&G near the end of lurk mode
032=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 06/10/88 18:11 Msg:1642 Call:10001454 Lines:1
454 That is is. Odd
033=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 06/10/88 18:30 Msg:1643 Call:10001456 Lines:6
455 No, the quote is:
456 "That that is, is. That that is not, is not."
457 Or, without punctuation:
458 That that is is that that is not is not
459 Just write that down and have someone make sense of it.
460
034=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/10/88 21:14 Msg:1644 Call:10001460 Lines:2
461 But how can you tell the difference???
462
035=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 06/11/88 12:14 Msg:1645 Call:10001472 Lines:22
463 ------=========----------------===================------------=-======-=----
464 Hgbrd,
465 What are you talking about ex-aprrentace guru. Are you giving up, or are
466 you a real Guru now? WAG, with a guru, close enough. That wasn't exactly
467 it but it gets the same meaning across. TTR, a closing statement. WIF, a
468 royal title.
469
470 I would of course continue my story now...If I could find it :) Your
471 payshents is appreciated.
472
473 Hmmm. Since Zob left this base to me, do you think I should carry on the
474 death kneel destruction threats. Or just leave it be. My exc!amation point
475 key could use a little working in.
476
477 LboERadKGeiRP \__/
478 ||||||||||||| oo
479 L|o|r|d||||||
480 B e a k|e|r|
481 G I P
482
483 All hale Hgbrd the seer!
484 -----==--==----===-{-======---------=-==========--------=-=========--==-=-=-
038=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 06/12/88 14:15 Msg:1648 Call:10001492 Lines:13
487 #@#@####@#@@@@@@@@@@#@####@#@#@@@@@@@#@#####@#@#@@#@#@#@#@@#@#@#@#@
488 yaWn. What? Has anything changed. Is it gone. Looks that way
489 ,hope the silence lasts. Well we must be moving on.
490
491 "But I don't wanna!"
492 "Why not squid?"
493 "Caus' I don't like the orange walls."
494 "What! Why don't you like the color of the walls. We spent
495 fourhundred solars for that color. you will like it or sleep
496 outside with the dog."
497 "Okay, I'll go but I won't like it."
498
499 @@@@@@@#@#####@@@@@#@#@####@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@@@@@@###@#@#@####@@#@#@
039=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/12/88 14:23 Msg:1649 Call:10001493 Lines:4
500
501@Hey, somebody finally started removing Zod's rantings. They really were
502@ruining the board. Good work you guys.
503
040=Usr:399 Jane Ury 06/12/88 22:31 Msg:1651 Call:10001504 Lines:12
504 I have other parties to go to now
505 No overeager giants trying
506 to read their reflections in my eyes
507 I miss the uninvolved
508 Justinsane's muted laughter
509 Down the hall if I squint
510 familiar haircut and height
511 lope towards me
512 Notjustin, sane
513 Closely, Notjustin focuses
514 I destroy a smile meant
515 for someone else.
041=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 06/12/88 22:46 Msg:1652 Call:10001505 Lines:8
516 ---
517 Why destroy a smile just because it isn't who you thought it was? A smile
518 is a wonderful gift that is easy to give, costs nothing from the material
519 world, and can profit yourself and the receiver many times whatever the
520 cost involved. A smile for a stranger is a valuable gift, as it reassures
521 each of us, when we are the ststranger that the world is not a completely
522 cold and alone place. Such a simple thing, such a wonderful thing.
523 ---
042=Usr:447 General Zod 06/13/88 07:10 Msg:1653 Call:10001512 Lines:6
524@<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
525@This is General Zod.
526@To those of you who think I have
527@left this place. Beware, I know
528@where you are.
529@<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
043=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/13/88 08:41 Msg:1654 Call:10001513 Lines:45
530 ---{ Sabbatical Mode of Life }------------------------------------------
531
532@ Zit, I already popped you a long long long long long long long long
533@long time ago. Again, you don't even know how to use the dam*ed BBS
534@functions to look at previous messages. Go bugger a goat; or maybe
535@that airhead, Ursa...
