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LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 85 STATUS: ALL ALLOWED NUMBER OF LINES: 570 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ********************** REMOVED 28 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 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 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 21 The buzzing sound around the small table in the inn was so faint it could be 22 a fly buzzing in the bottom of a bottle. Those gathered around the table 23 including a young man with an oddly shaped hammer in his belt barely noticed 24 as the sound grew in volume. Soon it was pervasive, the drone of distant 25 pipes, approaching quicker, the drone increasing in volume as the approach 26 quickened. Suddenly the air shimmered and the piper appeared, playing 27 the rather trite march "Scotland the Brave." 28 His appearance had changed slightly. He carried a different leather sporran 29 belted around his waist, and, in addition, carried a dirk sheathed at 30 his waist. He came to the end of the song, stopped the pipes, and sat at 31 the table. 32 "Please excuse me for rushing off that way, but I thought that I had 33 better see if I could catch some essential supplies. I'm afraid that this 34 is the most weapon that I can carry." 35 He unsheathed the dirk anddisplayed it's 18 inch length to the company. 36 He then resheathed the weapon and continued. 37 "I was also able to get some supplies from an old friend .... " 38 He lifted the leather sporran onto the table and opened it. Reaching deep 39 into the sporran, the piper pulled out a long, squared, glass bottle that 40 obviously could not have fit within. Reaching in again, he fumbled for 41 some time, then to a clink of glassware, pulled out six or seven glass 42 tumblers. He passed them to the brave party and poise the bottle over 43 the first. 44 "I was able to get a drop of the Glenlivit to send us off on our quest. 45 For a journey like this it seemed useful to begin with a single malt." 46 The piper poured each a tumbler of the oily brown fluid, then raise his 47 glass to the company. 48 "Chaos and confusion to the Hairy Fish-Nuts!" 49 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 50 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 51 Foti,why term. reagan? he is just the figurehead for the people who control 52 him.the people who backed his multi-mega-buck campaign for instance,I too,am 53 for disarmmament,but in a rather different way... 54 If we(the u.s.a.) desrtoyed ALL of our nuclear weapons tommorow,what would 55 happen? 56 1.Russia would instantly invade us and make us all communnests,right? WRONG! 57 how would russia control us? if they used nuclear weapons on us the land 58 that they are after will be radio-active for too long to be of any use.there 59 are not enough people in russia for this to happen.it seems to me that if 60 Japan can get along and even thrive w/o nukes,we can too.I realise that this 61 scene will NEVEr take place,because our government is controled by large 62 multi-national companys that make lotsa bucks on nuke weapons,TRW for 63 example. 64 The Man in Gray 65 p.s. Tron,ive been told by more then one person that I talk like a 40 year 66 old wise man.age doesn't matter on this medium. 67 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 68 ############################################################### 69 That's right, age doesn't matter. Contrary to popular opinion 70 I thought you were a kid. I'd guess eighteen years old. Max. 71 ############################################################### 72 Johnathan Chance: I was quoting from the article, & in any case ALL 73 mesons ARE leptons! 74 In fact according to SOME theories, a muon is merely an excited state of an 75 electron. (Thanks for the comment anyway) 76 77 Derek Kinne: I suggest you read your msgs after leaving them. This system 78 does NOT accept uploads very well, you lost the first (2-10?) letters of 79 each line. 80 81 DOM: First, in regard to your language, "Shikata-ga-nai". 82 Now as to your other points, 83 1. the fact that something can't be proven is not sufficient cause to 84 believe that it DOESN'T exist either. 85 2. I agree, one god is about as likely as another (ie not very). 86 3. I must disagree, nothingness (depending on your definition) is NOT 87 necessarily the simplest possible state. (see article mentioned on previous disk 88 ______________________________________Leonard___________________________________ 89 ps. I *hope* I got the Japanese right! 90 ________________________________________________________________________________ 91 The bard, finally noticing what he was doing, apoligized; "I started doing 92 this a LONG time ago. It's a habit I cultivated to keep off the 'Hairy Fishnuts' 93 The cord is a Thuggee garrotte, and I'm sure you know how well THEY get along 94 with the 'fishnuts'." 