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2 ********************** REMOVED: 25 APR 84 ******************
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20 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
21         MADE IT TO THE TOP! (AGAIN..)
22 BARD: i can MODEM7 at any baud, care to go in on a buy?
23 PAM: well, so how is life in the telecom arena? keeping your sanity in the
24     hustle of downtown Portland?
25 
26 ALL: anyone intrested in the BWMS ARCHIVES **PLEASE** contact me ASAP.
27 
28 L'homme: now what didya hafta go and say that for?!? NOW i have to think up
29         something else! did you and MF&E make PorSFiS? did I????????
30 
31 ALL (again): how many BWMS users have 1200 baud modems? how many would chip
32             in $$ for a BWMS 1200 baud modem?? how many are reading this??
33 
34 MiG: I think its sold. Lemme know if your intrested if this guy pulls out.
35 L'homme (again): what is your connection with OGC's SA?
36 HAWTHORNE/ZZZIPSTER/SYNTHETIC MOTHER/: will call as soon as I have time.
37 Milchar: No one here seems to play chess...
38 HERR BACH: ditto on "theory", yes? (re: misuse of 'myth')
39 L'homme (again) & MF&E: sang-froid... "sang", i believe is Korean for "yang"
40                        and thus would mean "emptiness"? or "non-existence"?
41                        ahhh! sang-froid, aka no-8th!   right??
42                        but what is a "garder"?
43 MF&E's mate:  what's a "garder"?
44                                                       Aaron
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47 Zut Alors! Comme ca va? Aaron...'garder' is the verb 'to keep'...garder son
48 sang-froid means to keep one's head...get it? I don't know any Korean,
49 although I know a cute Korean at PSU. What did I say? Did I give something
50 away? Yiii yiii yiii! Yes of course M F & E went to the meeting today, which
51 besides us was only attended (in a backwater sense) by voyeur and MIG (
52 who wore grey again!). We adjourned to the P C & S before things got too
53 weird at the meeting, plus we were disgusted that YOU didn't show up!
54 Then while MF & E and I were walking back to the B of T B we were side
55 tracked be multitudes of young nubile "wavos and trendies" (I had to use
56 those terms...kudos to the originator on this system) who were watching
57 the break dance competition in the Pioneer square. (The view of the dancing
58 wasn't too good, which was fine with me...there were plenty of other things
59 to look at.) What ever happened to your pro punk argument? I am still
60 waiting for your first message on that subject...My connection with OGC's
61 SA...well this might surprise you, but we all have our little secrets...and
62 while I may not be on the H. network, I do have connections at Tek #50
63 and my uncle back East is a good friend of a guy name Cray. Do the letters
64 XM-P mean anything to you? You are still avoiding the chess problem...Are
65 you really afraid? Do you notice that our 'great' adventure is turning
66 into another changling or Harry's women Star Trek episode. 'Logic is a 
67 little flower that smells bad.' Cpt James T. Kirk blows up another
68 computer with his fault tolerent logic!!! Yiiiii
69 $#"')


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"#$ L'homme sans parity partir du bon pied #"!($)!($)#!+($
70 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
71 This is XENON:
72 If anyone is interested in buying software or hardware in the
73 IBM-compatibles, I might have a few connections, or not...
74 I have been working in a store around the N.E. portland area
75 and I sell Columbias, Sanyos, and a few others... including
76 many different types of printers. I also can get a hold of 
77 some Apple stuf too... leave a message if your interested.
78 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
79 
80 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
81 L'homme: "Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad"..i believe..
82 and "logic is little bird in ...etc."....yes on the X-MP. it's the new 
83 designation of commodore's video game system..Yi yi yiii!  sorry couldnt
84 make the PorSFiS.....maybe next year...besides, i have to be on good
85 behavior....don't want MF&E to withold the "E" on overdue books! and I will
86 play YOU chess...in person. 
87                                                 Aaron
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89 cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccgcccccccc
90 I was cruising well out to sea when the call came.  It was a kind of 
91 telepathic yell that blanked half of the upper band and garbled half the
92 arguement that Hyronimus had made to refute Hawkings theory concerning
93 the evaporation of quantum black holes.  We all recoiled in shock, then
94 agreed that someone should investigate it.  I had a sense that somehow a
95 reality shift was involved.  By carefully refining the distortions to my
96 perception, I localted an anomaly somewhere up the Columbia river.  As I
97 was the closest, I put on a burst of speed and headed up river.