536@
537 My apologies to Lord B., I'm on sabbatical. My values are
538 screwed up again (for the 8192th time, I think). Hard to be both
539 a Guru and do everything else. Hmmm, seems that I could balence myself
540 between all things. It could be done...(if Leonardo did it, so can I!)
541 I shall return in short time, being a full-fledged Guru & mush-mind.
542
543 In the mean time, I will always appear and check on the board's
544 progress (not to be confused with Pilgrims or any other religion/cult).
545 If need be I will return prematurely.
546
547 (Damn) he thought, (I want to sleep more).
548 He roused himself, and stood up in bed. It was a cold day
549 outside, and it didn't help with his urge to return to the comfortable
550 sheets of his bed; the cold air was biting his skin, waking him like a
551 slap on the face. Suddenly, he was hungry. And constipated. (Ugh), he
552 thought, (I need some food. Go to the john first...). Walking to te
553 bathroom seemed like eternity, but he was feeling better five minutes
554 later. The stomach lodged in his gut gave him a not-so-gentle remier
555 that he required protiens to live, as he walked out of the small room.
556 (Food. Always food. Feed me...) he thought, as he dressed himself. His
557 suit from yesterday was soiled, so he put his spare on. The
558 polyfiber felt good, warm, on his skin. He was fully awake now, and
559 was checking the equipment for proper operation. The environsuit responded
560 with a good systems check after 5 seconds. He then snapped the seals, and
561 stepped outside with crunching sounds beneath his feet. The first thing
562 he saw was a husk of what was a gravtrans; it was in shards. Blastmarks
563 covered the little old transport. (Damnit!) he thought, (the stink'n
564 rogues passed though last night! I knew I should have had it orbiting!)
565 He quickly punched up the defensive systems, which armed his exterior
566 weapons.
567
568 If you want more of this story, just drop me a line...
569
570 Hagbard Celine, apprentice Guru on sabbatical
571
572 "Tell me, I forget. Show me, I understand. Involve me, I remember."
573
574 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
044=Usr:514 DAVE MEDFORD 06/13/88 16:31 Msg:1655 Call:10001522 Lines:3
575
576 This disk is reminiscent of summer... 514
577 -----------------
045=Usr:428 Mercury X 06/13/88 17:40 Msg:1656 Call:10001524 Lines:13
578 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
579
580 Hello again...
581 Today--June 13, 1988. One more day of hell--then summer vacation!(For some
582 of us, that is. Others have to work full-time. Interesting. I might do a
583 study on that. Is being a GIP full-time, LB? How about a guru? Hmmm...)
584
585 Hagbard, I should hope this disk is like summer..Wait a minute, is that
586 good or bad?
587 See, do, tell, teach. That is the only thing Iearned in
588 training.
589
590 ((((((((((((JUN 13(((((((((((((Mercury)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
046=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/13/88 21:02 Msg:1657 Call:10001527 Lines:10
591 ____
592 ______
593 _______
594 MORE
595 _____
596 MORE
597
598 ___________
599
600 MORE
047=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/14/88 03:26 Msg:1658 Call:10001537 Lines:24
601 ---{ Somebody's home, but the lights are not on. }-------------------------
602
603 Mercury, my time in sabbatical will be short. If I return as a Guru, I
604 will be quite different from what I am now. Time is the true test of all
605 things.
606
607 A quick scan of the area showed no higher electronics in any active state.
608 (Rogues must have past through last night, nailed my gravtrans, and went
609 on to another sector) he thought. He was still pissed; the gravtrans would
610 be difficult to replace. Sigh. But his defensive systems were picking
611 up a heat source against the background, at body temperature. Only one
612 source was identified. (It couldn't be the rogues, or any other wandering
613 group. It must be another individualist) A few quick adjustments to
614 the external sensory and he suddenly picked up an audio track. The on-
615 board system identified the source as human, about 175 pounds, carrying
616 gear. (Confusing) he thought (but interesting...) He decided to
617 take cover and wait for the arival of the person. The footsteps were
618 coming closer and closer...he held his finger tight; for if that trigger
619 sensor should think he was pointing, a small portion of hell would be
620 unleashed upon whatever he was pointing to. (Wait and see, wait and
621 see...)
