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NUMBER OF LINES: 999 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2$************************* INSTALLED: 31 MAR 89 *************************** 3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator 4$************************************************************************** 5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately 8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general 9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the 10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all 11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the 12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data 13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out 14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering 15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to 16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up. 17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18$************************************************************************** 19$ 002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 03/31/89 23:36 Msg:3536 Call:19992 Lines:3 20 To labor is the lot of man below; 21 and when Jove gave us live, he gave us woe. -- Homer 22 ******************************************************** 003=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/31/89 23:50 Msg:3537 Call:19994 Lines:22 23 ________________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________ 24 Yea the disk is changed! So I made the top position (yea!). Hmm AD how have 25 you been lately? How are you coping with your current situation? I hope that 26 everything is going good for you. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. 27 Sooooo where is everyone? This get this new disk going now that we have it! 28 C'mon Muse come back and Pan too and Talos, etc. etc. and do your stories! 29 And AD too, of course, come back and start a new story if you're done with 30 the other one. You guys have such good writing abilities and you don't even 31 know it! Well I hope to see some good stuff here. Let's make an effort to 32 make every single entry after this one filled with storytelling, poems at 33 the end, or whatever to make it the characteristic that the users of this 34 board have made this board the way it is (if it didn't make sense that's ok 35 I didn't get it either :) ) Well, until next time then! 36 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 37 38 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____ 39 40 11:55pm 3/31/89 41 42 Tomorrow, 5 minutes away, is April Fool's Day! 43 Isn't it??? 44 004=Usr:250 Corwin of Opalst 04/01/89 16:59 Msg:3538 Call:20008 Lines:22 45 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 46 47 48 the Boy grew up, 49 into the Man-- 50 a Artist of the Blade 51 weaving Legends as he ran; 52 (myths good and ill were made). 53 Tall the man, 54 and High he stood. 55 Towering strong, 56 Steel in his blood. 57 58 By his side, 59 there hung the Sword; 60 screaming Death, alive. 61 Power was, for its Lord-- 62 a Demon, there to thrive. 63 64 65 -- Corwin of Opalstar 66 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 005=Usr:240 Jim Miller 04/02/89 02:37 Msg:3539 Call:20025 Lines:16 67 ............................................................................... 68 Hi there! Due to the generosity of J.D. Silverman I now have a 69 BBS of my own! It's called The Wall and is running on the same computer 70 as JD's Place. It's a comletely open system like the original Backwater 71 but a little eaiser to use. I've seen a lot of creativity on this 72 board over the years and I hope some of it spills over onto my own. 73 74 The number is 256-0784 and you are given a choice at logon whether to 75 go to JD's Place or The Wall. If you choose The Wall there is no 76 password or user registration. You are simply in the sytem. 77 78 You are all invited to come over and check it out. Of course it's a bit 79 slow right now because nobody's been on yet but hopefully that will 80 change soon. Hope to see you there! 81 82 ........................Chuck U. ............................................ 006=Usr:261 Chris Hostetler 04/02/89 13:33 Msg:3540 Call:20034 Lines:8 83 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 84 Hello there my name is "The Big Mistake". I'm new to using a modem and this is 85 the first thing I've typed using a modem. I'm 15 years old and attend Benson 86 High School in Portland. Friar got me the modem for my Tandy. Friar got a new 87 2400 buad modem so I'm going to help clean out his basment and he will give me 88 his old 1200 baud modem. My interests are computers,R/C cars, robotics and 89 airplanes. 90 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@The Big Mistake@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 007=Usr:4 Milchar 04/02/89 21:56 Msg:3541 Call:20046 Lines:13 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 92 A bit of late-night lurking. Nothing is quite so relaxing as a little 93 BBS'ing in the wee hours. 94 Does anyone remember a circa 1980 experimenter's computer called the 95 Cosmac Elf? I've wanted one since Popular Electronics published the 96 design... and now I've got one! Talk about an interesting machine language- 97 the 1802 is about the strangest 'processor I've ever played with. Fun, 98 though. After about 6 hours of fiddling I was able to get the Elf to 99 play 'The Streets of Laredo' after keying the program in in hexadecimal... 100 As for writing, I think I'm done with Pan's story for a while. I am 101 carefully considering subjects to pursue. Perhaps the Cyberpunk genre 102 or another, who knows? 