98   The river had changed quite a bit since the last time I had been here.
99 These humans are an energetic bunch.  Within a coulple of centuries they
100 can transform a rich, productive ecosystem into total chaos.  Pershaps we
101 should really take a hand.  One small plague would really thin things out...
102   My goodness, this water is foul.  What kinds of things have they put 
103 in it?  (chemoreceptors in my sides go into action)  ugh!  That plague
104 seems more useful all the time.
105   I'm getting closer to the area of distortion.  It seems to be on the 
106 river and moving.  What luck!! I really didn't like the idea of trying
107 to move on land.  I would be terribly stiff for days afterward.
108   Ahh -- I'm in sight of it.  The distortion seems to be coming from a 
109 strange watercraft.  Just as I thought -- humans.  They are a pesky lot,
110 although the're kinda cute.  I hope we don't have to sterilize this place
111 and start over.  Oh look at that, one of the little fellows is trying to
112 defent the rest.  Nessie would like to see this, it's dressed like those
113 of Nessie's.  Well, let's see what's on it's little mind.  Ahh, yes, these
114 are from an alternate reality.  Well, if it want's to begin communication
115 by discussing religion, that seems to mitigate their warlike tendencies.
116 Let's keep this trivial until I can adjust to their means of communicaton.
117                  -Cecil-
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119 
120 
121   YEESSSSSS SOMEONE LOVES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
122 
123 -----
124 TO AARON: YES I HAVE A 1200 BAUD MODEM BUT I TRY TO KEEP IT IN LOW GEAR AS
125           MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WHAT'S THE RUSH LAD?????????????????????????
126      PERHAPS IT'S A PHASE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH OF BEING LONG ON ENTHUSIASM
127      AND SHORT ON TECHNIQUE!!!!!
128   ++ ++ OBSERVER ++ ++
129 ****************************************************:
130 CECIL B. DEMILE? OR ARE YOU JUST SICK OF 'C'S?
131 **************** C.M. *********************************
132 $#!"($)"#({body}lt;"#(%#$%$%&$#!'&){body}lt;#+&>'#){body}lt;&>'#%)&>')%{body}lt;&>'?%){body}lt;&>'?!)&>'?
133 Observer...mind yourself...never never acuse Aaron on being short on
134 technique. Perchance you should evaluate your own technique, keeping a
135 wonderful resource like a 1200 baud modem in low gear is questionable at
136 best.
137 $#"$"#$
138 Aaron...I moider ya! (i don't really know how to type in brooklynese).
139 What was your excuse for not making the meeting this time? Don't give
140 me any of this 'had to man the phone' garbage either...XM-P...
141 associated with crapodore? Yii yiii yiii! I see cecil is here to take
142 out his wrrath on Ted Mahar for all the bad things ted said about Cecil's
143 movies... shame shame shame... Where shall we play (I mean you lose)
144 our game of chess? My security rating is excellent, so don't worry too 
145 much about that (if you know what I mean). Ou voulez-vous jouer aux
146 echecs? As for the Trek quote...I think you are correct... how about...
147 'He called the Enterprise a garbage scow!"
148 #$#'!"$)'#"$)'#"$ L'homme sans parity dans les nues $#"()$(#")$(#"$#"$
149 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
150 
151 Good Afternoon People:
152 
153 
154      This is *The Doctor*  All of you should have a vague idea of who 
155 I am.  If you don't, then you're a lowlife!!!!!!  This is my first time
156 on this system, so I'm not too sure of what I'm doing!!!
157      I am very interested in FRPG's.  I play `STAR FRONTIERS' about 3-5]
158 times a week.  I also have a partner called `Milchar'.  If you have any
159 messages for him or I, feel free to say anything.
160 
161                             `Take two aspirin and call me tomorrow'
162 
163                                          *THE DOCTOR*
164 
165 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
167 The Arch-mage wakes, stunned by his sudden transferral to this strange
168 land.  He looks about, finds his wand, books, and amulets for all occasions
169 nearby.  `Hmmmm...` he says, `I think that that spell wasn't quite right.`
170 He gathers all of his worldly goods and places them in pockets located
171 here and there on his robes.  He sighs. `Now I`ll have to find a way out
172 of here, and back home.`  He begins to wave his wand, tracing ancient
173 runes in midair, while chanting the sacred words, "I'll have a Big Mac
174 to go!!!"