622
623 Hagbard Celine, Guru in Training
624 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
048=Usr:507 todd rogers 06/14/88 09:18 Msg:1659 Call:10001542 Lines:12
625 I GEN DRIP (i think??)
626 See that you have not heeded to your demands...
627 (er.....) YES and if i do not do as you ask i must
628 do someone great arm....
629 (Ahhhh... harm)
630 It is now 9:30 am twos day ?<tuesday , 2z day>??? never mind!
631 I have 24 ours ... yours, mine ...
632 for me to neel and obey ME
633 (Mmmm.. YOU) thats it YOU
634 YOU have 24 ours to give me orders to obey....
635 GEN DRIP HAS LISTENED
636 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
049=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 06/14/88 15:32 Msg:1660 Call:10001562 Lines:22
637 --------========-------------=====================---------------------=====
638 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
639 ARGH! ARGH! ARGH! YOU STUPID FOOL! DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
640
641 sorry.
642
643 I fell better now. Oh...I found my story, I'll enter more tomorrow.
644
645 HGBRD, good story! Keep it up.
646
647 GEN DRIP, you need help.
648
649 TO STACY: nothing can stay my revenge now...only delay it
650 you will pay for what you have done
651
652 LB\__/
653 oo GIP
654 WIF
655 WAG
656 TTR
657 ------=====-====-======--======---========---=------=-========
658
050=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 06/14/88 17:47 Msg:1661 Call:10001568 Lines:1
659 Remember, revenge is a dish that is best served cold.
051=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 06/14/88 19:34 Msg:1662 Call:10001571 Lines:3
660 To finish the quote -
661 "And it is very cold in space"
662
052=Usr:507 todd rogers 06/15/88 09:47 Msg:1663 Call:10001583 Lines:21
663 *************************************************
664
665 I SEE THAT I HAVE NOT OBEYED YOUR COMMANDS....
666
667 THERE THREE I must do great boodly arm.
668 .
669 .
670 .
671 There I have crushed the nearest leggs within reach..
672
673 OUCH... anyone no a doktor? (what a headache!)
674 (my legs hurt for some reason)
675
676 Any way
677
678 NOW I SEE YOU MUST OBEY SOMEONE AND THAT SOMEONE MIGHT AS WELL
679 BE YOU
680
681 THIS IS Genernal ZRIP (ahhhhh.... That is...) DRIP
682
683
053=Usr:447 General Zod 06/15/88 10:40 Msg:1664 Call:10001585 Lines:11
684@<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
685@This is General Zod.
686@Do I detect a certain amount of
687@internal strife among you? Yes, yes
688@I do. That is good. My plans are
689@allready delivering you unto me.
690@Soon, I shall have you all.
691@Or have none of you, dead or alive,
692@it no longer matters. I SHALL WIN!!!
693@<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
694@
054=Usr:272 Talos 06/15/88 12:12 Msg:1665 Call:10001589 Lines:18
695 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
696 RON SAYS HE WON'T GO!
697
698 President Ronald Reagan has announced that he does not intend to leave the
699 White House when his term expires at the end of the year. "It's a nice place
700 ," Reagan said. "It's comfortable and Nancy likes it. We kinda got used to it.
701 My favorite chair is here and I have the cutest little garden in back. No, were
702 gonna keep it."
703
704 Reagan said that whoever replaces him can get a room at the Hilton and charge
705 it to the government. Reagan would even allow him to use the Oval Office. "But
706 come five o'clock," said the President, "out he goes."
