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18 of the enter mode. The message is automaticly stored.
19 If after entering the message you find you made a mistake,
20 use the replace command to replace the line.
21 To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
22 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
23 ========================================
24 
25 wish to     buy .......forgetit this things not set up right
26 I'M LOOKIING FORR A SECOND-HAND EPSON MX-100.. 
27 IF YOU'VE GOT ONE, CALL BRUCE CARRIE AT 543-xxxx,
28 SCAPPOOSE, OR
29 TO ZEHNER...... THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM 
30 IS WORKING.
31 
32 HERB
33 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
34 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
35 As I am new to the Inn, I feel it necessary to introduce myself.
36 I am a tall, dark, ominous person, of stature similar to GOD
37 himself.  I'm interested in becoming a part of YOUR life in a
38 way you never thought possible.  Could it be?  Is it 1984?  Or
39 am I dreaming?  Well wake up inn-goers.........................
40 
41    B I G   B R O T H E R
42  
43            I S
44  
45          H E R E ! ! !
46 
47 --------I will be watching you in ways you never thought poss-
48 ible.  You won't like it either.  Or will you??????????????????
49 
50 Now....THE RULES....
51  
52   1) No criticism of government
53   2) No illegal acts
54   3) No spitting
55   4) No shoes, no shirt, no service, NO DICE...
56 
57 I'll Be WATCHING.....
58 
59                     Signed,
60                        Big Brother
61 INDIAN INDIAN,SCATTERED ON DAWNS HIGHWAY BLEEDING
62 WHEN THE STILL SEAS CONSPIRE IN ARMOR AND HER
63 CRESNT AND ABORTED SOUL BREEDS TINY MONSTERS TRUE 
64 SAILING IS DEAD.
65 YOU AWAKE WITH A START TO JUST THE BEATING OF YOUR HEART
66 IS YOUR "CONSIOUS" AT REST WHEN PUT TO THE TEST
67 ALL THINGS CONDIMENT ,ALL PROUD MEM TURN TO DUST.
68 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
69 Hi,there, Gay:   That your name or outlook?  Male or female?  Bi?  Teddy
70 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
71 Wasn't the above from "Horse Lattitudes" off the Doors "Strange Days" album?
72 Seems awful familiar....
73 ********************************************************************************
74 #############################################################################
75 NEW SPEAK '84
76 
77 BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING???
78 
79 Now chaos = bad think(4) past,
80 Good future(4) = good bytes; one at a time.
81 
82 WE HAVE MET BIG BROTHER...and THEM is US!
83                                   Wendler-the-Minstral
84 Jody...
85   What was the offense that caused Dennis to remove you from PMS?
86 Sometimes I wonder about him (but not much).  It is his BBS, but he
87 does get carried away with the POWER of being the M-I-G-H-T-Y S-Y-S-O-P!
88   You're OK.  Even Dennis was young once, although he seems to have
89 forgotten the experience!
90 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Analog Alan {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} December 26 @ 1120 {}{}{}{}{}{
91 
92 HELLO
93 Good morning, how are all of you people doing today?
94 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
95 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
96 Well I see nobody has entered any thing on this since the last time.
97 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::G.T.:::::::::::::::::
98 ====================
99 happy holidays all you silly twits!
100 ====================
101 What do you get if you cross an Apple ][ with a Commodore 64?
102 
103 An Atari ][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][
104 (With appoligies to PAM.)
105 +++++++++ In Sane Scientist +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
106 ******************************************************************
107 ANALOG ALAN! NOW THERE'S A NAME I HAVEN'T HEARD IN A LONG TIME.
108 WELCOME BACK! 
109 ************ CISTOP MIKEY ***** 1:46 PM ******* 26 DEC 83 **************
110 Hello, I are a koledge stewdant. What am you?
111 hello there, jim is the name, whats the game?