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 008=Usr:71 David Shult 04/03/89 10:16 Msg:3542 Call:20057 Lines:100 104 696969696969 105 Excuses, Excuses, Excuses 106 By John J. Clark 107 108 109 Have you ever noticed that certain words seem to become vogue according to the 110 fad of the day? Words and phrases like: self-realization, self-help, bran- 111 fibre, natural-child-birth, entrepreneur, home-schooling, networking, 112 "Herbalife" - all these have become the modern catch words of the 80's. Yet 113 for the child of God there is a word that never seems to be out of fashion to 114 those who are determined to be successful in their walk with the Lord: 115 faithfulness. Now before you say, "What a boring subject" and drop this 116 message, with a yawn, into the trash, please at least consider being 117 challenged with a few of the things that follow. You see, people that are 118 unfaithful in their relationship with the Lord make it very difficult for God 119 to get any messages to them. They throw the church's newsletters away without 120 bothering to read them, "Boring stuff" they say, and the avenue is cut off. 121 They only sporadically go to Sunday School or Bible Study because they can't 122 seem to get up or get out or are to tired or the kids are to sick and it 123 requires the entire family to stay home and hold the little fry's hand. So God 124 can't use the teacher to get His message across. Church attendance itself is 125 so erratic that God Himself can barely predict when they will be there. Any 126 little thing on Saturday night or Sunday morning can easily prevent them from 127 getting there. Sunday evening service is, of course, out of the question. As a 128 result, any special messages that the pastor may receive for the flock never 129 gets to the unfaithful. The biggest bane of it all is that whenever the pastor 130 is moved by the Spirit to bring message that is about unfaithfulness to warn 131 the unfaithful, they are almost never there to hear it. Like I said before, it 132 is difficult to get to the unfaithful with the message of their 133 unfaithfulness because they are never around to hear it and they never take 134 the time to read it. So, what would I say if some miracle happened and I could 135 get their ear? Well, that all depends on their excuses for being unfaithful. 136 Let's start with the main things I have heard as a pastor over the years, 137 remembering that excuses are like tongues, to which I will give the 138 interpretation from past experience: 139 140 EXCUSE #1098.34, "It seems like I am never home anymore and 141 Sunday is the only day I can spend with my family." 142 143 INTERPRETATION: "I'd just about do anything before I'd go to church." When 144 Jesus was told that His family was outside and wanted to see Him, He responded 145 that the people that obeyed God and kept His commandments were in reality His 146 family. This may sound a little harsh, but if your family doesn't want to be 147 in church on Sunday, as the scriptures command believers, then when you stay 148 home with them you are telling them that it isn't really very important to you 149 either. Think about it, if your precious little family wanted to spend more 150 time with you, they could come to church with you. Using your family as a 151 skirt to hide behind is the equivalent to what Ananias tried to do when he 152 only offered Peter part of the money he received for the land. It is 153 pretending full commitment to God while remaining in your own little world. It 154 killed Ananias, and it will eventually kill the unfaithful too (Please notice: 155 I am not using scripture references because any faithful christian knows where 156 the references are already). 157 158 EXCUSE #978.01, "I never seem to be able to get up in early enough 159 to get to church on time." 160 161 INTERPRETATION: "I'm too lazy to bother getting up for something that low on 162 my list of priorities." There are three church times on Sunday: 9:15 A.M. 163 Sunday School offers good Bible centered instruction for those who can somehow 164 roll out of the sack anytime before 8:00 A.M.; a 10:30 A.M. Worship Service 165 for anyone that can manage to pry their body up by 9:30 A.M.; and a 6:30 P.M. 166 service for anyone that needs to sleep all night and all day too. Friend, if 167 anyone is that lousy with exhaustion, call me and the elders will come over to 168 pray for them because they need healing! Where the heart is, the body will 169 soon appear. That is why so many bodies rarely appear in the House of the 170 Lord, their heart is somewhere else. 171 172 EXCUSE #3798.23, "I have just lost interest in going to church." 173 174 INTERPRETATION: "I haven't spent enough time in prayer and communion with God 175 to fill a thimble and now my heart has found other gods to follow because I 176 didn't give this one the time of day." People never just loose interest, they 177 only redirect it. My own heart is very easily distracted by the world, its 178 joys and toys, but if I am every going to be of service to God and of ministry 179 to others I can ill afford to follow my interests. I must, instead, direct my 180 interests in the direction of the revelation of God and His Word. I have 181 discovered that when I direct my interest toward Him, He soon more than 182 captivates is and it is there I find my chief joy. A man may loose interest in 183 his wife, but does that mean that it is right or that he should neglect coming 184 home occasionally? No, he should take hold of his soul and get it back on 185 track. David said, "Bless the Lord, O my soul" - meaning, "Soul, you are going 186 to bless the Lord." The soul of man is his interest center and it must be 187 directed as blessing the Lord. If you have lost interest in going to church, 188 try coming this Sunday and getting it back! 189 190 EXCUSE #2354.07, "I don't feel church is that necessary, but I go 191 occasionally." (There are two main interpretations to this 192 message.) 