707
708 The Attorney General's office is examining the legalities involved in allowing
709 Reagan to retain possession of the nation's first home. When questioned,
710 Attorney General Edwin Meese said, "Off the top of my head, I'd say it sounds
711 right."
712 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
055=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 06/15/88 19:00 Msg:1666 Call:10001595 Lines:3
713 -----=-=------=======-------==-=-=-=-=---------------==--==---===---===----=
714 Harumph!!
715 --==-=======--{=-=-=-------=============-=-=-=-----------==============-----
056=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/15/88 23:36 Msg:1667 Call:10001603 Lines:36
716 ---{ The world is a verb. }-----------------------------------------------
717
718 The 'target' came into view. It was humanoid, about 2 meters tall,
719 and in parial armor. (LesSee if I can get a facial...) he cranked the
720 visor display up to 15x. But when the humanoid turned around, it was
721 wearing a visor too. (Oh piss and potatoes, it spotted me!) He was now
722 quickly thinking for areas to run to. The EEG picked this up and registered
723 panic/fear. This in turn caused a local land servey and location selection
724 program to find new defensive positions. He always felt a little startled
725 when his suit could pick up his ideas and feelings before he had time
726 to enter them, but in this case, he welcomed the analysis of the defensive
727 systems. {SHRAK} (OOOUUCH!) a hand maser punctured a tiny little hole into
728 his right upper arm. He was first feeling scared; now he was angry. The
729 suit (again) picked this up and re-configured for offensive programs. He
730 threw both of his hands towards the 'target'. Every single weapon contained
731 on the 'suit fired, consuming enough energy to power a town for a day. The
732 visor automatically shut off for 1/10 of a second as his total firepower
733 created a small sun before his eyes. The next thing he saw was three old
734 city blocks ablaze, just like the napalm he used to tinker with. He was happy.
735
736 And then all hell broke loose. Only emergency power was availible,
737 and the internal environment support was shut down. (Sh*t! Power is sapped!
738 Need to recharge, now!) and he was fumbling to open the solar panels on
739 the back, fighting the weight of the 'dead' suit around him, trying not
740 to use all of the emergency reserves he had left. He started to breathe
741 harder and harder as the carbon dioxide replaced his good air. (Oh no, the
742 seals are jammed! And there's not enough power to unlock them all!)
743
744 Thank you for your kind praise, Lord Beaker.
745
746 I'm still on sabatical.
747
748 Hagbard Celine, Guru in training....
749
750 "" - famous Marcel Marceau Saying.
751 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
057=Usr:516 David Lakre 06/16/88 11:28 Msg:1668 Call:10001611 Lines:13
752 *\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
753 Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but if anyone here actually reads "Superman"
754 (The birthplace, as far as I can tell, of the character "General Zod") then
755 they will notice that, after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zod and the rest of
756 the Phantom Zone prisoners no longer exist, except in the pocket Universe of
757 the Time Trapper, which is going to be eliminated shortly anyhow.
758 Just thought I'd try to be contructive in my first venture on Backwater.
759 Does this board allow new users to write stories? Someone told me that you did
760 but also said that only professional writers are appreciated and that the
761 users would get angry if a new writer tried his hand at creating anything.
762 Is this fact or fiction?
763 *\*\*\*\*\*\*\*Shard*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
764
058=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/16/88 12:37 Msg:1669 Call:10001613 Lines:3
765
766 fact.
767
059=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 06/16/88 18:38 Msg:1670 Call:10001619 Lines:1
768 fiction. Write fiction.
060=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 06/16/88 21:02 Msg:1671 Call:10001622 Lines:18
769 *************************************************************************
770 Shard, By all means, write! That's what this board is here for. It is
771 here for you to express yourself! Most writer's here are amatures and not
772 professional. While occasionally someone raises a voice against a new
773 writer, it is generally some twit who can't write themself and figures that
774 no one else should either.