112 happy new year to everybody
113 *****************************************
114 If anyone can sell a gas engine leave a  message for Bob Brokle
115 Looking for EPSON FX/80 used but in good condition 
116 Looking for used but good condition EPSON FX/80 printer
117 if you have one for sale please leave a message for 
118 Pat Bristol,tell how old,how much,and leave your phone #
119 and area code
120                   Thanks
121                          PAT BRISTOL
122 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
123 WELL NOW!
124 
125 THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH TO RESPOND TO JUST ABOVE HERE. HOW ABOUT A
126 NEW TOPIC. A LOT OF US ARE TECHNICAL TYPES. I HEARD A LAWYER SPECIALIZING
127 IN JURY SELECTION THE OTHER DAY SAY ON CNS THAT HE TRIED TO NEVER GET
128 AN ENGINEER ON A JURY. HE SAID A JURY MADE UP OF ENGINEERS INVARIABLY
129 FOUND THE DEFENDANT GUILTTY AND MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY ASKED FOR THE DEATH
130 PENALTY. HE CHARACTERIZED ENGINEERS AS COLD, DEMANDING, UNFORGIVING
131 PEOPLE, CONGENITALLY CONSERVATIVE IN OUTLOOK, ALWAYS READY TO PULL THE PLUG
132 ON A DEFENDANT. WHAT DO YOU SAY?
133 
134 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HROTHGAR (ONLY ACCIDENTALLY A TECHNICAL TYPE) !!!!!!!!
135 To whom it may concern:
136 whoever is in charge of the weather...get your act together
137 we discussed a "White" christmas,but this is stupid and
138 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
139 Im new to this system and I would like to say that this seems to be
140 a pretty wild place. you have a gay, a big brother and im sure there are
141 a few other family members out there some where. 
142 I would like to wish you a very happy New Year and wish you the best of luck
143 in the future years.
144 looking forward to talking to you all some time.
145 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::G.T.:::::::::::::::::::::::::
146 [][][][][][][][][][]   1814   12/26/83   [][][][][][][][][][]
147 In Sane Scientist:  So why apologize ?
148    Add the good points of the apple ][, the good points of the 64, and
149    you might come close to the Atari Machine!!!!!
150 
151 Above:  Yes, horse latitudes, I do believe.  D- for lack of originality.
152      (But at least it was not in French)
153 
154 Leonard:  I also read that engineers were poor Jurors for defendants.  
155    Maybe it is because that anyone who is not an Engineer is guilty enough
156    of something to deserve the Death Penalty.  Just to hear College 
157    Engineering students tell it, not being an engineer alone is worth 
158    the death penalty.
159 
160 PAM:  BASBBS still has a software bug, but I will leave it up on Wed.
161       Night, the 28th.  You cannot yet leave a message, but the logoff
162       comments work.  Leave me an address, phone # or PO box where I can
163       reach you or send you a disk.
164 
165 ALL:  all the furor over 1984 being here.  In the book, the principal
166       character says that he does not know for sure what the year is.
167 
168 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]   DJJ   [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
169 
170 About the weather: it was great. Enough snow to make a white Xmas, and
171 now enough of that, rubout and return to standard Oregon rain. Sorry if
172 you missed it. I got MY pictures, (and only a little wet.)
173 
174 About the question for another subject to rant about: no answer on 
175 economics. (Even the suggestion that all young people simply ignore the
176 debt, and refuse to pay was ignored).
177 
178 Mystics? Do you mean those who believe in things they don't understand,
179 or maybe things WE don't understand? Religious or witching?
180 
181 Just got my update on CP/M from Heath. A real Heath manual, even. I can 
182 read it. Too bad that it was too late; since I'm going 16 bits and IBM.
