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LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 40 STATUS: ALL ALLOWED NUMBER OF LINES: 629 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************* REMOVED: 6 FEB 84 ***************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is 10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of er messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ************************************************************ 19 20 J.C. NO NEED TO WORRY, AS I HAVE INDICATED BEFORE, AS MA BELL INCREASES 21 HER RATES, I JUST REDUCE MY SERVICE. I STILL HAVE METERED SERVICE TO 22 GO TO YET, THOUGH THERE WAS SOME FLACK THE LAST TIME I REDUCED, IT SEEMS 23 THEY WEREN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT. BUT THEN, NEITHER WAS I HAPPY ABOUT 24 THEM INCREASING MY RATE, SO I GUESS WE'RE EVEN. 25 I AM HOWEVER PROVIDING ARCHIVE COPIES OF BWMS ON 8" CPM DISKS OR PAPER 26 AT $5 PER DISK (EACH DISK HOLDS 5 TO 6 BW DISK) THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS 27 MAINTAINING BW. 28 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************** 29 P.S. I WONDER WHEN PAM WILL BE BACK? I MISS HER INPUT. 30 ************************************************************************ 31 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 32 33 Deborah, 34 35 We have to hurry,if we don't do it soon we will never be able to. 36 37 38 39 Desperately, 40 41 Aqualung 42 43 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 44 45 46 47 48 49 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< *.* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 50 <<<< T.P.W.E.B. cont. >>>> 51 52 ... as the inkeeper wandered by he heard the story teller mumble to 53 himself-- always in a hurry and only looking at the entirely 54 obvious ah! well the arugmentive were always thus 55 56 57 Nila soon arrived at the foot of the enchanted hills and 58 began to climb toward the crest. She spent a pleasant time 59 smelling the wild flowers, watching the meadow butterflies 60 as she climbed, and so it was late in the afternoon when she 61 reached the top. Now the ragged musician had said Truth was 62 concealed here and that meant she would have to look very 63 very carefully. But Nila, as has been said, was very wise 64 and to tell the truth she prided herself on her logical 65 mind. Just now her logic told her that the place where East 66 began was the very crest of the hill. From the palace 67 window that was the very exact farthest east there was. 68 69 At the exact crest Nila's heart skipped with anticipation 70 for there was a natural fountain springing up of itself at 71 the very highest point. Around it had been created a tiny 72 exquisite grove of perfume trees. A perfect soft breeze 73 whispered along the hill-crest bringing the gurgling of the 74 fountain and the afternoon scent of full-blown flowers, and 75 mixed with these a distant humming, as of bees seeking nectar. 76 77 Oh!, how fortunate, Nila thought. Just when I am so thirsty 78 and perhaps Truth is concealed in this very fountain as well. 79 How marvelously things work out in the natural course of events. 80 As she knelt by the fountain a golden glint caught her eye. 81 She saw that the flat stone where she knelt was set with tiny 82 letters of gold: 83 THE TASTE OF THE WATER IS IN THE THIRST 84 It's from the song she thought, the taste is in the thirst. 85 Nila contemplated this but still seemed to her that it was 86 quite wrong headed. Everyone knew the taste of water was the 87 opposite of thirst. That's why they went together so nicely. 88 "And anyway", she said, "the taste of the water is in the 89 water and the thirst is in me." So saying she scooped up a 90 delicate handful of sparkling water and drank small sips, 91 like a cat. She savored each drop in her mouth, feeling 92 her thirst magically disappear and be replaced with pure 93 satisfaction and joy. When she was fully content she sat 94 back on her heels and looked down again at the fountain's 95 golden motto. Suddenly she realized there was another line 96 below the first and it now read: 97 THE TASTE OF THE WATER IS IN THE THIRST 98 AND SATISFACTION IN THE VANISHING OF DESIRE. 