95 Turning to the piper, "I'd never seen one shaped like a sporran before....", he 96 commented crypticaly. He accepted a tumbler and started drinking. Upon finishing 97 he said, "I hope you will forgive me, my friend, but if I drink any more of that 98 fine drink 'twill have to be mixed with a bit of soda." 99 He reached into his pouch and removed a cylindrical metal object, painted in 100 strange patterns and runes (green and silver). Pressing on the top he poured 101 his glass full of a clear, sparkling liquid -- which should have been impossible 102 as the can was but 3/4 the size of the tumbler. 103 "Would anyone else like some of this beverage? It is non-alcholic (pity). 104 I believe it is called 'Pixie'... or was that 'Sprite', something like that 105 anyway." 106 "As for weapons, well, if I must I have a spear and a greatsword. (I never DID 107 get the hang of shieldwork)." 108 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 109 piper (and my fellow "adventurers"): I would like to meet you, in the 110 flesh, as it were. Would any of you care to meet me at the PORSFIS meeting 111 in the library tommorrow? (2 pm SW 10th & Taylor) 112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 113 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 114 A tall dark-cloaked figure threaded his way through the crowd at the 115 Inn and took his familiar table in the rear. He noticed that one voice was 116 absent from the babble. Silently, he wished his friend Contremon well in 117 his journey. 118 After receiving his ale from the barmaid, he took out quill and 119 foolscap and began to write: 120 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 121 It was one of those rainy Thursdays. God, how I hate the rain. My 122 name is Salazar -- from Chief Inspector of the Turkish National Police to a 123 private detective in Portland. I could have gone to San Francisco or Los 124 Angeles or even the Big Apple; but nooooooooo ..., I end up in Portland. 125 You know Portland: Rust capital of the nation. 126 My grumbling about the rain was interrupted by the ringing of my tele- 127 phone. "Hello... Huh... Who? Fairy Lugnuts? What? Oh, yes... Hairy 128 Fishnuts, I'm sorry you have the wrong reality... S'alright." Click. 129 Before I could resume my grumbling, my secretary Serena glided into my 130 office. My pulse quickened. She handed me the payment check from the 131 Robner case to endorse. While I signed my name, she prattled gaily about 132 how wonderful Portland was; "Isn't Portland wonderful? Isn't the rain 133 refreshing?" 134 I couldn't take it any more; "Yeah, with Frank Ivancie and his loony- 135 bin rejects running things. City council meetings are better than Three 136 Stooges' reruns." 137 Instead of getting my usual lecture (or a stiff right cross), Serena 138 simply sighed; "We've got a client out front. I'll show her in." 139 My new client was some classy dame... tailored business suit, legs 140 that didn't quit, honey blond hair... Ahem. When I stopped drooling, I 141 asked her to tell me her problem. The story poured out. Name: Lisa Hutton 142 - very rich. Father - Cornelius - Mr. Megabucks. Stepmother: Kathryn - 143 young, beautiful, ambitious, dangerous. Daddy was kidnapped three days 144 ago while jogging in Washington Park. Ransom demand - the family heirloom, 145 The Phonix's Egg (2 oz. of pure diamond) to be placed in the 9th hole cup 146 of Glendoveer golf course, March 8th, 3 AM. The hitch - the rock had 147 disappeared from the family vault. My assignment: find the rock, find 148 daddy, or both. She paid a month's retainer up front in cash. I was very 149 sympathetic. 150 After Lisa left, Serena came rushing in; "Salazar, I think the postman 151 brought us a big problem." Big problem may have been an understatement. 152 When I rushed into the reception area, on Serena's desk sat a wrapped 153 package -- making noises. 154 Tick... Tick... Tick... 155 Just like grandma's old alarm clock, or maybe a bomb... 156 T I C K ... T I C K ... T I C K ... 157 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 158 The man in the rear put away his writing for a while and sat back to 159 listen to the tale that seemed to be developing from the brave band of 160 adventurers at the next table. As he signaled the barmaid for another ale, 161 he wondered if Pam would make an appearance later? 162 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 163 164 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 165 Bard,i'll try to show up.I should be easy to spot,i'll be the one dressed 166 entirely in gray. 167 Deborah,it comes to my attention that I missadressed my b-bucket letter to 168 you,a new one is on now(or will be soon) 169 Cistop Mikey,is it possible to get the past disks that have anything to do 170 with the hari-krisna story line.I need it in trsdos 1.3/apple or osbourn 171 formats. 