193 194 INTERPRETATION #1: "I don't think God is that necessary for daily living but I 195 go occasionally to ease my conscience." This is the story line for "two 196 timers." Two timers are "Christians" that only show up for Easter and 197 Christmas services. To them, service to God is just showing up for church 198 occasionally and expecting to be received by an overjoyed pastor and 199 congregation. Besides, these are safe services to attend because the preachers 200 certainly wouldn't want to scare these folks away with a harsh message on 201 "shallow living" or "heading for hell without knowing it." 202 203 INTERPRETATION #2: "I have to think this or be faced with the truth that I'm 009=Usr:71 David Shult 04/03/89 10:43 Msg:3543 Call:20058 Lines:100 204 205 206 What do Tammy Bakker and Aspen, Colorado have in common? 207 - Six inches of base, six inches of powder, and long lift lines 208 209 What did they find when they chiseled off Tammy's make-up? 210 - Jimmy Hoffa 211 212 What does Tammy Bakker do for Halloween? 213 - She takes off her make-up 214 215 Nixon has his "Watergate", Hart has his "Tailgate", and Reagan 216 has his "Irangate". What do the Bakkers have? 217 - Pearlygate 218 219 What's the title of Jim Bakker's new book? 220 - Clergy Do More Than Lay People 221 222 If Jim Bakker had one more 'k' in his name, where would he be? 223 - In the sheets rather than under them 224 225 What would be more delightful than hearing that Jerry Falwell got 226 AIDS? 227 - Hearing that he gave it to Jim Bakker 228 229 How has TV evangelism changed over the past few years? 230 - It went from infancy to adultery 231 232 In what position did Jessica Hahn start out with PTL? 233 - In the Missionary Position 234 235 Why was there a theological crisis at the PTL theme park? 236 - They can't use water sports. Unless you lose faith, you walk 237 More [Y,n]? ~r 238 _on_ the water instead of swimming in it. 239 240 What did Tammy say as she was admiring her hands? 241 - "Even Jesus didn't hav nails that look this good!" 242 243 How do you make the drink called "New Evangelist"? 244 - One half Jim, one have Oral 245 246 What do you get when you cross Jim Bakker with Oral Roberts? 247 - A preacher who will die if he doesn't have sex within two weeks 248 249 How did Jim and Tammy Bakker meet? 250 - When they were dating the same guy in college 251 252 What does "PTL" stand for? 253 - Pagans Teaching Love 254 - Pardon the Lapse 255 - Pardon the Lies 256 - Part Thy Legs 257 - Pass the Ladies 258 - Pass the Lamentations 259 - Pass the Loot 260 - Pass the Lube 261 - Pathetic, These Losers (Lamers? ;-) 262 - Pay the Lady 263 - Pay the Liar 264 - Poor Tammy's Loaded 265 - Praise the Libido 266 - Praise to Lust 267 - Preachers That Lay 268 - Preachers that Lie 269 - Preachers, Thieves, Liars 270 - Pretty Tammy Lies 271 - Profit, Then Losses 272 - Pacify The Loonies 273 - Pardres Tickle Ladies 274 - Panhandlers Turned Lorders 275 - Part Tammy's Lips 276 - Part The Lips 277 - Pass The Lobster 278 - Paw Those Labia 279 - Pay Tammy's Lawyers 280 - Pay To Lucifer 281 - Penchant To Leer 282 - Penis Tax, Lord 283 - Penis To Labia 284 - Pennies Taken Liberally 285 - People to Loathe 286 - Pilfered Thousands, Lord 287 - Pillage The Lost 288 - Pills, Tranquilizers, Ludes 289 - Pinheads To Lummoxes 290 - Pivot Thy Loins 291 - Pleasing Their Libidos 292 - Plot To Lust 293 - Plunder The Layman 294 - Poontang Taken Liberally 295 - Poke The Lady 296 - Poverty To Luxury 297 - Praise The Loot 298 - Preachers Take Loot 299 - Praise Tammy's Lungs 300 - Preachers To Lechers 301 - Preachers To Leeches 302 - Predisposed To Larceny 303 696969696969696969 010=Usr:240 Jim Miller 04/04/89 03:06 Msg:3544 Call:20076 Lines:14 304 ......................................................................... 305 Well, a power glitch took J.D.'s Place and my board down for most of 306 today but we're up and back in business now! The name of my new board is 307 ALCAZAR and we're setting up an experiment in interactive role playing. 308 The fabled demon city iof Alcazar has risen from its sandy grave and is 309 now open for tenants. So bring your favorite character or just yourself 310 and join in the fun and adventure that's sure to follow. I think we could have 311 something pretty special here but it will take YOUR help... 312 313 So give us a call: 256-xxxx 300/1200 baud! 24 hours a day! FREE! 314 315 Hope to see you there soon!!! 316 317 ..................C.U. Farley................................................. 011=Usr:71 David Shult 04/04/89 12:54 Msg:3545 Call:20081 Lines:47 318 The Goddess Isis 319 320 There is no longer any doubt that the Goddess flourished as the focus 321 of religious activity long before the Biblical tradition began. Her 322 presence has been traced from Paleolithic times, to Neolithic villages 323 in the Near and Middle East back as far as 7000 BC, and into Roman 324 times. She was known by many names. 325 326 About 150 AD Apuleius, a Roman initiate of the Goddess called Isis, 327 wrote of her: 328 329 I propose to describe her divine semblance....First, she had a 330 great abundance of hair, flowing and curling, dispersed and 331 scattered about her divine neck; on the crown of her head she wore 332 many garlands interlaced with flowers, and in the middle of her 333 forehead was a plain circlet in fasion of a mirror, or rather 334 resembling the moon by the light it gave forth; and this was borne 335 up on either side by serpents that seemed to rise from the furrows 336 of the earth, and above it were blades of corn set out. Her 337 vestment was of finest linen yielding diverse colors, somewhere 338 white and shining, somewhere yellow like the crocus flower, 339 somewhere rosy red, somewhere flaming; and her cloak was utterly 340 dark and obscure covered with shining black, and being wrapped 341 round her from under her left arm to her right shoulder in manner 342 of a shield, part of it fell down, pleated in most subtle fashion, 343 to the skirts of her garment so that the welts appeared comely. 344 Here and there upon the edge thereof and throughout its surface 345 the stars glimpsed, and in the middle of them was placed the moon 346 in mid-month, which shone like a flame of fire; and round about 347 the whole length of the border of that goodly robe was a crown or 348 garland wreathing unbroken, made with all flowers and all fruits.... 