99 "Well", she said, "that at least makes sense. What makes me 100 happy is when my thirst goes away. Perhaps if this is the 101 fountain of Truth I shall never be thirsty again." 102 103 By now the sun was setting, far to the West, beyond the 104 city, beyond the palace and her special garden, beyond 105 everything. She watched the sunset play of light on the 106 clouds perfectly content. Just before full dark, she lay 107 down to sleep in the perfumed garden, her coverlet of birds 108 feathers almost floating above her body. The night breeze 109 was as soft as her own skin and the stars above twinkled 110 like the ragged musician's eyes. Nila always had everything 111 that she needed. 112 113 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ...to be continued >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 114 115 116 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 117 118 Glancing into the common room, the piper saw that the religious 119 discussion had simmered down. No bodies lay on the floor, and the 120 various combatants had subsided in general disagreement. He entered 121 and asked the innkeeper for a mug of ale. 122 123 "Where is the bard?" he asked the innkeeper. "I would like to continue 124 our discussion of the previous evening, but my memory seems to be 125 rather erratic. I would like to know of what we were speaking." 126 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 127 ###############!###################################################### 128 Sponge-bats from the polyp world floated all around, thier finely 129 tuned senses trained on the scene, thier incredibly photographic 130 memories soaking up information. 131 The Wiz genstured for my help, and I spent the next fifteen 132 minutes gently peeling the Ekks off of his equipment. Curious little 133 beggars. I pulled one patch of them almost five centimeters across off 134 the Wiz's shoulder, where they had moved for a better view. They must 135 have been a thousand of the little fellows in the group, flashing excitedly. 136 Crowd control, indeed. 137 They finally got themselves under control, and I sat back (carefully!) 138 as the translators began thier chatter and the Wiz began to sight through 139 some instrument a the Dog moon, just rising. He shouted something that 140 my trans unit couldn't handle and pointed both arms straight out at 141 the moon, gesticulating as his toe deftly hit the start switch. 142 He explained that the object of the demonstration was to pull 143 the moon down to just above ground level, put a marker on the rock, then 144 put it back, and I'll be two-legged if the moon wasn't getting larger 145 all the time it was rising! Ain't technology wonderful? 146 The moon was up a full quarter now, and dominating the sky. The 147 Wiz checked his instruments rubbing his hands together with glee, and 148 then reached for his can of spray paint. He could hardly wait. 149 Suddenly all the lights on his sighting instrument went deep purple 150 and alarms began to wail. He jumped quickly and slapped the abort 151 switches as he headed at full tilt away from the area. My trans 152 unit chatered something about UNSTABLE! as the form quickly retreated. 153 The general consensus of being seemed to be inclined to follow his 154 lead, but as the moon retreated, all hell broke loose... 155 #############################daver######################### 156 157 Alonzo was feeling the liquor a bit, as he leaned on Serena 158 leaving the cafe. A few steps from the door, that feeling he always 159 had when trouble was around crawled up his spine and curled itself 160 comfortable around the base of his neck, making the hairs seem to 161 stand on end. "Oh, shit." he whispered, "Duck!" 162 As he threw himself and Serena to the ground by the protection 163 of a heavy truck, he caught a glimpse of a flash from the alley 164 across the street as the rocket laucher coughed once. Almost instantly, 165 the tiny cafe erupted into flame. Serena was up and firing into the 166 alley almost as fast. "I think he got away. You stay here." she 167 ran into the alley. 