775 P.S. I have very few rules here, but there are a couple that Iadhere to.
776 This is expressed in the opening 20 lines of each disk. The first is no
777 obscenity, some people are offended by it. I'm not, but I don't want to
778 loose good users for something that can be easily avoided.
779 The other rule is threats against others or passing information that does
780 not belong on a public system. These types of messages are generally removed,
781 and if the user persists their account is revolked.
782 Beyond these simple rules, you are free to enter what you like, stories,
783 debates, rants, raves, you name it.
784 P.P.S. remember when this disk gets full it is moved to DB, and a new
785 one placed here, so this disk will magically empty out periotica|ly.
786 ****************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************************
061=Usr:447 General Zod 06/17/88 14:12 Msg:1672 Call:10001637 Lines:35
787@<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
788@This is General Zod.
789@My companions a~d I, as I said before,
790@exited the phantom zone when superman
791@detonated one of your primative
792@thermonuclear devices. We are here.
793@I am ZOD, who shall conquer all.
794@I am the embodiment of Supreme Power
795@and Ultimate Intelligence> I0shall
796@rule the universe! If your world
797@does not bow down to me and my
798@legions, it shall be swept away. You
799@see, I need not slaves, not do I need
800@you. Your planet would make a fine
801@weapon, and it does have certain
80"Presurces that are of negotiable
803@value. To all of you, I say this,
804@I am ZOD. You can mock me, you
805@can dispute my existence, you can
806@ignore my words, but you can not, nor
807@shall you, ignore the actions I shall
808@soon take. I0cha|l Rule! I am ZOD!!
809@I am SUPREME. I am ZOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
810@The dawn of the New Order is closer
811@now than ever before. Those
812@of you who would fight me, do so now!
813@I shall let you die honorably, in
814@front of your fellows. But you shall
815@die nonetheless. I ZOD, the Ultimate
816@Leader, shall make it so. The New
817@Order comes! Face it. Join me and
818@take a place among the chosen! Fight
819@me, and die like those on Krypton!
820@The New Order of ZOD comes!!!!!!!1!!!
821@<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
062=Usr:507 todd rogers 06/17/88 15:09 Msg:1673 Call:10001639 Lines:8
822 HEY WAIT A SEC!!!!
823 If that is geberal zot, then who am i????????????
824
825 My head and leggs hurt, I can't remember wh i am...
826
827 and JUST where is this place that i'm in??
828 Does anyone know me??????????????????????????
829 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
063=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 06/17/88 20:40 Msg:16740Call*10001654 Lines:1
830 NO
064=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/18/88 02:14 Msg:1675 Call:10001660 Lines:3
831
832 Maybe and maybe not.
833
065=Usr:521 Xenon Laser 06/19/88 03:01 Msg:1676 Call:10001680 Lines:5
834 Hey.... anybody recog~ize me???? 'Xenon Laser'
835 well it has been a while.... I just read the stats on this system and found
836 that it runs on the same computer as mine... wow... never knew that anyone else
837 even had the same type of computer... anyway... type ya later.>.
838 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
066=Usr:428 Mercury X 06/19/88 16:43 Msg:1677 Call:10001685 Lines:13
839 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
840
841 Yes, write stories.
842 Nice or naughty.
843
844 "Bradley, what are you doing?"
845 " Oof...Fixing the computer!"
846 "Bradley, I really don't think throwing the modem card against the wall will
847 do any good!"
848 "Nobody uses it a~imore, except you!"
849 "So? Now what? Bradley what are you doing with the monitor? Put it down
850 this instant!"
851 "That'. I have had just about enough out of you."
067=Usr:428 Mercury X 06/19/88 16:56 Msg:1678 Call:10001686 Lines:15
852 oops. Should read "Bradley! I have had just about enough out of you!"
853
854
855 "Bradley! Not the monitor! NO! Owww! Stop it! Help! Noooooooooooooo!"