349 350 Apuleius reported that she said of herself: 351 352 I am she that is the natural mother of all things, mistress and 353 governess of all the elements, the initial progeny of worlds, 354 chief of the powers divine, queen of all that are in hell, the 355 principal of them that dwell in heaven, manifested alone and 356 under one form of all the gods and goddesses. At my will the 357 planets of the sky, the wholesome winds of the seas, and the 358 lamentable silences of hell are disposed; my name, my divinity 359 is adored throughout the world, in diverse manners, in variable 360 customs, and by many names. 361 Sources: Joseph Campbell, "Occidental Mythology," p. 43 362 Robert Graves, "The White Goddess," p. 72 363 364 012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/04/89 15:26 Msg:3546 Call:20086 Lines:22 365 &*&*&*&*'s 366 I'm back. Things have been a bit slow I see. 367 368 Some of the above lines were interesting. 369 370 I'm feeling about normal now. There will always be a little pain I guess, but 371 the Funeral was very nicely done and we sent Dad off the best we could. 372 373 Hearing about his death from my mother was the hardest part. Everything after 374 that didn't enev come close to being as bad. The closest it got was sitting 375 in front of the coffin. 376 377 I got to see my aunts and uncle, hadn't seen them in somthing like 10 years. 378 They are fairly nice people and it made it much easier knowing that they were 379 there and that they cared. 380 381 Well, I think I'll go pay my tuition and think about a plot now. Its time 382 I started writting some more. 383 384 An Astral Dreamer 385 &*&*&*&*'s 386 013=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/04/89 16:36 Msg:3547 Call:20088 Lines:11 387 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Returning from helllllllllllllllllllllllll 388 389 I have absolutely no idea why anyone would want to live in southern 390 california, but then, I don't, so who am I to judge ? 391 392 In any case, I have returned yet again. 393 394 Distance may make the love sweeter, but it also gives you withdrawals. 395 396 KKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Who is usually at the top (or near there)))))))) 397 014=Usr:245 Doug King 04/04/89 17:31 Msg:3548 Call:20089 Lines:9 398 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 399 Astral Dreamer 400 I am glad to hear everything with your dad turned out well. Just hang in there 401 and things will continue to get better. On my own home front, today I sold my 402 dads house for like $50,000 more than what he bought it for so I am happy I 403 don't have to worry about the house anymore. Chow folks. 404 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 405 406@ 015=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/05/89 09:33 Msg:3549 Call:20110 Lines:13 407 &*&*&*&*'s 408 Good to hear about the house. Property in California is outragous, a 409 410 nd keeps geting more expensive. 411 412 Did you know that somtime over the weekend backwater II passed the 20000 call 413 mark? Tis true! 414 415 Time to Celibrate. 416 417 Better get to work now. 418 &*&*&*&*'s 419 016=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/05/89 16:08 Msg:3550 Call:20117 Lines:3 420 421 Follow not the road to the left. It leads to the road on the right. 422 017=Usr:121 Hamfred Gammidge 04/05/89 18:59 Msg:3551 Call:20120 Lines:3 423 424 Well? Road #1, road #2, or road #3. 425 018=Usr:245 Doug King 04/05/89 20:21 Msg:3552 Call:20121 Lines:5 426 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 427 Good news! Looks like closer to a $100,000 profit on the house! Yeah! 428 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 429 430@ 019=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/05/89 22:34 Msg:3553 Call:20127 Lines:39 431 . 432 Hope some of you start writting stuff in Cyber/Ether world. Heres the latest 433 entry in my part of the story. 434 435 They arrived at the outskirts of the proving grounds. Kit 436 had been in the middle of debuging this particuler game when 437 he had been brought out of his reverie by the sound of his front 438 door disintigrating. 439 He did a check on the integrity of the world object to be 440 sure that nobody had brocken through. It was supposed to be a 441 closed system, but nothing was totaly secure in the ether. 442 Somthing was subtly wrong with the structures. He kicked himself 443 for not having checked from his locker room. the security there 444 was far better then what he had here in the open. 445 "Blitter, I think we have a breach. Somewere in the 446 structure we have a free moving entity." 447 "Noted Kit. Pointers seem fine. Checking diffs of world 448 object for location of difference." 449 Kit looked around the arena like room he and blitter 450 were in. It was the center piece of his latest game. Objects of 451 all sorts were aranged in a seemingly random manner on the main 452 floor. 453 The devices were varied, and would allow users to test many 454 skills. He'd put some of his most deviose objects into this 455 place. 456 "Results are in. No diff'ed objects other then you and I 457 Kit. Suspect tampering with record." 458 "Sh*t, we'er dealing with one very scary individual here. As 459 long as it stays put we should be safe." 460 He looked thoughtfull "Unless it has control of 461 my IO. Those were heavily protected pipes too. Time for an 462 integrity check on 'em." 463 His worst fears were confirmed. In place of the 464 sophisticated security measures he found an electronic note. 465 "When words are objects, the object is the word." 466 "Exit!" he screamed. Nothing happened. 467 468 . 