168 She came out dragging a limp body. Salizar quickly ran across 169 the street. The first thing he noticed was the note stuck to the 170 body with the knife that had killed him. He pulled out the knife, and 171 tried to read the blood-soaked knife. 172 "Good stationery" he commented. "It says, 'He was following 173 Serena. The Inspector is still safe, but only alone. McKane has 174 crossed my path for the last time. See you in India. Contremon.'" 175 They hurried away as the sounds of sirens began in the distance. 176 "Tell me everything you know, quickly!" 177 178 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Contremon Valerius 179 PS VAlinor: They're your characters, how long do I have to keep this 180 up? CV 181 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 182 183 184 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Will someone please give an accounting 185 of the Inncounter at the Hydrotubes/Aloha last weekend. I'm sure there are many 186 that would like to know what happened and just how many, if any survivors are 187 still around. 188 189 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 190 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 191 192 Considering the current trend in semiconducter memory 193 prices (ie. down), I have decided to offer my acclaimed 194 64k dynamic RAM chips at a reduction from their current 195 $5/chip to the incredibly low (am i beginning to sound like 196 Lane?) price of ***** $4 ***** a chip! 197 These are prime, new 4164-15's, with many success stories 198 accredited to them. Many, many computers use these chips...... 199 but the prominent one that comes to mind is the Apple III. 200 Expansion by 64k bytes requires 8 chips, or 8*4=$32 for the 201 expansion! 202 Radio Shack, Commodore, Atari......all use these chips... 203 ..though a bit slower version. Please feel free to contact me 204 with any specific application questions. 205 Aaron 206 (CBBS, BitB, BWMS) 207 208 [transfered from CBBS/NW] [with permission from the author] 209 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 210 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 211 Comtremon: 212 Right you are. I have been shirking my duties, and should pay more 213 attention to my characters. Unfortunately, I have to go to work shortly; 214 I will return tonight and make a contribution to the tale. 215 216 Aaron: 217 Nice to see you back, even if just for a little salesmanship. Your 218 contributions have been missed. 219 Valinor 220 P.S. It's Alberto not Alonzo 221 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 222 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 223 Late in the afternoon as Tarn was walking along the side 224 of the road, he heard the sound of running feet behind him. 225 Turning around he sees Emer aproaching at a high rate of speed. 226 Soon she is in front of him trying to catch her breath. Half 227 approaching towards her, he stops short a questioning look in 228 his eyes, his hand partially outstreached. he stands like a 229 statue frozen to inaction by his internal turmoil. He tries to 230 speak, but is unable to. Finnaly it becomes to much for him and 231 he begins to shake, and a wispered quiry escapes him "E.. Emer?.." 232 * Tarn * 233 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 234 TO:ALL 235 236 TRS-80 Color for sale (how do you rubout on this system?). Leave message 237 to Mullog (that's Gollum backwards) on this BBS, CBBS, or ABBS. System 238 includes 32K RAM, but no extended BASIC (available for $69.95). Will 239 sacrifice basic system, joystks, games, etc. for $150.00. 240 ********************************************************* 241 TO ABOVE: YOU CAN EITHER USE THE BACKSPACE FUNCTION, OR THE DELETE 242 (RUBOUT). IF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM WON'T LET YOU DO EITHER, 243 CAN EITHER GET A DECENT COMM PACKAGE, OR LIVE WITH USING THE 244 REPLACE COMMAND TO REPLACE ENTIRE LINES AFTER YOUR DONE. IF YOU 245 DON'T KNOW WHICH IS THE BACKSPACE, LOOK FOR A KEY LABELED 'BACKSPACE' 246 OR 'BS' OR WITH AN ARROW POINTING TO THE LEFT. IF YOU CAN'T FIND 247 ONE LABLED LIKE THAT TRY DOING A CONTROL H. WHEN YOU FIND THE RIGHT 248 ONE BW WILL MOVE YOUR CURSOR BACK ONE SPACE AND ERASE THE CHARACTER. 