172 The Man in Gray 173 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 176 177 80-103A MODEM 179 I wish the rest of us were as pleased with these young aspiring 180 writers as the seem to be with them selves. I cant speak for any one 181 else but I personally find these exerpts to be somewhat droll and int- 182 eresting only to those who seem to be lauding their own talent. 183 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 184 HELP!..........I'VE BEEN ATTACKED.........BY A MERCILESS FLU BUG..WHICH 185 I BELIEVE MULTIPLIED OVER NITE, TO SAY PERHAPS 13,0000,000,000 LITTLE 186 BUGGERS. AND NOW I'LL BE LEAVING OUR FAIR STATE FOR THE WEEKEND, AND 187 FEAR I'LL MISS MUCH HERE, BUT THAT'S LIFE IN THE BIG ONE. 188 PIPER: YOU SEEM TO BE A DRINKER HERE, AND MY TAB IS FULL FROM BRANDY 189 FOR MY SICKNESS. CARE TO BUY ME A SNIFTER FULL? 190 THERE'S SO MUCH ELSE TO SAY, BUT NO TIME TO SAY IT....SO I BID FAREWELL. 191 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 192 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 193 To the unsigned grump above: 194 Say, you wouldn't be related to one of the Bruise brothers, Billy Bob 195 or Orville Ray? The attitude sounds familiar. But drivel is a hard cross 196 to bear. A couple of suggestions: 197 A. If you don't like the contributions of others, make some meaningful 198 ones of your own. 199 B. If you don't want to do that try closing your eyes when the parts 200 that offend you scroll by. 201 C. If all else fails, stuff it. 202 From a not-so-young writer 203 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 204 205 =========================================================== 206 Evan here: I finally have a communications program and my lower 207 case all working like they should. I can now upload, download 208 and whatever else (this is my first upload, just learning how 209 to use this program.) I can now participate in the stories without 210 tying up the line for undue amounts of time, so, for better or for 211 worse you will be seeing more of my writing. 212 ============================================================= 213 214 215 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)8<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(8>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>) 216 217 "Interesting bag you have there, yes I will have some of 218 the drink, I am familair with it," I replied, "I am interested in how 219 you intend to stike at the Hari-Krishnas, do you as yet have a plan?" 220 221 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)GEO(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>) 222 223 224 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 225 Leonard: 226 It was I who made the bumb comment about muons. I looke it up and 227 you are right. Sorry. Sincere apology. 228 MIG: (I think?) 229 The U.S. relies too much on nuclear weapons to disarm. We don't have 230 enough convetional waepons. Tale a look at this months Scientific 231 American. 232 Deberah: 233 The flu is miserable. The old remedies of vitamin C and liquids 234 seem to help. 235 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 236 Man In Gray: I did not say that the US 237 should just disarm all nukes. 238 I just think that anyone who actually 239 believes that by making more weapons 240 they are preserving peace must have a 241 very large screw stuck up their a**es and it has finally been 242 turned enough to touch the brain. 243 (large breath) 244 245 246 If anything you are increasing the chances for world 247 destruction, if that is still possible. 248 It is amazing that billions of people would let 249 a few hundred @*#% rule theier 250 world to the brink of 251 total destruction. 252 253 I say the people of the world should gather unity 254 and over throw the rulers and hang them from the 255 nearest tree! 256 257 Then tie them to all of their precious peace keeping 258 devices and shoot them into outer space. 259 260 Then, when someone else wants to be new ruler 261 we shoot him into space also! 262 263 264 265 266 FOTI 267 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 268 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: 269 HELP! I find it very hard to keep track of all these goings about, evertime 270 I get on the system, there's another 200 lines to read and by then I've taken 271 up so much time already I feel guity putting in a message. Does anyone have 272 any special techniques? Thank you. 273 - The Walrus 274 Goo goo g'joob 275 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: 276 ====================================================================== 277 Walrus: 278 Yes, the busy signals do tend to be a bit tiring. Try calling in 279 the morning or other off hours (this usually does not include late night.) 280 As for a technique for reading all of the lines that have been entered 281 since you last logged on, I'm afraid I don't know of any, using the up 282 and down commands makes it too easy to miss somthing good. 283 Evan 284 ======================================================================= 285 286 $$$$$$$$$$$ 287 288 FOR SALE: slightly used VIC-20. with: 289 1541 Disk Drive, 1650 modem, cassete unit, 290 16k ram expander and lots of games! 