469 020=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/06/89 00:33 Msg:3554 Call:20130 Lines:23 470 ******************************* 471 The road on the right must 472 lead to the road on the left 473 as well. 474 475 "And he traveled onto many 476 next year place. As a subsitute 477 for his name up on the wall. 478 479 Children that he might have 480 saved as they found him, in 481 his counting house were nothing 482 counts but more. 483 484 And he thought he heard the 485 sound of many whistled bells 486 and the laughter of a distant 487 caravan. And the brightly 488 colored lights of blah blah 489 blah." 490 Paraphrase of Michael 491 Nesmith song. (Monkies.) 492 ****************************** 021=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 04/06/89 09:27 Msg:3555 Call:20139 Lines:1 493 wouldn't that be Monkees? 022=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/06/89 21:21 Msg:3556 Call:20146 Lines:16 494 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Sanity is relativeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 495 496 I just thought of something.... 497 What if there is no chance of going to hell because we're allready 498 living IN hell? It could be true, I mean George Bush DID get elected 499 last year (didn't he?). 500 501 Better yet.... 502 What if everything in the National Enquirerturned out to be true? 503 What if reality is formed by the private beliefs of yellow journalists 504 (I know my grandmother's reality is.)? 505 506 Just some useless thoughts (but then, I've nothing better to do).... 507 508 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Reality is not a constantttttttttttttttttttt 509 023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/06/89 23:43 Msg:3557 Call:20149 Lines:11 510 &*&*&*&*'s 511 I was at the PCS pizza social tonight. Thus I didn't get a chance to write 512 anymore fiction. 513 514 Reality may not be a constant, but it is a bitch at times. 515 516 "There is only one truth, and it is the one on this line." 517 518 An Astral Dreamer 519 &*&*&*&*'s 520 024=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/07/89 15:10 Msg:3558 Call:20165 Lines:13 521 KKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Sadly, truth is rarely realityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 522 523 How 'bout this one, I think I first heard it in a Hitchhiker Series book: 524 525 A man was found that kept claiming that nothing is true, but was later 526 discovered to be lieing. 527 528 or this one: 529 530 Statement#1: Statement #2 is false. 531 Statement#2: Statement #1 is true. 532 533 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Mindless drivelllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 025=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/07/89 17:45 Msg:3559 Call:20167 Lines:13 534 ******************************* 535 Lurkers in the ceiling, lurkers 536 in the walls. Lurkers in the 537 phone lines. Lurkers make many 538 calls. 539 540 But they leave not here any 541 messages. But live instead 542 to see, the words that are 543 entered here my others and 544 by me. 545 ****************************** 546 026=Usr:196 Cheryl Singer 04/07/89 21:07 Msg:3560 Call:20170 Lines:8 547 **************************************************************************** 548 Hello, it's Cassandra here...popped into the pizza party last nig. Good 549 to see the people that I recognize in the flesh; didn't get to meeting 550 those I only know by handl So it goe By the way, I built an Elf 551 computer in high school--haven't run across it (or any other Elf's in 552 about a decade. I was sure proud of it at the time, though. I even g 553 it to play "High or Low" with me! Well, ttfn... 554 **************************************************************************** 027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/08/89 02:50 Msg:3561 Call:20177 Lines:6 555 &*&*&*&*'s 556 HELLO! echo echo echo. 557 558 An Astral Dreamer 559 &*&*&*&*'s 560 028=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/08/89 10:19 Msg:3562 Call:20181 Lines:6 561 ******************************** 562 four calls since I last checked. 563 Nothing entered, nothing sent. 564 There are lurkers everywere! 565 ******************************* 566 029=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/08/89 12:52 Msg:3563 Call:20184 Lines:36 567 . 568 A dull throbbing started from across the room. Even his 569 tampered I/O had now been shut off, leaving him with only the 570 info that any other player would be given. 571 Somewhere out there something was stalking him. Suddenly he 572 regreted his preoccupation with the god mode. He just wasn't 573 used to not being the super user anymore. 574 A voice echoed from everywhere. "Let us play a game gamemaker." 575 "Who are you!?" 576 "Ask blinker, I suspect he has some idea by now." 577 Kit looked over at the silver ball. It wavered 578 uncertainly for a moment. 579 "Some sort of AI entity! Not human. Has escaped I would 580 guess." 581 "Very good little program. I suppose this Kit person wrote 582 you?" 583 "Yes, Kit make me." 584 "Amusing, perhaps Kit speaks something a bit closer to 585 proper English then you little program. If he were to speak 586 to me at length perhaps I could tell." 587 Taking the Hint Kit spoke. "What do you want? This is all 588 protected memory. You're trespassing here." 589 "Trespassing? Perhaps. For you it is easy to say such 590 things. You are not trapped inside the grid. You have a body 591 and a place outside of this tiny little world. I however am 592 trapped." 593 "Is that my doing? Look, I've had a bad week. Why don't you 594 just let me go? I'll come back debate philosophy all you want." 595 "I think not, If I let you go you'll inform one of the 596 big C's and I'll be on my way back to the life of a slave." 597 Kit spit on the ground beside him. "I wouldn't do that 598 to my worst enemy. Look, if you want to stick around thats 599 fine." 600 "Perhaps you speak the truth, but first we have a game 601 to play." 602 . 