183 
184 A last comment to some time ago's discussion: in a conversation about
185 freedom of speech, a request for Russian papers seems a little out of 
186 place. Yes, it is nice to know what the other side thinks, but don't
187 expect to read it there: the Reds know the value of propaganda, and use
188 thier paoers for that purpose. As opposed to the purpose of papers in the
189 USA, which is to make money for the owners.
190 
191 When I was in the Army I worked in the comm center that passed all the
192 NATO stuff to the Paris peace talks. We read the top secret stuff in the
193 evening, heard it somewhat inflated on the US army radio the next day, read
194 nearly the same in the German papers; and for balance we also listened to
195 the communist controlled radio Sophia. Somehow they never seemed to be 
196 talking about the same exchange, even if the dates and place names were
197 the same. To find out what was really going on we listedn to radio South
198 Africa. They were not involved in any way, and had no irons in the fire.
199 If the US claimed (in the secret analysis) to have killed 6 charlies, and
200 captured their 6 guns, the radio (US army) said 12, and a mortar, with
201 no US casualties or civilians hurt. Radio Sophia said 1 or 2 jets or 
202 choppers shot down, many civilians hurt by US bombing, no VC casualties.
203 RSA (South Africa) said "viliage destroyed, 1 VC cpatured, with his rifle"
204 Somehow I believe RSA before even the official, classified documents.
205 The Russians were lying, but then so was the US.
206 Or, in other words, if you want the truth don't ask either side, ask an
207 bystander.
208 
209 I don't think the newspapers here in the US are controlled by the government
210 if the large papers (or radio or TV networks) seem to reflect the 
211 esblishment, it is because they are the establishment. A newspaper is a
212 large business, and will therefore be on the side of large business. They
213 have a vested interest in stablility, so they will be generally conservative
214 Don't ask why they have a real fear of electronic teletext.
215 ///////////////////////////////////BAD\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
216 $#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!
217 REGARDING THE ABOVE MESSAGE: 
218 YEP, SOUNDS LIKE YOU PSUDO-INTELLIGENCE OPERATORS IN EUROPE NOT
219 REALLY KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON! I TOO WAS IN INTELLIGENCE
220 (OSI-RVN) AND THE HANDLE WE HAD WAS FACT, NOT A CONGLOMERATION
221 OF THIS AND THAT FROM HERE AND THERE. WHEN WE LISTENED TO
222 YOU GUYS (VIA CHANNELS) INVARIABLY YOU HAD THE FACTS SCREWED
223 UP. MAYBE IN 1984 THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT !!!!!!
224 $#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$"!$#!$#!$#!$#!$"!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!$#!
225 Ich moechte mit irgenjemand auf Deutsch reden.  Hat jemand Interesse 
226 dafuer?  Wenn Sie Interesse haetten, schreiben Sie noch etwas!
227 
228            Tschuss!
229 
230 Herr Bach
231 any one with bulitin board numbers please leave phone number and mesage.
232  maybe we could do buisness.
233 these are some numbers i have.
234 
235 1)psu
236 2)bcs
237 3)bwms
238 4)pms
239 5)ATARI
240 6)CORK BOARD
241 7)etc....
242 
243 please leave message to--mike heff--
244 thanks
245 mike heff
246 ---------------------
247  MY NAME IS MIKE
248  VAN HISE AND I JUST
249  WANT TO LEAVE A 
250  MESSAGE FOR PATTI
251  FELDKAMP
252 
253  PATTI, IF YOU SOME
254  HOW HAVE A COMPUTER
255  AND ARE ABLE TO READ
256  THIS, (WHICH I
257  DOUBT), I LOVE YOU
258  IN ALL SINCERITY!
259              
260                MVH
261 ---------------------
262 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
263 first time on this sys ---hhhmmmmmmmmm
264 very different from other "boards"
265 must be a group of flakes ( my kind of
266 people)..................c u again.....
267 '''''''''''''''''''''svone'''''''''''''
268 ][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][
269 TO ALLYOU JOKERS!!
270 Yes that was the Doors up there somewhere but it was also
271 Pink Floyd !!! as matter of fact the major portion was Pink Floyd
272 I am suprised that those who knew that it was the Doors didn't
273 also see that Pink Floyd was there too!! Let's get it together
274 folks!!! 
275 To big brother;
276   the Soviets aren't that bad, as long as you dont
277   get in their way. ha ha i can even speek some russian
278   i'd show you but Apples can't speek russian.