175 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
176 M. HOMME: IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE IS THEIR BROTHER'S KEEPER!!!!!
177   PERHAPS YOU CONFUSE SPEED WITH TECHNIQUE???????????????????
178   IN ANY CASE YOUR TECHNIQUE OF LANGUAGE USAGE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
179 ++ ++ OBSERVER ++ ++
180 SITTING DOWN IN THE BAR OF THE BOAT, WHISPER SAYS I THINK I'LL STAY
181 HERE FOR AWHILE AND GET PLEASANTLY DRUNK. I'VE ALREADY MISSED ENOUGH
182 WHILE I WAS TAKING MY NAP TO LEAVE ME AT SEA (OR IS IT RIVER). ANYBODY
183 GOT SOME JOHN COURAGE OR IRISH MIST?
184                           WHISPER
185 
186 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
187 A FIGHT! A FIGHT! THE FRENCHMAN AND THIS NEW
188 CHARACTER ARE CIRCLING, WAITING FOR THE OTHER
189 TO LOWER THEIR GUARD. EVERYONE LOVES A FIGHT,
190 IT BRINGS OUT THE BEAST IN PEOPLE. WHILE THE
191 FRENCHMAN SPEAKS IN A STRANGE TONGUE, THE
192 OBSERVER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES. WHICH TO YOU IS
193 MORE CONFUSING? BETS ARE NO BEING TAKEN. I
194 OF COURSE WILL HOLD ALL STUBS. COME ONE COME
195 ALL.
196                    MR. DON KING
197 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
198 
199 Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life here.
200 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
201 L'homme: Yes, I am willing to beat you at chess at any location. Say, the B
202 'o T B? Two birds with one stone....assert my masculinity on the field of
203 honor, and amuse MF&E in one fell swoop. But seriously.....how 'bout we play
204 there? Nice place...we could even use KAMAS before we play to see if it 
205 amplifies book openings as well...Q-QL3
206 oooh. that droll mis-quote above reminds me..."He called you a ...." 
207 "Then you hit him."
208 "Oh, no, captian......it wasn't until he called the Enterprise a......"
209 I believe was the precursor to your quote. That particular show is one of
210 my favorites. "You...you didn't beam them into space?" "Oh, no captian, etc.
211 
212 observer: Observing for quite a while, yes? Just whose's alter-ego are you?
213 Is not enthusiasm the stuff of which [something] is made? In any case,
214 your use of punctuation speaks for itself.
215 
216 <><><><>
217 *THE DOCTOR*: too late. we have a doctor (2 in fact! one future, one...well,
218 I guess they are both "future" doctors!) already.
219 
220 the (real) Doctor: Shall we save the Universe again? Nasty fall, that 
221 adventure...                                     The Master
222 <><><><>
223 SARAH: "You really called a 4 star general a NINCOMPAK?"    --old MASH
224 BARD: Let's talk about the archs......picking 1st set up ~3 weeks.
225 DEBORAH: I am waiting for the on-the-clouds explanation. I re-assert my 
226 original question as well.."If/When Jesus returns, how long will it take
227 him to become world-renound?" Yes, Jesus became world-famous for his acts
228 in 3.5 years...but not famous DURING those years! took centuries..
229                                                     Aaron
230 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
231 `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `'
232    The ancient practitioner suddenly heard sounds in the middle of his head.
233 Almost words or the meaning of words; something of a familiar ring. Can it
234 be he wonders.
235   
236 "OUROBOROS, if indeed it is you, your arrival is most timely. I had not
237 the means to speak to these others to tell them that the GOLD that they
238 seek to find is but a mere symbol of that which is of real value."
239 So saying he grew strangely quiet.
240 `' `' `' `' `' -alchemist-  `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `'
241 {
242    okay everybody! which would you rather have? a sack of gold 
243                    --or-- a sack of truth?