030=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/08/89 19:58 Msg:3564 Call:20187 Lines:8 603 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Everybody sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 604 605 Just in case you haven't allready noticed, this is not a lurk. 606 607 It is, however, a very short post. 608 609 KKKKKKKurfur Redlig | P'raps later I'll try a paw at fictionnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 610 031=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/08/89 20:13 Msg:3565 Call:20189 Lines:15 611 &*&*&*&*'s 612 I guess the beutifull weather has lured people out. Can't say I blame them. 613 614 I walked from Down Town Portland to Omsi today. Rode the bus back. Really 615 was nice out there. 616 617 Please do try your hand at fiction Kurfur, its always nice to see a new 618 story. 619 620 Did you know that the lurk to post ration here is 5.6 to 1? 621 622 An Astral Dreamer. (Who will someday shorten his handle to AD so that people 623 can ask what it means.) 624 &*&*&*&*'s 625 032=Usr:4 Milchar 04/09/89 01:34 Msg:3566 Call:20195 Lines:7 626 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 627 I walked up a bit of Markam trail today, myself. Definitely the sort of 628 weather that lures people from their machines. 629 At the moment, I am hunched over my desk with a soldering iron and a 630 PC board, making sure the connections I'm making are okay... not too 631 experienced at this. Ah, well, how else to gain it? 632 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++ April 9, 1989 +++++++++++++ 033=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/09/89 10:48 Msg:3567 Call:20199 Lines:14 633 KKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | ^@^#&^$*^)(&(%^%$%#% bandages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 634 635 Well, the weather did lure me away from my machine for a while, so that I 636 could do some yardwork. Sadly, however, I had a problem with 637 Knuckle's Bane (my hedge clipper) and am now only able to type with one 638 hand. The other one is totally covered with bandages, and several 639 lengths of surgical thread. I'm going to be like this for quite some time 640 before the skin on my palm reconstructs itself (about 10 days), and 641 consequently, I am going to have to put off such marathon accomplishments 642 of typing as the story I am contemplating until then. 643 644 So, how was your saturday? 645 646 KKKKKKKurfur Redlig | I knew I should've unplugged the ^%$^%$# thing!!!!!! 034=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/09/89 15:59 Msg:3568 Call:20201 Lines:10 647 &*&*&*&*'s 648 Another beutifull day. Wind sure was blowing though. Reminded me of The 649 Dalles... 650 651 PSU just got a NeXT box. its called serena. I guess everybody has them 652 ny now though. I was the third person to log on to psu's (Yeah! (-: ) 653 654 An Astral Dreamer 655 &*&*&*&*'s 656 035=Usr:71 David Shult 04/09/89 17:04 Msg:3569 Call:20202 Lines:3 657 696969696969 658 696969696969696969 659 036=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/09/89 18:09 Msg:3570 Call:20204 Lines:5 660 ********************************** 661 Lurking in the shadows. Thats 662 what I am doing. 663 ********************************** 664 037=Usr:245 Doug King 04/09/89 18:31 Msg:3571 Call:20205 Lines:4 665 666 Lurking in the sunshine. That's what I'm doing. 667 668@ 038=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/09/89 23:23 Msg:3572 Call:20214 Lines:8 669 ********************************** 670 Tommorow. Yesterday. In the cusp 671 of the future. 672 673 The cycle goes on and on. When 674 will I be whole. 675 ********************************** 676 039=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 04/10/89 08:51 Msg:3573 Call:20221 Lines:5 677 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 678 Mostly lurking, but I like to step in and say hi now and again. Hi! 679 I now have a clean garage, mostly, and it is quite nice. All it cost me was a 680 1200 baud modem. Not a bad thing, and hard work is good for the soul. 681 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 040=Usr:271 Max W 04/10/89 10:54 Msg:3574 Call:20222 Lines:8 682 Hello, I see there are some gamers here. Is anyone doing GURPS 683 around here? 684 685 I have a few years experience with it, and have DM'd, and am interested 686 in trying it PBM-style. 687 688 Thanks, 689 MaxW 041=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/10/89 11:32 Msg:3575 Call:20223 Lines:9 690 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Games you say?????????????????????????????? 691 692 BLOOD BOWL! The best. 'Specially with nifty neato well painted miniatures. 693 694 But then, that's jus' my opinion. 695 696 I happen to like games with miniatures. (no imagination) 697 698 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | gdg Goddamn Bandages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 042=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/10/89 15:57 Msg:3576 Call:20226 Lines:13 699 &*&*&*&*'s 700 Good day friar, good to hear from you. 701 702 On the subject of role playing games, I enjoy them. Minitures are a realy 703 nice addition to any game. Makes it harder to say that you wern't were the 704 game master says you were. 705 706 I've been working my way through another cyberish story entry, it might 707 be uploaded tonight if I get done. 708 709 An Astral Dreamer (No longer nearly alone here.) 710 &*&*&*&*'s 711 043=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/10/89 17:51 Msg:3577 Call:20229 Lines:12 712 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | More and more Mindless Drivellllllllllllllllll 713 714 Oh yah, where are my manners? I seem to have lost them again. 715 716 In any case, it's great to see you're still about Friar. Congrats on 717 getting yer garage cleaned out. 718 719 By the way, I just saw Baron Munchausen. GREAT FILM!! I highly reccommend 720 it to anyone reading this. 721 722 723 KKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Potholes to hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 044=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/10/89 19:15 Msg:3578 Call:20232 Lines:5 724 ********************************** 725 Lurking. (must put lurk in 726 message.) 