279   I'll leave you folks with a parting message:
280              And you run and you run to catch up with the sun
281              But it's sinking,
282              And racing around to come up behind you again
283              The sun is the same in a relative way, but your older
284              And shorter of breath and one day closer to death
285                                  Pink Floyd,"Dark Side of the Moon"
286                                         1973 Abbey rd studios
287 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
288 TO LISA PAGH:
289 If you happen to have a modem for your SOL and read this BBS (I extremely doubt the former, therefore I also doubt the latter)
290 I just wanted to say HI.  Leave me a note and guess who I am.
291 The man who in the view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life;
292 and who does not forget an old agreement, however far back it extends
293 - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
294 
295                       - Confucious
296 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
297 
298     Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
299     Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
300     All mimsy were the borogroves,
301     And the mome raths outgrabe.
302            - The ghost of L.C.
303 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
304 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
305   Unicom watchers:
306    System has grown from 2 to 4 drives; instalation of the 256k aux memory
307 is proceeding as planned. Conflicting reports of memory-management h-ware
308 has me vascilating between multi and single user, consulting with a factory
309 rep tomorrow (teus). System still on on-line target of Jan 1, but then what
310 are goals but failure in the works?
311 
312   BAD: "mystic" as in "eastern"
313 
314   PAM: you see what inter-breeding does with genetics? I'll bet that 
315       1 in 4 Atari's are hemophiliacs.......
316 
317   T.D.B. : C U @ da U !   as Luke the Vaxhacker picks up his trusty 
318           Bytesaber..."Listen for the CARRIER, Luke..." I plan to 
319           slyly port (literaly) DECWARS over to the '780  this term.
320     
321   layde of Dragons: So! you twiddle with a '23 ! can you read TU-58?
322                    maychance i could PIP a few games over to you....
323 
324   Ted: wrong place to be. This crowd is filled with bad influences. Every
325       person here has been indicted for computer espionage, but for some
326       reason the FBI's MASTERLINK computer system never printed the papers
327       to have us all booked. Nyah. (that was directed at your parents)
328 
329   All: (re: SA-400's) what is the small (3.5 x 6.5 cm) board on the lower-
330       left of the main board? on some units (eg. BWMS), this board is absent,
331       with nothing but a series of holes to mark where it should be (some
332       systems apparently need one, some not. Unicom needs them, yet the 
333       drives i purchased may not have them) (BWMS neither has them nor 
334       needs them (the aux board)). How do I know BW dosnt have or need
335       them????      because.....
336 
337   All: (for sale, or not)  I have a BWMS-type computer. It is identical 
338       to the BW except that it is single drive, and supports all of the
339       commands that Mike the CISTOP blessedly removed from our forum. If
340       anyone wants to purchase it, it is FOR SALE. (CHEAP) (MAKE OFFER)
341       IF no one buys it, it will be <grudgingly> appended to UNICOM
342       (just for kicks).
343 
344                                                       Aaron
345 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
346 dropped Bit:That WAS me talking about the m100. My signature line got
347 clobbered or overwritten.
348 Aaron:I'll byte- whaddya want for the Diskwriter? How about an IBM 2311? 
349 No? Well then how about $20. Or how about a Percom Electric Crayon?
350 The EC is a 6800 based color graphics unit. It hooks up to a centronics port
351 and outputs a composite video signal. Max resolution is (as I recall)
352 256 x 192 in your choice of 2 color sets (green/black, or white/black). 