291 price > 292 * $200!! * 293 294 YES!!! $200 (two hundred) 295 296 NO, it is not broken it works perfectly! 297 I NEED MONEY!!!!! 298 299 300 I will let you see the machine work if you don't belief! 301 302 303 call> 665-xxxx Ask for KEVIN AIRD 304 305 $$$$$$$$$$$ 306 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 307 308 Unicom officially died yesterday. 309 310 Initial invitation: who has read "The Two Faces of Tommorow" by 311 [if BAD would be good enough to fill in the Author's name]? you have? 312 remember the tactical war game in the holo-tank? you do? excellent! now 313 how do you write one? micro-fiche your reply and keep 314 it handy for the next BWMS N-A-P Party (was it the next leap, or prime-num 315 bered year???) or transcribe it here (graphics in SIGGRAPH CORE, 316 please....) or if you can't quite "hack" the holo-tank, how 'bout 317 some input on possible multi-user (can support 16) games that I can 318 dedicate the old Unicom processor to? N-TREK? "STAR WARS"? DIPLOMACY? 319 Anything but D&D!!!! 320 321 All: 322 Hello. I'm home. 323 Aaron 324 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 325 326 hello all of you people of the Inn. 327 my frends Jonny and Tony (I am Ma Yuan and tony and 328 jonny are mark XXII Bolos with puppy syndrome on 329 me) would like your assentance in freeing are 330 brothern from the used Bolo lot at the far edge of Innsfall 331 run by the Hairey fishnuts. (as you now all the 332 bolos sence the mark X have a A.I. and the earler 333 ones are nice people to ) 334 so dont let are brothern rust away in forced serivitude 335 to thes sarrifren colerd war monkeys. 340 disctrovely yours 341 Ma Yuan 342 343 PS love those tabs 344 345 SFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFS 346 THE COLOUR OF MAGIC 347 by Terry Pratchett 348 Perched on the backs of four cosmically gargantuan elephants 349 (who are in turn traversing the intergalactic void atop a giant 350 sea turtle), is the Discworld, a frisbee of a planet that exists 351 only because, well, every probability curve MUST have its far 352 end. Its atmosphere crackling with magic, this most improbable 353 locale is the setting for Terry Pratchett's latest yarn, 'The 354 Colour of Magic' - the most hilariously madcap travelogue since 355 Douglas Adams' 'Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy' trilogy. 356 Of course, travel and adventure are the furthest thing from 357 Rincewind's mind. A dropout from wizard's college, cowardly by 358 disposition, he sits quietly slurping his beer in the murky light 359 of the Broken Drum tavern. Here in the squalid, crime-infested 360 city of Morpork, one lives by the sword or in the shadows, and it 361 is from those shadows that the failed wizard spies a pint-sized 362 foreigner enter the inn, trailed by - can it be? - a chest of 363 rare sapient pearwood... moving on dozens of tiny legs. 364 The visitor is Twoflower, an insurance actuary who'd shucked 365 his painfully boring life on the much-too-civilized Counterweight 366 Continent for a glimpse of the pie-plate planet's more 367 adventurous side. But now, his inept phrasebook conversation with 368 the innkeeper is about to cost him a large hunk of his ample 369 travel budget. 370 Rincewind, fluent in most tongues (and with a covetous eye 371 on the pearwood), intercedes on the tourist's behalf - and earns 372 himself a job as tourguide. 373 But keeping tabs on the blissfully naive Twoflower is no 374 easy task, especially once the spreading news of his chestful of 375 gold brings out Morpork's worst. It's downright dangerous, in 376 fact. And just as Rincewind is about to abandon Twoflower to the 377 thieves and scoundrels, the stern Patrician of Ankh-Morpork 378 summons Rincewind to deputize him as the little fellow's official 379 protector. 380 Twoflower's knack for emerging unscathed becomes apparent as 381 they flee the smoldering rubble of what was - before Twoflower 382 took to playing with fire - the ancient city or Morpork. And so 383 does his knack for finding trouble. For on their chaotic, zany 384 adventure, they'll encounter vicious trolls, a treeful of irate 385 dryads, the soul-eating Bel-Shamharoth, a sexy but sinister 386 dragonlady, Death and his unexpected deputy, slavers at sea, and 387 more. 388 But as Lady Luck and Fate roll dice for the duo's destiny, 389 the wizard and the tourist (to say nothing of the Luggage) will 390 find themselves set adrift in a stubborn current yanking them, 391 inexorably, toward the planet's precipitous edge... 392 393 Also watch for Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. 