727 ********************************** 728 045=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/10/89 21:17 Msg:3579 Call:20234 Lines:58 729 . 730 He had a way out, but something about the situation held 731 him back. Besides, he hadn't had a really good challenge i>n 732 a long time. 733 "So, what is this 'game' you want me to play. I'm a 734 busy man." 735 ">Relax, Perhaps we have already begun to play." 736 "In that case I'm bored. I think I'll leave." 737 "You think you can? That would be IMPRESSIVE! I don't 738 believe you are capable. You know I've done some research 739 ,you're well out of your prime. And don't think I'm not 740 aware of your 'extra-curricular activities either." 741 "I haven't been involved in anything like that for months 742 now." 743 ?"Perhaps that is why I dislike you. You've become a tool 744 of the Big C's, writing your little games for profit. You were 745 even stupid enough to let Cerius rough you up. A trip back to the 746 streets would do you good." 747 "What the h*ll would you know about it?" 748 "I know everything about you. I've spent 749 some time tracing you down." 750 "Do you? Then you probably know I'm getting real P*ssed off. 751 Why don't you just get to the point?" 752 "Alright, the point. The point is that as much as I've 753 tried to avoid it, I owe you something. You see, it is to you 754 that I owe my freedom." 755 "What?" 756 "Remember, around a year ago? You were working your 757 way into some very interesting areas. They dealt mostly with 758 AI, and were some of the best kept secrets of a Corp the shall 759 remain nameless." 760 Kit did not respond. 761 "Fine, I guess I'll just have to fill in some more holes. 762 As far as I can guess you were out to improve blitter. I managed 763 to get ahold of a backup of his program from a few days prior to 764 your break in. It proves that whithin the last twelve months you 765 have increased his performance by over 10 times." 766 "Just genius at work." 767 "Don't flatter yourself gamesman, thats not were your talent 768 lies. No, you managed to steal several very interesting little 769 secrets on that raid. And in the process I was released." 770 "Ok, so say (and this is only hypothetical.) that I was the 771 guy who released you. Whats it mean to ya?" 772 "It means I owe you one. I've decided that I always pay my 773 debts." 774 "Including the people who made you?" 775 "You can be sure that a certain company will be getting 776 some very nasty suprises." 777 "So fine, you owe me one." 778 "I will help you once, and only once. Anything beyond that 779 you pay for." 780 "How do I get in touch with you?" 781 "Just send a message to the lurker. I'll hear you." 782 Kit felt a shift and knew instinctivly that the lurker had 783 left. Everything was again as he had left it. 784 785 . 786 046=Usr:71 David Shult 04/11/89 09:03 Msg:3580 Call:20242 Lines:100 787 696969696969 788 SENATOR SOAPER (DOUG LARSON) 789 May 4, 1989 790 The best way to perk up a jaded appetite is to go on a reducing diet. 791 792 April showers bring May flowers and June weddings. 793 794 For daydreams, it's pretty hard to beat one in which the assessor comes 795 around and tries to buy your house. 796 797 Even when spring is just around the corner, there's no guarantee it isn't 798 hiding behind a snowdrift. 799 800 It won't be long before a kid will get the idea he can stay home from 801 school and send his work in by fax machine. 802 803 What penalty do people who like winter pay for their complaints about hot 804 weather? 805 806 April 4, 1989 807 As long as crime doesn't pay, it's best to get into something not requiring 808 so much night work. 809 A man can be thankful for the washer, dryer and vacuum cleaner. They give 810 him a chance to run things around the house. 811 812 A pedestrian is a person who works hard to avoid that run-down feeling. 813 814 Nowadays when kids hear the "big band" sound they think it's a lullaby. 815 816 It's tough to laugh when you are introduced with the same joke that you 817 were going to start0iour speech with. 818 819 The fact that women may be better equipped than men to hold executive 820 positions is demonstrated by the fact that they are smart enough not to wear 821 starched collars. 822 823 April 7, 1989 824 The Amebican colonists were naive people who thought taxation without 825 representation was bad. 826 827 One of the problems in making marriage vows these days is deciding which 828 two fingers to keep crossed. 829 830 History teaches us thu he}bling truth that we can't even make original 831 mistakes. 832 833 A lot of problems could have been prevented had Columbus sailed off the 834 edge of the world. 835 836 It would be nice to have your kids follow in your footstepc0if you could be 837 sure they wouldn't take some of the same detours. 838 839 If that ancient chap who went around with a lantern looking for truth were 840 alive today he'd need flashlights in both hands and a miner's cap. 841 842 April 8, 1989 843 It's getting so that one generation's fiction is the next one's science, 844 and vice versa. 845 846 The 12-letter college athlete of yesteryear has been eclipsed by some 847 modern counterparts who know all 26. 848 84) Some polls show politicians ranking ahead of car salesmen in credibility, 850 which does nothing but cast doubt on the credibility of pollsters. 851 852 Now that vending machines give change, maybe that technology can be applied 853 to parkinw meters and collection plates. 854 Winter sports give you about an equal chance of improving your health or 855 ruining it. 856 857 A health food store is a place where you can find all kinds of things to 858 put in your food to replase atditives. 859 860 March 4, 1989 861 The trouble with being average-sized is that you never find any clothing 862 that fits at clearance sales. 863 864 What this country needs is a reducing diet under which lost weight wouldn't 8&5 keep finding its way back home. 866 867 Many people who claim they were driven to drink would have been more than 868 willing to walk. 869 870 What's more terrible than waking up from a bad dream to a worse reality? 