353 It has 7 or 8 coarser modes.
354 ________________________________Leonard_____________________________________
355 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
356      IT APPEARS THAT ALL THE KIDDIES GOT MODEMS FOR CHRISTMAS
357      THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD I'M A MOSLEM....
358                                     MOHAMMED WASSIR
359                                <The Albanian Firebrand>
360 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
361 ----------------------------------------------------------------
362 ANALOG ALAN- WELL, I AM NOT TOO SURE OF WHAT I DID TO TICK DENNIS OFF BUT 
363 I HAVE TRIED APOLOGIZING (SP) AND IT HASN'T WORKED AT ALL. THIS WAS A FEW 
364 MNTHS AGO TOO. OH WELL. I SEE NO HOPE. NOW I WATCH BETTER SYSTEMS AND TRY 
365 AND BE SMART IN COMMENTING TO SUCH TOPICS AS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. NO SUCH 
366 LUCK THOUGH. I AM STILL JUST A GOOFY TEENAGER. I SUSPECT ALL THIS WILL 
367 CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. 
368 
369 WHO IS G.T. ? FOR A WHILE I THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE MAYBE BEEN MY LITTLE 
370 BOTHER BUT HE WOULDN'T SIGN IT G.T.
371 
372 SPEAKING OF BROTHERS... I AM NOT SO SURE I LIKE THIS 'BIG' BROTHER STUFF. IT
373 IS KIND OF DISTURBING TO BE TOLD I AM BEING WATCHED ALL OF THE TIME WHETHER 
374 I BELIVE IT OR NOT. WHICH I DON'T. 
375 
376 --------------------------------------JODY----------------------------------
377 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
378 No Im not your little brother SORRY if I disappointed you.
379 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::G.T.::::::::::::::::::::::
380 JENNI:
381 Whats the movies Saturday night???
382 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::G.T.::::::::::::::
383 Dave use this system to comunicate w/each other.
384 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
385 GLENN:
386 We have reserved 'The World According to Garp' and 'Annie'print
387 seem to be having a little problem this evening.  Anyway the place
388 said no problem picking up the tapes.  I guess they will call us when
389 they get in Saturday.  5:53PM and we just got home from shopping.
390 Hope the new calc is OK.  Jill got a new road race set.  It goes good.
391 See you later.
392 
393 J&D  (Jenni and Dad)
394 /////////////////////////////////////////?/////////////////////////////
395 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''```````````````````````````````````````
396 TO J&D
397 We got one ordered 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and they didn't have Super Man
398 Calculator works just fine thanks alot. 
399 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::G.T.:::::::::::::::::::::
400 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
401 APPARENTLY WE'VE BEEN INVADED. I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE AT ALL. AND THE
402 PEOPLE WHO USUALLY ARE HERE ARE SILENT. HELP!!!!!!!!!!
403 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HROTHGAR, THE (IDENTITY CRISIS AT THIS POINT)
404 P.S. MAYBE THIS'L JUST BE TILL THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL???????
405 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
406 To GT
407 Got your message. 
408 P.S. Hrothgar-crawl back in your hole!
409 ``````````````````````````````''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
410 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
411 
412   Leonard:  $20?  It does contain a working SA-400; I like the idea of a
413 trade, maychance you will happen across a tidbit of hardware that I am in
414 the market for. If that boat anchor of a disk drive is all you can come up 
415 with, at least try making your cash offer high enough to buy me a nice 
416 dinner some place...
417 
418   Hrothgar: Ted ("the mongo") (above) (the one soliciting numbers to engage
419 in wire fraud with) is one of the "high school" crowd. He will undoubtedly
420 return to his former state of blissful non-existence as school resumes.
421 
422  ho-hum..........Unicom, where are you?
423                                                        Aaron
424 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
425 DEAR AARON AND OTHERS:
426     I AM SORRY I HAVE OFFENDED YOU. I DID NOT KNOW THIS 'SYSTEM PROTOCOL'
427 AND NOW I DO. MY BROTHER AND MY COMPUTER HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP
428 AND WILL TROUBLE YOU NO FURTHER. AS I HAVE RECIEVED VARIOUS FORCEFUL
429 ARGUEMENTS FOR MY ABSENCE, I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE.
430 IF ANYONE DECIDES TO FORGIVE AND FORGET, PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE
431 TO THAT EFFECT.
432                       SINCERLY SORRY,
433                THE NOW INVISIBLE PERSON
434 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
435 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
436 TO DEAN NICKEL
437      FROM  PAT BRISTOL
438 I have my new name now please call me sometime 12/28/83
439 and i'll give it to you! ok.