249 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY **************************** 250 251 ******************************** JUDAS PRIEST 6666666666666666666666666666 252 FOR ANYONE READING THIS MESSAGE WOULD LIKE TO WRITE TO ME ON THIS SYSTEM 253 AND TELL ME THERE FAVORITE GROUP(ROCK/COUNTRY) 254 TO START I LIKE ROCK, AND MY FAVORITE GROUP IS...... 255 J U D A S P R I E S T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 256 ==================== 257 Oh! My God! 258 ==================== 259 : 260 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 261 262 Evan, 263 264 try sqr(-5)...it will destroy your faith in mathematical equality 265 266 d, 267 268 Well done 269 270 271 Aaron, 272 I belive I saw you the othe day.......Math dept 273 274 275 ::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 276 I SAW MYSELF THE OTHER DAY, BUT IT WAS JUST ME, NO ONE IMPORTANT... 277 ***************** SNOT NOSE **************************************** 278 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 279 Scene: Dockside -- Galata, Turkey 280 281 The tramp steamer sat low in the water. The name "Discovery" was barely 282 visible through the rust and accumulated grime. Sweaty bare-chested men 283 toiled to get her laded before the scheduled departure time. A tall man 284 dressed in khaki and a beautiful woman were locked in a farewell embrace on 285 the pier. Behind a stack of crates, four men in saffron robes lurked, watching. 286 The embrace broke--Salazar gazed deep into Serena's eyes; "Well, 287 sweetheart, I don't suppose you'll reconsider and come with me to Calcutta?" 288 Serena sighed; "No, my dear, I have business to take care of first. 289 Don't worry, I'll be in the West Bengal within several days." 290 They embraced again and then the Inspector turned and boarded his ship. 291 Serena headed down an alleyway intent on reaching Istanbul. The watchers 292 seperated... Two boarding the ship and the others stealthily following 293 Serena. 294 As Serena walked down the alleyway, she was overcome by a cold gnawing 295 in her gut. Turning she spyed the bald-headed men... Turning again she saw 296 her path blocked by two more. They stalked her like cats from the dark 297 jungle. As they started to take their prey, a dark figure moved as if a 298 blur from the shadows. Two of the robed men went down immediately from his 299 dagger. Instantly, Serena's blade was in her hand and the other Krishnas 300 laid on the asphalt -- a death rattle on their lips. 301 Serena melted into Wassir's arms. Softly she said, "Mohammed, you're 302 always there... even when I treat you badly." 303 Wassir smiled; "For an Albanian, love is all that is important." They 304 kissed quickly and headed on their way. 305 Unaware of Serena's struggle, the Inspector laid on the bunk in his cabin, 306 musing on many things. Of his life as a policeman and his younger days. 307 Of an idealism almost totally lost to the vagaries of a cruel society. 308 Idealism tarnished by a growing cynacism. Of frustration, pain, and stress... 309 Of the loneliness that is a policeman's lot. Of future plans... to continue 310 his course and face the everyday dangers of his job or perhaps journey 311 elsewhere and face the uncertaincy of a new challenge. He also thought of 312 those who frequent the Inn and those who seem to have disappeared lately. 313 He wondered idly in Pam had gotten his message... 314 Outside his cabin the men in saffron listened intently at the door... 315 Long knives tightly held in their hands. One grasped the knob and turned-- 316 slowly opening the door... 317 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! 318 319 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 320 Aaron,books? 321 well folks,permit me to de-evolve for a few lines, 322 Dis ya hear about the new fund that mickee jackson 323 and richard pryor have started,it's called the "Ignited Negro colledg fund" 324 Deborah,you still around,how about a new argument? 