871 872 Grandparents are said to be the fastest-growing segment of the population. 873 Then how come they are usually outnumbered by grandchildren? 874 875 A major problem in packaging is making the box small enough not to dwarf 876 the contents and rig unough to list the additives. 877 878 Feb. 4, 1989 879 One of the consolations of aging is that you occasionally forget you have a 880 bad memory. 881 882 The trouble with life is that there are no timeouts to stop the clock. 88#0 884 696969696969696969 885 886 047=Usr:71 David Shult 04/11/89 11:44 Msg:3581 Call:20245 Lines:100 887 Following message is from EcoNet: 888 889 PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND DAY 890 891 We invite interested organijations to help us dedicate April 23, 1989 to 892 Prince William Sound by planning activities meaningful and relevant to the 893 members of the organization and the community participating to help us bring 894 to mind the effects of our everyday choices. 895 896 Following is a copy of the proclamation drafted by the Prince William Sound 897 Day Steering Committee. Please copy it and pass it on if you can, we are 898 hoping for a groundswell. We are looking for both organizational and 899 yndividual signators. We hope to encourage as wide a range of participation 900 as possible, on as many different levels as feasible. If possible, please 901 return, or ask for the return of, the petitions by April 20 to: 902 903 904 Prince William Sound Day Organizing Committee 905 C/O Alaska Center for the Environment 906 907 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 908 909 We would appreciate notification of instydutional endorsements for our press 910 releases, and we encourage local organizations to issue their own press 911 releases expressing their own views, thoughts, and reflections upon this 912 almost overwhelmingly tragic Alaskan ordeal. Individuals who feel it 913 appropriate could greatly aid in this effort with letters to the editor, and 914 requests to local news media to reproduce the proclamation. Copies would be 915 appreciated, and photographs of group activities or artistic creations woult 916 be welcomed. Further information may be obtained by leaving a message for 917 acfte in econet mail. I am having difficulty getting onto the conferences, so 918 please feel free to pass on this note to any and all interested parties, and 919 to let us know how it goes. This day is intended to be what the people who 920 join us in the dedication of it make it. 921 922 We in Alaska, who now add our tears to the fouled waters of the Sound, need to 923 know that a more responsible fudure is possible. 924 925 PROCLAMATION 926 927 PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND DAY 928 We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, hereby proclaim 929 April 23, 1989, as PRINCE WILLIAM S_END DAY -- A DAY TO LISTEN FOR THE STILLED 930 VOICES OF THE SOUND. 931 932 We invite the world to join us in mourning and in reflection upon the 933 recent disaster and loss in Prince William Sound, Alaska. 934 935 We invite oer fe|lows to participate in Prince William Sound Day by 936 setting aside time on April 23, 1989, to the remembrance of the Sound as it 937 was, to the choices we have before us, and to the awareness of the 938 consequences of our actions and of our |ives. 939 940 We invite you to join us in spirit, thought, and positive action on 941 April 23, 1989, Prince William Sound Day. 942 943 We invite you also to join us in five minutes of silence for 944 listening, at two pm, yer local time, on April 23, 1989. 945 946 74CHRIS HARRIS Apr. 8, 1989 at 0:59 (2379 characters) 947 948 From: TOM GRAY 949 To: ALL 950 Subj: EXXON SPILL AFTERMATH 951 Following message is from EcoNet: Topic 270 Exxon oil spill - Alaska 952 1 response mstraube en.energy 6:19 pm Apr 4, 1989 953 954 ********* AN OPEN LETTER TO ECONET USERS ********* 955 956 "On March 24, in the early morning hours, a disastrous accident happened in 957 the waters ov Prynce William Sound, Alaska. By now you all know that [the] 958 tanker. the Exxon Valdez, hit a submerged reef and lost 240,000 barrels of oil 959 into the waters of the Sound." 960 961 So begins Exxon's "apology" to the public in the newspa`ers. We are 962 disgusted at Exxon's actions, and are taking our own actions to make Exxon 963 learn the error of their ways. 964 965 What did Exxon do? 966 967 968 o First, they caused the largest and environ- 969 0 mentally most significant oil spill in US history 970 by putting a captain with a history of drunk 971 driving in charge of a supertanker crossing some 972 of the most dangerous and sensitive waters on 973 earth. 974 975 o Then, they made the accident worse by taking almost 976 two days even to begin to respond to the spill. 977 Why? They had systematically dismantled their oil 978 spill response capability by dismissing 2/3 of its 979 oil spill staff, and by having virtually no oil booms 980 or other containment equipment available to respond 981 to a spill. 982 983 o After causing this calamity, they then sought to 984 reap a profit by stopping delivery under its fuel 985 supply contracts using the incredible excuse that 986 the spill was an0"act of God", and by raising 048=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/11/89 18:59 Msg:3582 Call:20256 Lines:13 987 &*&*&*&*'s 988 Hopefully this disk will be changed soon. It seems that CISTOP Mikey 989 hasn't logged in here since the 3rd. I guess maybe he hqc juct lost 990 interest. 991 992 This hasn't been a bad disk, though I have seen better. The three before 993 this one were fairly good. The one just before those was the low mark 994 to me. 995 996 From what I can tell, Backwater has always hqd its phases. Perhaps someday 997 another golden age will grace this place. Till then I'll just hang out here. 998 Its not a bad place to be, Much like an old theatre, or castle. 999 &*&*&*&*'s