440 By the way I can't remember yours so leave me a message telling me or 
441 call me and tell me! Also my brother said you called today 12/27/83
442 he said that you blew something out on your computer!I have an apple 
443 IIe sence you asked. Well got to go call me!!!
444         KEEP COOL 
445                   PAT B
446 ****************************************************
447 FOUND SKSK!!!! GA?
448 <<<<<>>>>> !!!!!!!!!! ((((())))) ++++++++++ [[[[[]]]]]
449 P.S. MISSED AGAIN NUTS! 
450 *******************************************************
451 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
452 Good Grief!  I take off to college for a quarter, come back
453 to my once beloved BWMS, and find THIS?  What has happened?
454 Where has the INTELLIGENCE (or a reasonable facsimile thereof)
455 gone?  Where have these... these... PEOPLE come from?  (If you
456 say the Cabbage Patch, I'll never come back!)  It seems I must
457 find my black arm band -- the same one I donned when Ronald
458 Reagan became President.
459 ||||||||||||||||||||| Invincible |||||||||||||||||||||||
460 Howdy, all; this is my first time on this system and I've got to say 
461 it's a lot more human than the others in town--particularly PMS--
462 I'm always interested in new bbs #'s . . . can you leave them on this 
463 system?  Bytes for now . . .
464 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
465  TO THE INVISIBLE PERSON. I AM ANYONE AND I FORGIVE AND FORGET. WHAT DID YOU
466 DO TO GET THE SYSTEMS HIGH MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE TYPES MAD AT YOU? WHAT IS
467 THIS "SYSTEM PROTCOL" YOU SIAD ABOUT. HI JODY I DONT LIKE KGON SYSTEM 'CAUSE
468 I CANT FIGURE IT OUT AT ALL. I DONT THINK ANYONE HERE WILL MIND IF WE TALK
469 EVERONE HERE SEEMS PRETTY COOL EVEN AARON WHO GOT INVISIBLE MAD OR MADE HIM
470 THINK HEES NOT WANTED. KEEP WARM EVERYONE!
471                                   BOBBY.
472 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
473 leonard--
474 i can probably find you a mystic of some sort.  what flavor do you want?
475 there's the simple kind that consult the I CHING all the way to some of 
476 the tantric magicians floating around.  let me know what kind you are lookin
477 for and i'll see if i can set you on the path that you choose.
478 --however---
479   remember that in choosing such a path you may also (unknowingly) choose
480 a destination that may not be the one you would choose as the person 
481 you are when you start the path.  -- contact with some subjects tends 
482 to change the person who begins to study or investigate them.  if you 
483 want to continue with this warning in mind, i can try to take you to another
484 contact.  (i passed up this path several years back-- i got scared)
485 ---------------dusty--------m-------------------
486 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
487  
488  
489  
490  
491  
492                                                         Aaron
493 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
494  
495  
496  
497                                                    Aaron
498 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
499 <<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->>
500 Greetings and salutations all.  Merry late christmas.  Merry early new year.
501 Aaron and Dusty... please leave a message for me on PAC BSS @ 245-9405
502 about mystics and such.  I have connections, and want more.  It
503 is true that once you begin down the path, there is no return.  I have
504 acheived many miracles in this life time, and expect much more.  For
505 training, contact me also.  Leave message for Merlyn, or just leave
506 a "comment" to the "Sysop" as you exit the system.  Gimme your real
507 name/phone where I can reach you.
508 As for the rest of you, I've been busy lately, thus my (probably
509 unnoticed) absence after making waves, etc.  By the way, Zen is
510 nothing.  Does that mean that the Zen restaruant downtown is empty?
511 I'm sitting here on the 27th floor of the Georgia Pacific building
512 looking at the west hills right now.  What a view.  Too bad my baby
513 VAX 11/750 is going to be down today (I'm moving her down to our
514 new computer room in the basement).  Enough rambling?