856
857 Thus ended the life of Rene Fox Pearlman, found in her own home murdered.
858 An autopsy revealed that Mrs. Pearlman died from blunt blows to the head an
859 d chest, plus numerous incisions from shards of glass found around her body.
860 Also found were a bent computer card and smashed monitor. A prime suspect
861 in this sase0is Bradley Warren, the late Mrs. Pearlman's computer repair
862 serviceman. Warren was not available for a statement, nor was his employer,
863 General Computers. Mr. Pearlman, a retired bank teller siad, "Well, that's
864 one less mouth to feed.2
86%
866 (((((((((((((((JUN 19(((((((((Mercury)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
068=Usr:322 Stray Cat 06/19/88 20:29 Msg:1679 Call:10001691 Lines:3
867
868 nice story merc
869
069=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 06/19/88 21:39 Msg:16(0 Call:10001693 Lines:2
870 Ditto! Keep the writing going, it's been awhile since we had stories on
871 Backwater.
070=Usr:516 David Lakre 06/20/88 15:49 Msg:1681 Call:10001710 Lines:6
872 *\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*L:\*L:\*\*\*\*\*\**\*\*\*\*\
873 I really hate to tie up the board space with useless questions, but this should
874 coveeverything. Is there a limit to the amount of space one person can have
875 (possibly dependent on your access) or is it totally free qnd unlimited?
876 *\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*Shard*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
877 Also, what, by your definition, is obscene and what is artistic liscence?
071=Usr:522 John Jerrik 06/20/88 18:14 Msg:1682 Call:1000171& \ines:7
878 ***********************************************************]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
879
880 hi i'm Luck seeker
881 age:9
882 and I'm a new user and what is a null user?
883 i would like to know about this board
884 ********************:**************************************]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
072=Usr:47 John Dilks 06/23/88 00:00 Msg:1683 Call:10001756 Lines:11
885 ======================================================================
886
887 A bar owner with a sense of co}pacsion decided to open a lounge for
888 deaf-mutes. In the beginning, the barkeeper designated simple hand
889 signals for different drinks. One finger raised in the air meant a
890 beer, two fingers for whiskey, and three fingers for wine.
891
892 In a short time, he had a booming business, so he decided to hire
893 another man to serve drinks. When the new bartender arrived, the owner
894 explained the signal system, but warned him NOT to serve more than three
895 drinks to a person.
0'3=Ucr:47 John Dilks 06/23/88 00:05 Msg:1684 Call:10001757 Lines:18
896
897 The new man was doing well in the afternoon, so the owner went home for
898 a night off. However, when the happy hour crowd started flooding the
899 lounge, thu bardender was putting up drinks as fast as he could. Pretty
900 soon the people at the bar were raising four and five fingers and waving
901 both hands.
902
903 Frustrated and flustered, the new man called his boss and explained the
904 problum gyth everyone waving their hands in the air.
905
906 The bar owner asked over the phone, "Did you serve them more than three
907 drinks a piece?"
908
909 "I probably did. They've been ordering so fast, I couldn't keep count..."
910 0
911 "Oh my God, you'll never get them to shut up now, they're singing."
912
913 ======================================================================
074=Usr:507 todd rogers 06/24/88 11:36 Msg:1685 Call:10001808 Lines:5
914 VERY Funny1!!!!!
915
916 (ouch ! My head is still throbbing...)
917 I seem to remember something about Washinton DC
918 ---------------------------------------------------------
075=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp 06/24/88 12:41 Msg:1686 Call:10001811 Lines:7
919 I wbap myself in cities and travel,
920 I wrap myself in dreams,
921 I wrap myself in solitude,
922 But I wish I culd wrap myself
923 In thee.
924
925 ^C
076=Usr:529 Bob Madison 06/24/88 20:17 Msg:1687 Call:10001820 Lines:2
926@
927@
077=Usr:529 Bob Madison 06/24/88 20:29 Msg:1688 Call:10001821 Lines:6
928@en 700
929@
930@en 750
931@en 50
932@help
933@
078=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/24/88 21:43 Msg:1689 Call:10001822 Lines:45
934 ---{ Life is the root of all evil> }-=----------------------------------
935
936 Hello, folks, it feels good to be back. 'Just scanned the board 'n found
937 it to be in good shape. But where is Lord Beaker?