325 The Man in Gray 326 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 327 & & 328 Reeling slightly, the drunken poet made his way to the Inn. As he pushed 329 open the well-used doors, he was suddenly knocked from his feet by the 330 concussion of a portable anti-tank weapon. He cautiosly crawled, inchworm- 331 fashion to his accustomed seat at the back of the room. Signalling the 332 Innkeeper for an ale from a s(hopefully) safe position beneath his table, 333 he reflected on his current position. 334 "Oh, well," he thought, "I suppose this's what I get for frequenting a 335 trans-reality tavern." 336 The Innkeeper arrived with his usual seven ales and the poet handed up his 337 payment, quickly retreating with the precious fluids to his floor-level 338 haven, peeking between the table legs to see if any more pyrotechnics were 339 forthcoming. 340 "ASlow night," the Innkeeper commented, as he watched a round of tracer 341 bullets disappear out the doorway, narrowly missing his new rowan tree. 342 "But somehow I'm never bored here," replied the poet, sipping from his first 343 mug. He considered doubling his order; it looked like a long night ahead. 344 && The Mad Actor && 345 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 346 The piper was fussing with his pipes again. He had the bass drone pulled 347 out of the bag and the long tubular reed pulled out of the drone base. 348 Carefully he pulled the tounge of the reed outward and slipped a hair under 349 it. Placing it in his mouth, he blew and a racous "squeee" resulted. He 350 examined the reed closely, adjusted the position of a twist of yellow thread 351 around its base, then forced it into the base of the bass drone. He held the 352 drone to his mouth and blew a deep "throoon" listening intently. 353 The gossamer veil of reality wavered and blurred -- echoes of gunfire 354 resounded until he let off the note. The piper smiled, he'd pass that one 355 up. Pipes were just too difficult to keep inflated when you had to contend 356 with bullet holes in the bag. 357 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 358 359 360 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 361 YES, MAN IN GREY, I AM STILL AROUND, BUT MY SCHEDULE CAUGHT UP TO ME, AND 362 I'VE BEEN PLAYING CATCH-UP THE LAST COUPLA' DAYS. 363 LEONARD: HERE'S THE INFO YOU REQUESTED. SOMETIME AFTEWR THE EXILE TO 364 BABYLON THE JEWS ADOPTED TO SOME EXTENT THE PRACTICE OF USEING THEIR 365 ALPHEBETICAL LETTERS AS SYMBOLS OF NUMERICAL FIGURES. HOWEVER THIS USAGE 366 DOES NOT APPEAR EVEN IN POST-EXILIC HEBREW BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS. SEE FOR EX- 367 AMPLES, 'A'LETH; BEHTH; DALETH. 368 IN HEBREW NUMBERS ABOVE 10 ARE COMBINATION OF WORDS, REMINISCENT OF THE 369 WAY A CHILD FIRST LEARNS TO PUT LARGE NUMBERS TOGETHER.SUCH AS TWELVE IS 370 TEN AND TWO. EXCEPT THAT TWENTY IS THE PLURAL OF TEN, AND THIRTY A PLURAL 371 OF THE THREE, FORTY A PLURAL DERIVED FROM FOUR, AND SO ON. ONE HUNDRED 372 IS A SEPARATE WORD; TWO HUNDRED IS THE DUAL FORM. OTHER "HUNDREDS" ARE 373 COMPOSED OF TWO WORDS SIMILAR TO , FOR EXAMPLE THREE HUNDRED. THE HIGH- 374 EST NUMBER EXPRESSED BY ONE HEBREW WORD IS TWENTY-THOUSAND, THE DUAL 375 FORM OF TEN THOUSAND. (MYRIAD) LARGER NUMBERS ARE COMBINATIONS OF WORDS 376 FOR EXAMPLE, AT 1 CHRONICLES 5:18 THE NUMBER 44,760 IS, LITERALLY TRAN- 377 SLATED FORTY AND FOUR THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDREDS AND SIXTY. A MILLION IS 378 WRITTEN AS A THOUSAND THOUSANDS. 2 CHRONICLES 14:9. REBEKAH'S FAMILY 379 BLESSED HER, SAYING: "OH, YOU ARE SISTER, MAY YOU BECOME THOUSANDS TIMES 380 TEN THOUSAND [LITERALLY, "THOUSANDS OF MYRIADS"]." GENESIS 24: 55, 60. 381 HOPE THIS EXPLAINS THEIR NUMBERS TO YOU A LITTLE BETTER, IT SEEMS YOU 382 HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF HOW IT WORKED ALREADY. 383 MAN IN GREY: ANY IDEAS ON A NEW TOPIC? 384 DAVER: YOUR STORIES ARE GOOD. I ENJOY SCI-FI, BUT AM NOT A FANTASY 385 ENTHUSIAST. 386 D, REALLY, I THINK YOU COULD AT LEAST LET ME KNOW IF YOUR OUT THERE? 