515 To W.G.: Don't leave the fireplace unattended.
516 To Jeff: Watch out for red cars... they're gonna be trouble this week.
517 Sandi: how do you eat out without leaving the house?
518 I gotta go... be back soon (like Friday, etc.)
519 -- Merlyn, wasting your time again with boring stupidity
520 <<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->><<-->>
521 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
522 TO RANDAL: YOU NEED NOT ANSWER FOR YOUR IDENTITY IS AS SACRED AS MINE- BUT
523 YOU ARE REALLY NOT FITTING MY PICTURES. LETS GET TOGETHER AND WORK
524 SOMETHING LABELED 'DECENT AND DESIRABLE' OUT OKAY? I AM GETTING TIRED OF 
525 THIS CHASING I HAVE TO DO JUST TO TALK TO YOU.
526 
527 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::        YOU KNOW WHO
528 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
529 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
530 TO YOU KNOW WHO:
531 IS FITTING PICTURES AN IMPORTANT ASSET?  WHY NOT LABEL
532 EVERYTHING 'DECENT AND DESIRABLE'?  WHAT'S SO HARD
533 ABOUT CHASING?
534 To all scum that uses this sem...
535 People call the sysop a double bagger,not only does his family put a bag o
536 over his head but over theres to,just in case the bag over his head breaks
537 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
538 The only way to stop me is to find out who i ammmmmmmm.
539 your friendly neighborhood 
540 i d i o t
541 the moron complete, a stooge that knows no peer, a scum par excellance',
542 with buffoonery exceeded only by his total inability to spell simple words
543 or complete a sentence without utterly destroying a variety of grammatical
544 rules. Why should anyone care who you are, since it is unlikely that anyone
545 would want to be associated in any way with someone so completely and
546 utterly beneath contempt. Would someone do us a favor and sprinkle some salt
547 on that obnoxious little slug? I've never cared for such pustulous vermin.
548 
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550 
551      WELL, IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF THIS DISK HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO RATHER
552 INSULTING COMMENTARY AND PERSONAL ATTACKS, AS WELL AS GRAFFITTI AND SIMPLE
553 NONSENSE.  I WILL BE BACK WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO SAY, BUT I WOULD
554 FIRST ADD THAT A LOT OF THE ABOVE IS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE INN
555 OR IT'S PATRONS.  UNFORTUNATELY, THE MANAGEMENT *DOESN'T* RESERVE THE RIGHT
556 TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE.
557 
558 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
559 
560 But the management, probably deep-down, reserves the right to simply 
561 re-format an old DB full of this junk, and mount on DA...What say, Mickey?
562 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ol' Smokey ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
563 Better yet, Mickey, just stop puttin' on new ones 'til school starts and
564 Ataris and Commodores run out of batteries.
565 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ol' again ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
566 >SIGH<   SO WHATS A CISTOP TO DO? I TOO TIRE OF THE CHATTER AT TIMES, AND
567 THE RECALLING OF THE SYSTEM EVERY FIVE MINUTES TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED
568 SINCE THE LAST CALL WITH THE LIST COMMAND. YET I ABHORE PROIR CENSORSHIP
569 EVEN MORE AND CANNOT ALLOW MYSELF (EXCEPT IN TIMES OF EXTREME AGONY) TO
570 DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. INDEED, SOME OF THE WELL RESPECTED USERS ON THE 
571 SYSTEM CAME FROM EARLIER VERSIONS OF THE SAME SORT. I ONLY PRAY THAT BIT
572 GETS BACK ON SOON TO TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD. (MOST OF THE CASUAL USERS DO
573 NOT LIKE TO CALL BWMS ALOT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HOLD YOUR HAND WHILE LEARNING
574 TO USE THE SYSTEM. IT IS UP TO YOU TO LEARN THE OPERATION YOURSELF, AND
575 MOST WOULD JUST AS SOON NOT BOTHER.) >SIGH<  WHATS A CYSTOP TO DO?.....
576 ************ A CONFUSED CISTOP MIKEY ****** 28 DEC 83 **** 10:20PM ********
577 
578 Yes, I.S., found sksk!  GA, OK?
579                     - Rommel -
580 (Wanna fight?  I'm territorial!)