244 }
245   I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT OTHERS BUT I ALWAYS DID LIKE GOLD...
246   IF YOU MEAGER TREKKIES (NOTE  THE NON USE OF TREKKERS,TREKS,OR
247 EVEN TREKKITEERS) THINK THAT YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY SMART THIS
248 DIED IN THE WOOL TREKKITE IS    HERE TO TEACH YOU A LESSON.ASK
249 ME PRACTALLY ANY QUESTION AND   THROUGH MY INCREDIBLE MIND I CAN
250 SAY THAT I AM GOING TO GET AN ANSWER TO IT.I AM THE MASTER.AND
251 OLD DOC WHO BETTER NOT GET      ANGERED EITHER.
252   TO THE THIRD DOCTOR;      FRONTIERS WAS OK...... BUT IT IS
253 NOT A GREAT COMPETITOR FOR GDW'S TRAVELLER.IN FACT IT REA HAS
254 PRACTICALLY NO CHANCE AT IT IN  ANY CASE.STAR TREK THE ROLE
255 PLAYING GAME DOES.WITH MANY EXPANSIONS TO BE RELEASED JUST
256 BEFORE OR JUST AFTER THE JUNE 1 ST PPREIMIER OF STAR TREK III:
257 THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK IT IS ABOUT THE BEST CHANCE THAT I'VE SEEN
258 YET.
259   ALL OF YOU MEAGER ONES OUT    THER,YOU KNOW OF COURSE THAT I
260 TOO AM WATCHING YOU.
261   HAWTHORNE
262   P.S. SARAH,LEAVE A MSG FOR ME ON TIBBS(661-xxxx).
263 
264 AARON: I SEE YOU ACCEPTED THE COMPLIMENTS GRACEFULLY!!!!!!
265    JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW SOMEONE HAD READ YOUR MESSAGE, AS YOU
266    REQUESTED.
267                 ta, ta,    ++ ++ OBSERVER ++ ++
268 **********FOR SALE**************
269 1 COMMODORE VIC 20 IN ORIGINAL BOX WITH THE FOLLOWING EQUIPTMENT:
270      1 VIC 20
271      1 16K RAM
272      1 VIC MODEM
273      1 VIC RABBIT
274 ALL THIS PLUS TAPES(15)
275 FOR ONLY $225.00
276 CALL SCOTT    288-xxxx
277 SCOTT HUOTARI
278 XRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRX
279 AARON - AS I REMEMBER, DEBORAH DID ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TO THE CLOUD ISSUE,
280 BUT YOU REFUSED TO ACCEPT IT. WHETHER YOU ACCEPTED THE EXPLANATION OR NOT,
281 SHE DID ANSWER YOU.
282 XRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRX REX XRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXR
283 
284 
285 IF YEARS HAD BEEN THE CHILDREN  OF HIS WISHES,
286 MATTHIAS WOULD HAVE WISHED AND  BEEN IMMORTAL,
287 FOR SO HE FELT;AND HE WAS ONLY AS OLD
288 AS HALF A CENTURY OF SERENITY
289 HAD MADE HIM.AS A MAN DESERVING THEM,
290 HE GLOWED WITH HONORS EARNED.HE WAS APART,
291 BECAUSE BEING WHO HE WAS,AND AS HE WAS,
292 HIS NATURAL STATION WOULD       INEVITABLY
293 BE SOMEWHAT ON AN EMINENCE,LIKE HIS HOUSE.
294 APPROACHIBLE YET CLEARLY AT A DISTANCE,
295 MATTHIAS WAS IN HARMONY WITH HIS HOUSE,
296 AND ALL ELSE THAT INTERSTED HIM.
297 HE WAS IN HARMONY THIS AFTERNOON
298 EVEN WITH CHOAS;AND FROM WHERE HE SAT,
299 ALL HE COULD SEE WAS HIS.THERE WAS NO SKY
300 IN THE WOOD SHADOWED AND FORESAKEN GORGE
301 WWHERE HE WAS NOW,BUT THERE WOULD BE A SKY
302 WHEN HE CAME OUT.MATTHIAS LOVED THE SUN
303 BETTER THAN SHADOWS,AND THE MORE FOR THEM
304 WHEN HE CAME OUT.DOWN THERE IT WAS IMPRESSIVE,
305 IF NOT FOR LONG ALLURING.MIGHTY ROCKS,
306 LIKE A MISSHAPEN CITY THAT WAS DEAD,
307 WERE MONSTEROUS ES WERE AFRAID
308 OF THEM,AND TO A STRAIGHTNESS AND A HEIGHT
309 THAT WOULD NOT ELSEWHERE HAVE BEEN THEIRS THRUST UP
310 THEIR TOPS TO FIND THE SUN.SOMEWHERE ABOVE HIM,
311 THERE WAS A HOUSE;AND SOMEWHERE IN HIS HOUSE
312 WAS NATALIE.SO MATTHIAS HAD NO FEAR
313 TO CONTEMPLATE A FREINDLY RETROSPECT
314 OF A GOOD LIFE WITH NO DISASTERS IN IT,
315 AND NO INFIRM MISTAKES.HE HAD DONE WELL,
316 WHEREFORE HE WAS A GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.
317 GOD ASKED OF HIM NO MORE;AND HE WOULD ASK
318 NO MORE OF GOD THAN WAS ALREADY GIVEN.
319 HE SMILED WITH GRATITUDE,NOT    VANITY,
320 TO THINK OF THAT.A BROOK SOMEWHERE UNSEEN
321 MADE A COLD SONG OF ETERNITY
322 THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE COLD,AND ALWAYS DARK,
323 AND FAR FROM HIS DESIRE.HAVING A RIGHT
324 TO SMILE AT WHAT HE WOULD,HE SMILED AT THAT
325 AND WAS CONTENT-WHEN HE HEARD,SUDDENLY,
326 MORE THAN A BROOK,HE STARTED AND STOOD UP,
327 STRAINING HIS EYES TO SEE WHAT HE HAD HEARD;
328 FOR HE HA HEARD THE SOUND OF COMING FEET
329 THAT WERE THE UNINITED FEET OF MAN,
330 PROWLING WHERE NONE SHOULD BE.MATTHIAS FROWNED,
331 WITH AN EYE NOT EAGER TO MEET A SHAPE
332 APPROACHING HIM THAT WAS AT FIRST A STRANGER,
333 BUT SOON WAS ONE THAT HE MIGHT RECOGNIZE
334 WITHOUT ALARM OR WRATH.
335   POETIST [P-N4]
336   AARON:STILL NO CALL?
337   TREKITEERS:STILL NO QUESTIONS?
338   SARAH:STILL NO MESSAGE?
339   
340   HAWTHORNE
341 
342 
343 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
344 Milchar is suddenly engulfed in a 
345 torrent of silver flame, which slowly
346 dwindles until he is seen no more.
347 Simultaneously, he finds himself near
348 a building on the waterfront. The 
349 name on the sign reads, "The Inn".
350 'Maybe I can find some answers here',
351 he thinks to himself.
352 
353 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
354 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
355 Hedra Helix the mighty and handsome
356 fighter who saves the third 'DOCTOR's
357 behind in most adventures finds a man
358 harrassing a beautiful woman.  He
359 grabs the man and flicks the puny 
360 little ruffian out of the way and
361 wraps his arms around her.  
362 
363 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S 
364 GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?!?!?!?!?!?!?
365 
366 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
367 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  *.*  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
368           _________________
369          /                /|   Does anyone else out there have a
370         /                / |   Macintosh and a modem,  who would 
371        /_______________ /  |   be interested in participating in
372        |  ___________  |   |   a tele-communication  interactive
373        | |           | |   |   graphics experiment?
374        | |           | |   |    
375        | |           | |   |   Please leave me a note here or on
376        | |           | |   |   the Electric Ark.
377        | |___________| |   |          _ _________ _
378        |               |  //\        (_)  /   \  (_)
379        |        ----== | //  \         __/_____\__ 
380        | @             |//    --------|_=_=___=_=_|
381        |_______________|/
382 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  Captn' Barefoot  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
383   
384 :*************************************************************:
385 Mohammed where are you? Your talents are sorely needed. Grand D
386 :*************************************************************:
387 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
388 L'homme: "arena bait"...  additional clues?
389 
390 REX: No, she didn't. Refer to lines 100-104 on DB where she defers the topic
391 until a more convienent time. Whether you read those lines or not, she has
392 yet to reply.
393 
394 DEBORAH: My apologies. Feel free to reply at your lesiure. You seem to be a 
395 clear thinker; i am patiently awaiting your reply.
396 OBSERVER: are you a transient phenomena, or will you be with us for a while?
397 HAWTHORNE: BE PATIENT! I am (at times) a busy person. will call eventually..
398 BARD: Do you have anything faster the 300? At 1200 1 disk appx 40 min to tx.
399                                                     Aaron
400 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
401 #"!$(#")%!("#)%!(!#$)=%(#!$)(%&(#)&>(%){body}lt;&(!){body}lt;(&!)+#{body}amp;(#)%=&(%$)&>(!$)%&
402 OK Hawthorne you little trekless punk! We who call ourselves trekies eat
403  denubian slime devils like you for snacks in between commercials for
404 meister brow (purposly mispelled)...