387 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 388 Final Spell (words and music: Derek Foster) 389 The dying rays of a blood-red sun shone bright on a scene from hell: 390 The broken harness and scattered dead of a battle grim and fell. 391 392 In a forest glade two figures stood, their countenances proud. 393 One was a sorceress of ill will; the other was a man of God. 394 395 The man of God cried to his foe, "Surrender while you may! 396 You shall not flee, for by my faith, my sword will bar your way." 397 398 Said the sorceress in a voice of ice, "You bleed from a dozen wounds, 399 And it takes no skill of mine to see you'll be a dead man soon." 400 401 She raised her hands in a burst of fire. The lightnings crashed and groaned. 402 The priest stood still and from him flared a magic of his own. 403 404 The two stood locked in a war of will, of sorcery and power, 405 Till the man of God felt his blood run cold -- he would not live the hour. 406 407 The sorceress' laugh rang loud and shrill. "Now, priest, prepare to die!" 408 But a grim smile played on his ashen lips, for he'd one spell left to try. 409 410 His father's sword he lifted high. He prayed and made his cast, 411 Then bowed his head to the bloody field and breathed his earthly last. 412 413 The sorceress stood in the darkened glade and never said a word, 414 And the searchers found her clay-cold corpse transfixed by the dead man's sword! 415 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 416 As the bard finished, he sat down near the piper. "Actually, my friend, 417 I don't remember either." He started to shake his head and stopped, as a pained 418 look crossed his face. "I've GOT to start singing more and drinking less." he 419 muttered. 420 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 421 AARON: SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PRICE. I NEED ABOUT 8,600 OF THEM 64K DYNAMICS 422 DO YOU DELIVER? 423 GENERAL MACAIBO 424 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 425 426 ###################################################################!# 427 In all, there were only four meteorites, chunks broken off of 428 the moon. They were not too large, but they made good sized craters 429 as they hit and the last one caught the EKKs administration building 430 square in the middle and crunched it and not a small number of officials 431 into REALLY unrecognizable blobs. 432 We of course booked the Wiz, but the scurrying about had broken 433 my translator and I had to go over the criminal code books by hand. 434 I'm always amazed by this Terran law, always having a law for every 435 possible occurrance! I was just settling down to a good long 436 psxxt in private when the phone chimed in again. Why does it always 437 have to happen just when you're wallowed in the sand pit? It was 438 Mallory again, what a pain. 439 This time he had his screen on. I can tell by the way he flinches. 440 He was much pinker than usual about the face. I congratulated him on his 441 health, and he must have been pleased. His face got even redder. 442 "Greeshnakh, of all the pig headed, slimy backed nincompoops that 443 ever..." He wailed on. Even without the translator I managed to catch 444 the usual compliments and amenities quite fluently, missing only a 445 couple of flowery adjectives. He finally got to the point. 446 "...after all that Wiz did, you booked him for THIS?" Malone 447 tapped the indictment crystal against his palm. 448 I opened the four of my eyes which see into the ultraviolet 449 to read the crystal. "Certainly Captain. Having studied the 450 regulations completely, I decided that those charges most correctly 451 fit the crime." All nine eyes blinked once in puzzlement. 