938
939 To the newer users, I am Hagbard Celine, soon-to-be Guru. Y have just
940 returned from sabbatical, and my values are bent into a straight line. We
941 (the population of Backwater) were infested with Zits (oops) Zods who
942 would fester messages everywhere. But Zod has left for new grounds to
943 conquer (cp) (maybe he's at the playground...)
944
945 A blip appeared on the HUD of his visor. A tiny one. It meant that
946 the suit was trying to recharge. He struggled with it more, and got a
947 single panel open off of his back. The blip turnud i~to a short bar.
948 (This is going to be slow. Oh well. At least the scavenger got what it
949 deserved. Damn he, she, or whatever it was. Why did it fire?) and he
950 continued to ponder these thoughts, standing for several hours and
951 beco}ing0tired. At the end of the fourth hour, there was enough power
952 for him to start the autoarticulators for his arms up. Promptly opening
953 the other three panels, the suit began a full recharge. He was walking
954 in ten minutes, running in two, qnd cruising in one. Thirty minutes
955 after that, he was at his 'home', a concrete/carbonplas geodestic dome
956 buried half under the ground. When inside, his stomach gave him another
957 reminder about his empty food locker, but he was concer~ed with the
958 tiny maser hole in his arm (Antibiotics will take care of that, and the
959 self-repair programs will seal over the hole. 'Just need to get some
960 fussion material) he thought as he tossed an empty beer can into a port
961 on the ani}atet suit's hip. (That should power it, along with the
962 recharged fuel cells.) He watched, facinated, as his 'suirepaired
963 itself at the workshop. He began to ponder again, about this 'skin'
964 that he depended upon. It protects him, serves xim,0it almost was
965 him - Holistic Computers usually picked up the personallity of their
966 owners - but it was errie, watching a dead object act alive, as if
967 he himself were inside. It troubled him, and he always tried to come
968 to terms wydh id. (Ouch! Need to get some food. NOW.) as his stomach
969 gave a third jolting at dinnertime. He climbed in, re-did the seals,
970 and went outside.
971
972 Hope you like the story. Please leave a line & some comments.
973
974 Xagbabd Celine, Pending Guru.
975
976 P.S. My appologies to anyone, anywhere, for anything.
977
978 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
079=Usr:272 Talos 06/26/88 02:24 Msg:1690 Call:10001847 Linus:%
979 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
980 Hagbard, Like the story! Keep it going. Apology accepted now start sending me
981 my lottery checks! :)
982 Taloc0Valxeru
983 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
080=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 06/26/88 18:22 Msg:1693 Call:10001854 Lines:16
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985 I~ the olden days of backwater one, it was almost as great an honor to
986 be last as it was to be first. That was the days of Pam and company
987 I remember adventures on a chip, and many before that. I was always
988 expected to provide the food, from a magic pouch I carried that always
989 contained enough for everyone. Such a life.
990 Now it seems that we are stuck with little snippets. I aplaud Hagbard
991 Celine, Pending Guru, for his story. It is good to see the stories
992 begin again.0 I {now I would get out my trusty walking stick and my
993 magic pouch and go and rescue damsels in distress, if only the need
994 were still there. I have heard of a wicked man who lives near a bolo
995 sales lot. He is keeping a fair haired maiden hostage with a mark 14
996 bolo. If Fred, BSAL is around, perhaps we could persuade him to join
997 us. I don't know if he made it through the holocaust as well as I did,
998 but I will leave him this message to join us. I know that Mohammed
999 Wassir, the Albanian Firebrand is here, so what say, Gentlemen? Friar