581 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
582 Rommel huh? OK you want to fight so be it see you on drive A you warmonger!
583 +++++ In Sane Scientist +++++ 29 December 1983 / 2:25PM ++++++++
584 GA!
585 **************************************************************
586 GAD! THIS DISK STILL ISN'T FULL! AND IT WAS AT ONE TIME.. HMMM I WONDER
587 WHATS GOING ON! OH WELL.. FUN WEATHER WE'RE HAVING AIN'T IT? ANYBODY
588 NEED SOME ICE? COME THIS SUMMER YOOU WILL ALL BE WISHING FOR THE NICE
589 COOL WEATHER AND IT WILL BE GONE, SO ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN <AHEM>.
590 *******************************************************************
591 What happened to the privacy issue? Has it been censored by Big Brother?
592 
593 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
594 
595      I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE THAT SOMEONE WOULD USE 119 LINES (SEE
596 DISK A) THRASHING AROUND!!  I LOVE USERS NEW TO THE SYSTEM, BUT I JUST CAN'T
597 UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD NOT REALIZE THAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST
598 <CR>'S OR "EXIT OFF HELP" ETC. IS NEEDED.  AND IF NONE OF THAT WORKS AFTER
599 THE FIRST 20 OR 30 TIMES YOU TRY IT, TRY A FEW CONTROL CHARACTERS, OR HIT-
600 TING "BREAK", OR JUST HANG UP.  BUT 119 LINES USED FOR NOTHING (EVEN THOUGH
601 THEY CAN BE REMOVED) APPROACHES THE LEVEL OF TOTAL INEXCUSEABILTY.  I KNOW,
602 I KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, IT CAN BE FIXED, THE WORLD ISN'T GOING TO
603 BLOW UP DUE TO IT, BWMS IS STILL HERE, BUT IT STILL BOTHERS ME THAT A
604 NEW USER ON A SYSTEM DOESN'T LOOK OVER THE HELP FILE AND FAMILIARIZE THEM-
605 SELF WITH IT BEFORE THEY ATTEMPT TO ENTER A MESSAGE.
606 
607      I SUPPOSE THAT, SEEING DA UP TO LINE 591 WITH SO MUCH SPACE REMAINING
608 HERE JUST MAKES ME NERVOUS.  MIKEY, WOULD YOU DO US A BIG FAVOR AND GIVE US
609 THOSE WASTED LINES BACK?
610 
611      I WILL GET AROUND TO THE "PRIVACY" COMMENTARY EVENTUALLY, AS SOON AS I
612 CAN FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT INTERESTING TO EVERYONE AND CONTROVERSIAL AS WELL.
613 I THINK THAT EVERYONE BELIEVES IN THE "RIGHT" TO PRIVACY, BUT TO VARYING
614 DEGREES AND OVER DIFFERENT THINGS.  SO IT WILL COME, BUT MAY TAKE SOME TIME.
615 I ALSO NEED TO MAKE IT NASTY ENOUGH TO ENGENDER A LOT OF "OH, YEAH?!" RE-
616 SPONSES, AND SINCE NASTY ISN'T NORMALLY MY STYLE, IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE
617 THOUGHT.
618 
619      I STILL HAVE 10 LINES TO GO TO FILL THIS DISK UP, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT
620 I'M CREATIVE ENOUGH ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT TO DO IT.  IT SEEMS THAT FEW
621 PEOPLE WANT TO ENTER ANYTHING ON A DISK ONCE IT HAS BEEN RELEGATED TO THE
622 BACK OF THE INN.  I KNOW THAT AARON CHECKS BACK HERE, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER
623 PEOPLE, SO THIS IS A TEST.  EVERYONE THAT READS THIS, PLEASE RESPOND ON THE
624 CURRENT DISK IN THE AFFIRMATIVE SO THAT I CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHETHER MY
625 ETERNAL WORDS OF WISDOM (?) EVER GET READ BY ANYONE OTHER THAN MIKEY.  OK,
626 ALL YOU PEOPLE, LET'S HEAR IT!!
627 ******************************THIS IS A TEST!!******************************
628 
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