452 Malone was very pleased. He turned red as a Qnnf. "Are you 453 kidding?" (I wouldn't be for another six months, but he couldn't 454 have seen the signs yet.) he roared, "FAILURE TO FILE AN ENVIRONMENTAL 455 IMPACT STATEMENT AND DESTROYING THE EKK COLLEGE E?" 456 457 *##########################DAVER#####################################HEH 458 PS...ALL TAVERNS ARE TRANS-REALITY IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT! 459 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 460 461 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 462 The two saffron-robed figures stopped before the door, pulling 463 it closed once again. A tall man in an expensive ice-cream white suit 464 had rounded the corner of the deck. They looked at each other and 465 began to dance..."Hari, Hari..." The tall figure stopped for amoment, 466 as they were blocking the narrow passageway. As he neared, the stopped, 467 and brandishing flowers, went into their pitch. Contremon stopped, 468 and smiling, reached into his coat for his billfold, the Krishnas suddenly 469 enraptured by the thought of contributions. 470 Inside, the inspector heard the two muffled coughs, and the sound 471 of several splashes. No one saw the two red and saffron robed figures 472 as they slowly floated out of sight... 473 ##################'#################################Contremon Valerius 474 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 475 Valinor: thanks for the welcome home. 476 477 Alex: WHOSE math department? 478 Aaron 479 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 480 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 481 probably the best fishing time is when the ocean tides are restless before 482 their turn and in the first hour of ebbing. All fish in all waters 483 salt or fresh feed most heavily then. 484 Best temperatures for fish species vary widely, of course, and 485 chiefly important if you are going to have your own fish pond. 486 Best temperatures for brook trout are 45 degrees to 65 degrees 487 Brown trout and rainbows are more tolerant of highter temperatures 488 Smallmouth black bass do best in cool water. Horned pout take 489 what they find. 490 491 Stay tuned cause later I will bring you up on Hunting and 492 fishing laws 493 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::the Buddha::::::::::::::: 494 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 495 screams break the silence 496 waking from the dead of night 497 vengence is boiling 498 he's returned to kill the light 499 then when he's found who he's looking for 500 listen in awe and you'll hear him 501 502 BARK AT THE MOON 503 504 Years spent in torment 505 buried in a nameless grave 506 now he has risen 507 miracles would have to save 508 those that the beast is looking for 509 listen in awe and you'll hear him 510 511 BARK AT THE MOON 512 513 They cursed and buried him 514 along with shame 515 and thought his timeless soul had gone 516 in empty burning hell-unholy one 517 but now he's returned to prove them wrong 518 519 howling in shadows. 520 living in a lunar spell 521 he finds his heaven. 522 spewing from the mouth of hell 523 524 and when he finds who he's looking for 525 listen in awe and you'll hear him 526 527 BARK AT THE MOON 528 529 ////////////////////TO JUDAS PRIEST////////////////////////// 530 531 :::::::::::::::::::FROM OZZY::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 532 SNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIF 533 AS SOMEONE ABOVE LIKES TO SAY... NUFF SAID 534 SNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIF SNOT NOSE SNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIF 535 P.S. SO ANYWAY, WHAT HAPPENDED TO PAM? HAS SHE ABANDONED US 536 FOR GOOD? I HOPE NOT, I TOO MISS HER INPUT TO THESE BRAWLS. 537 SNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIFSNIF 538 FI SKSK 539 [][][][][][][][][] 1839 02/03/84 [][][][][][][][][] 540 541 Having been absent for some four days due to an illness, 542 I seem to have misplaced BWMS. Metamorphosis strikes 543 again, I gather. PAM, if you are listening, BASBBS will 544 return soon, and I still have the gift for you. 545 546 [][][][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][][][][][][][][][][] 547 548 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 549 ALLRIGHT EVERYBODY, HERE COMES ANOTHER TOPIC: I MUST ASK PEOPLE FOR AS 550 LITTLE PLAGARISM AS POSSIBLE. HERE WE GO!!!!! 551 552 553 T I M E T R A V E L ! ! 554 555 556 SPECIFICALLY, THE PARADOXES CONCERNED WITH THE USE OF IT. 557 NEVER MIND HOW, JUST WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU COULD? 558 FOR THE OLDEST PROBLEM(KILLING YOUR GRANDFATHER) HERE IS MY SOLUTION. 