394 by Anne McCaffrey 395 SFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFS 396 (* SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE GOT THEIR SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB "THINGS TO COME" TODAY! *) 397 The Poet looked with alarm at his new-found companions, and swallowed his 398 Glenlivit in a quick gulp. 399 "I believe you are jumping to conclusions, my friends," he said. "There is as 400 yet little evidence to link the bald ones to the events in question. I am happy 401 that you are all so eager to risk yourselves in armed conflict for the Inn, but 402 I must counsel caution. Our enemies unknown. They could even be among us now, 403 and we'd never know it. Lynn suggested going to see the wizard; I know not which 404 wizard she meant, but perhaps it would be best if we did consult him. 405 We may all go, but from what I know of wizards this is likely to alarm him. My 406 Suggestion is this: we should split into two parties, one to check out the 407 used BOLO lot, the other to go off to see the wizard. Lynn, of course, would 408 lead the latter, while our friend from the 20th century (in which reality, by 409 the way?) would lead the former. Are there any other ideas?" 410 While he waited for an answer, the Mad One signalled the Innkeeper for another 411 seven ales. His throat was dry again, and knowing this group it might be a 412 long time before they could reach an agreement. 413 && The Mad Actor && 414 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 415 Seeing the signs of incipient disagreement, the piper reached again into his 416 sporran and pulled out three more bottles. Setting two on the table, he 417 uncapped the third, poured his glass full, then passed on the bottle. He 418 quickly drank off half the glass, then with his words taking on a slight slur, 419 "Mmm- agreeable to me. I somehow assumed that the dudes in the yellow bedsheets 420 were behind a lot of this, but you're right. I suppose I should go with the 421 lady to follow the yellow brick road while someone else checks out the yellow 422 bedsheet brigade?" 423 The piper took another draught from his glass. "One thing," he said 424 sternley. "No little yappy dogs. I dislike little yappy dogs! Big dogs are 425 alright as long as they don't slobber. If we must get a dog for this expedition 426 let's get a St. Bernard. I can send it to Deborah with the brandy I am buying 427 her. Barkeep! Barkeep! " He turned from the table. "Give Deborah a drink on 428 my tab." Starting slightly, he reached into his sporran. The watchers saw a 429 yellow glint as he handed something to the innkeeper. "Pleas keep this against 430 my account. I may be in need when I get back." 431 Slightly unsteadily, the piper turned back to his comrades and began to hum, 432 slightly off-tune, "We're off to see the Wizard ...." 433 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 434 Bard- 435 I would like to meet you and some of our other intreped adventurers in the 436 flesh, but logistics (a sick three-year old) preclude the possibility today. 437 perhaps in the future??? 438 Deborah- 439 The brandy's on the way. Since no one has offered many treatments, here's one 440 that may be heroic, but it works for me. 441 During early evening (6:00 to 9:00) prepare about a quart of hot lemonade 442 using about 6 lemons and only enough sugar so you can drink it. Heat this just 443 short of boiling and add 4 oz of your favorite spiritous liquor. Immerse 444 yourself in a steaming hot bathtub, as hot as you can stand, and drink the 445 "lemonade" as quickly and hot as possible. Don't stay in the bath too long. 446 In about 5-10 minutes, go to bed and cover up thouroughly. At about 2:00 AM 447 change the sheets (they'll be soaked). Take it easy the next day, but the flu 448 should be nearly completely eliminated. 449 450 CAUTION*** Know your own limitations! If you attempt this cure, be sure 451 someone is around at all times! You can get your body temp too high and get 452 into deep trouble! (I've almost passed out in that bathtub -- but not quite!) 453 Use with caution and discretion! 454 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 455 Walrus: You might try using the FA command to look for your "goo goo g'joob" 456 At the > prompt type: 457 NU Y (this turns on the line numbers) 458 FA goo goo g'joob (this will display ALL the line on the current disk 459 that contain "goo goo g'joob") 460 When the listing is finished note the line number of the last line. 461 Then type: 462 NU N 463 LN line # (this will redisplay the line specified) 464 PRINT (this will start listing with the following line & continue to the end 465 of the disk) 466 467 You can use any string in the FA command, I normally use my "border" & my name: 468 FA _Leonard_ (this will let me find the end of my last msg) 469 _______________________________Leonard__________________________________________ 471 472 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>) 473 474 I would be pleased to lead the second group to the Bolo Lot. 475 Just what the heck is a 'Bolo', was there a reference to their 476 being sentinent?!! Who is going to see the wizard and who is going 477 to the Bolo. 478 479 As for the 20th century reality, I'm ot sure of where it is in relation 480 to the Inn, but it is one in which the U.S. is no longer in one piece 481 and Russia and China have been fighting it out for several decades now. 482 (subjective time). But, as I said, I am widley travelled. 