559 NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO. POISONINGS WILL FAIL, A GUN 560 WILL JAM, AN EXPLOSIVE GO OFF AT THE WRONG TIME, ETC. 561 A FACTOR I WILL CALL "TIME ENTROPY" COMES INTO PLAY HERE. 562 TIME WILL RESIST SIGNIFIGANT CHANGES, BUT MINOR ONES WILL BE ALLOWED. 563 EXAMPLE: YOU GO INTO A CAFE AND BUY A CUP OF COFFEE. IF THE RESULT OF THIS 564 IS THAT THE COOK THROWS OUT A LITTLE LESS COFFEE THAT NIGHT, ALL IS WELL. 565 IF HOWEVER, THAT USED CUP WOULD CAUSE THE COOK TO RUN OUT OF COFFEE, IT 566 WOULD REQUIRE AN EXTREME EFFORT OF WILL TO BUY THAT CUP. IF YOU BUYING THAT 567 CUP WOULD RESULT IN THE COOK GOING OUT TO BUY SOME COFFEE AND GETTING RUN 568 OVER IN THE PROCESS, YOU WILL NOT BUY THAT CUP OF COFFEE. YOU WILL GO TO 569 ANOTHER CAFE, OR BE PREVENTED FROM GOSING THERE. 570 SUCH IS MY THEORY. 571 I REALISE THIS AREA IS LACKING IN FACTS, BUT THAT IS NOT A DISADVANTAGE. 572 AN INTELLEGENT PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN ARGUEMENT. 573 THIS LOGIC EXERCISE IS MORE DIFFICULT THAT QUOTING AN ENCYCLOPEDIA. 574 (NO OFFENSE MENT TO THE PREVIOUS DEBATE, IT SHOWS EXELLENT TALENT). 575 576 I AWAIT YOUR REPLIES!!!!! 577 JONATHAN CHANCE 578 579 P.S. M.I.G, WHERE (PHYSICALLY) HAVE YOU BEEN LATELY??? 580 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 581 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 582 jonathan chance,the usual,trying to find work.having funn on mhcc's hp-3k 583 as for the new topic,I feal that it willl result in all kinds of opinions. 584 however I am unable to contribute now due to pain-killers rushing in my head 585 I crashed and burned once again,possibilitys on some DMSO? jcs is being a 586 hard ass and not letting me come to the cast party so call me and tell me 587 what happened to our little blue freinds,o.k.?72% chance of my appering 588 monday at chs,c u 2nd 589 The Man in Gray 590 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 591 time travel? i assume are worried about cause and effect. Why? We have n 592 no evidence time is linear or continuous, if not there is no conflict. 593 A simple paradox creates a "time loop" that closes itself off from the 594 rest of time and therefore is undetectable. 'black hole effect'. 595 No problem. 596 ////////////////////////////////////BAD\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 597 TIME TRAVEL: 598 It takes me about 24 minutes, round trip (if I make all the lights). 599 Here's to happy hallucinations! 600 && The Mad Actor && 601 ++++++++++++++++++++ 602 After a long absence, I have returned. I will begin to enter stories from 603 the book, Destiny, by Paul Aurandt. Hope you enjoy them. 604 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++P. V. Jeltz ++++++++++++++++ 605 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 606 After numerous injurys to his body,a mysterious person dressed entirely in gray 607 limps slowly into the inn.looking around he sees hari krishnas and a piper and 608 several other strange people."home! at last ive found home!" and he collapses to the floor in 609 pain.the innkeeper saunters over to the poor man and requests his order. 610 "3 ales and some canadian 222's please".after limping to a vacent table the Man in Gray 611 lks around once again and sees a man standing on a table shouting "who do you think will win the 1984 election?" 612 and realises that all is good with the world,except of course the lady aiming a 613 TOW anti-tank missile at his chest. 614 might be continued unless i get sober, 615 The Man in Gray 616 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 617 NO ONE LIKES TRIPLE FIVE!!! ALL WHO HEAR HIS VIOCE START ON FIRE WITH ANHER 618 MOST WOULD LIKE TO SHOOT HIM, BUTT MOST JUST PLAIN PUT UP WITH HIM. 619 THIS IS NOT ALWAYS TRUE, ONE DAY SOMEONE BECAME VERY TIRED OF HIM AND WENT 620 AND ****SHOT**** HIS ANTENNA. 621 WELL MABY SOME DAY SOMEONE WILL SHOOT HIM SO HE CAN'T PUT UP ANY MORE ANTENNAS!! 622 SIGNED 623 THE MAFIA 624 (OR BETTER KNOWEN AS THE ROYAL ORDER OF TRIPLE FIVE HATERS) 625 626 628 LYLE DIXSON 629 DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF PAM, I SHALL FINISH THIS DISK. J.C. >