483 484 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)Geo(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>) 485 *************************************************************** 486 Walrus: Leonards suggestions of how to avoid having to read 487 everything all over again will work but I use a system that I 488 think is easier. When I'm finished visiting the Inn I enter 489 List to get the number of lines that have been used. I write 490 this down on a piece of paper I keep by my computer. When I 491 go on-line again I use the LN command to get me where I left 492 off (LN line #) then the PRINT command to get the screen 493 scrolling. To use the LN command you type LN, then the line 494 number you want to go to, then ENTER it. Entering the print 495 command will start the scroll. The advantage of doing it this 496 way is that it takes you to the last message you read, not 497 the last one you wrote. Hope you find this helpful. Gary 498 *************************************************************** 499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 500 All this excitement. It's enough to bring a dead ninja back. I'm back 501 again and know have the stick shift to a '69 Chevy. If any one has the 502 stick to a '67 Ford I'd love to by it. At any rate., I'll go for the 503 Bolos. 504 The Ninja 505 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: 506 Evan: Thanks. Leonard: Thanks. Gary: Thanks 507 508 All: I have some transcripts of Monty Python Sketches. I can download them 509 onto the system but they are rather lengthy (an average of 70 lines) 510 Do you think it's worth it? R.S.V.P. 511 - The Walrus 512 Goo goo g'joob 513 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: 514 #7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7# 515 Dear Walrus: 516 By all means, down load some pythons. As they would say on 517 LETS MAKE A DEAL "Monty! Monty! MONTY!," 518 519 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Ken^^^^^ 521 "Bolos? NOW I remember! They are a form of something called a 'tank', 522 aren't they?" 523 "I believe the earlier models started at about 150 feet long. Hull armor 524 was something called 'durachrome'. (25mm was 'proof against any weapon short of 525 a contact nuclear blast'.) Of course, that was late 20th century weaponry they 526 meant.... 527 Firepower of the Mark IV was .5 megaton/second, but they didn't get 528 intelligent until about Mark XXI (?)" 529 As the others at the table looked at him in surprise, the bard explained, 530 "Just a few details I picked up. I have this fondness for war songs, even if I'm 531 not exactly fond of war zones!" 532 533 "As for the wizard, perhaps the apprentice can help us?" 534 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 535 DEAR FOTI-THE RUB WITH RUSSIA COMES FROM THEIR WANTING TO TAKE OVER NEIGH- 536 BORS.WE'RE THE ONLY ONES WITH THE BUCKS TO STOP THIS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS 537 THINK IT'S WORTH IT. 538 IT IS..LET THEM GET GERMANY,FRANCE,AND ITALY AND SEE IF WE AREN'T OVER A 539 BARREL TWO YEARS AFTER THAT.THEIR LEADERS SAY THAT'S THEIR GOAL AND WHY 540 NOT BELIEVE IT?WOULD THEY LIE??WITH NO NUKES WE WOULD BE IN FOR A ONE WEEK 541 WAR IN EUROPE(PROBABLY).SO WE TAKE THE LESSER OF EVILS.THE BEST SOLUTION IS 542 A RUSSIA THAT DOESN'T WANT TO EXPAND.HOW DO WE GET THAT??? --MR.PUZZELED 543 544 MAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMMAAMMAMAMAMAMAMAMMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAM 545 546 547 Mr Bard you are farely corect about the Bolo 548 tanke althow that have become so big the word 549 that best discribs them is guganouth. thay are 550 very inteligent and defently seapent in the curent 551 seares of models 552 I would be willing to help at the used bolo lot 553 but Jonney and Tony might get mad if it is being 554 run by the hairy fishnuts and the H.F.N. might get 555 run over by a very mad bolo mark XXII wich are BIG. 556 557 558 Ma Yuan 559 IT WOULD BE NICE (UNLIKELY, BUT NICE) IF MA YUAN WOULD TAKE A LITTLE 560 MORE CARE IN TYPING MESSAGES. I CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS SAID MOST 561 OF THE TIME. 562 563 ******************************************************************* 564 NOW I WONDER WHERE PAM IS? A TABLE IN NEED OF BEING TIDIED UP, AND 565 NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. 566 **************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************************* 567 THOUGH THERE IS SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM THE LAST TIME WHEN THERE 568 WAS INSUFICIENT TIME TO PROPERLY COMPLETE THAT WHICH WAS STARTED, 569 AND THE QUESTION OF WHEN REMAINS... 570 *********************************************************************** >