405 Aaron...shall we dispose of this 'person'...I think his entire being can
406 be replaced by one or two tricorder tapes...
407 $#'()#"$
408 Aaron...after thinking about the BW disks, I'll go in on the lot and hhelp
409 out all I can with the conversions from 8" to 5". Maybe I was a little
410 rough on our friend, who also managed to expose some other questions a
411 about existance, but negative epsilon values like that don't even deserve
412 integration over dy/dx... Chez MF & E sounds fine, but I have some special
413 equipment I want to use, remember? And now for your next quiz, a multi
414 part question... Name all the episodes where bones said "he/she's dead
415 jim!"... just kidding...ok...name the episode with the famous quote...
416 "Death to Zeon!"...that's an easy one...ok...how about this....
417 what episode had the first inter-racial kiss? What episode was almost 
418 made into another television series? What did the neural neutralizer
419 due to its victims? And last but not least, what was the name of
420 Spock's squeeze? Admittedly, these are easy questions, but give them a
421 try? yiiii!
422 $#"($)#"($)"#$( L'hhomme sans parity sans DECUS $#"$(#)"($)"#($#")$#"
423 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
424 
425 l
426 
427 .............DUMB...................
428 
429 
430 
431 An OSAn observation made by a passing observer.
432 
433 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
434 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
435 L'homme: what is this...this... TRIVIA!?! Not being an owner of "the making
436 of Star Trek" or similar sources of inspiration, i will limit my partici-
437 pation to quotes from the shows. What? you didn't answer the "arena bait"
438 question? That show was also fair....need another quote from the same show?
439 
440 Hawthorne: Don't mind L'homme. I give you my personal assurance that it 
441 would take at least 3 tri-corder disks to describe you. Why, the library
442 on DSD's is OVER 3 disks long!
443                                   Aaron (L'homme ala DECUS)
444 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
445 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
446   Detecting the look of interest on the creature's face, the piper began
447 the conversation.  Several barrels of beer down the creature's throat 
448 had the piper sweating to keep up.  Another hour and the piper knew that
449 his best logic could be easily chopped to shreds.  Knowing that defeat
450 was inevetable, the piper slipped his dirk loose in the sheath.  Dinner
451 he might be, but he was going to do his damnedest to cause indigestion!
452   Suddenly the afternood grew distant.  A loud buzzing sounded in his head
453 and the edges of his vision darkened.  A vast silence enveloped him and then
454 a voice -- similar  to a telepathic message but **MUCH** louder -- filled
455 his mind.
456    ##HOW CUTE!  YOU ARE QUITE A FIERCE LITTLE CREATURE, AREN'T YOU?  YOU
457 REALLY NEEDN'T SNARL QUITE SO FIERCELY, I REALLY HAVE NO INTENTION OF EATIG
458 YOU OR YOUR COMPANIONS.  I DO ENJOY YOUR NATTERING ON ABOUT RELIGION, 
459 HOWEVER MISPLACED YOUR OUTLOOK.  YOU HAVE REALIZED THAT YOU ARE MUCH MORE
460 THAN YOU SEEM, BUT HAVE YET TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE MUCH LESS THAN YOU 
461 IMAGINE.  I, ON THE OTHER HAND AM MUCH LESS THAN I SEEM, AND MUCH MORE THAN
462 YOU IMAGINE.  HOWEVER, SINCE YOU WANT TO GO UPSTREAM, I'LL MOVE YOU ALONG.##
463   The piper watched in amazement as the great creature wrapped the craft in 
464 a coil of his immense body.  The engine rose in a scrill scream, then 
465 quieted as the propeller was stripped of it's blades.  A slight lurch was
466 the only effect as the craft left the water, but the piper worried abot
467 the tightness of the hull in the water again.  In the quiet, a pressure
468 seemed to push the piper to the rear of the craft.  Wind rose faster and
469 faster until he went to door to seek shelter.  Inside he heard someone ask
470 the question "What about the dam?" and a terrified yell from someone who
471 was on lookout -- the massive structure was in sight.  Resolving to see
472 the accident that killed him, the piper moved to a window for a better view.
473   Many yards ahead, the head of the creature came out of the water, followed
474 by the immense span of the creature's neck and body.  Great gleaming canopys
475 of iridescent colors issued from the creature's sides and the entire beast
476 rose into the air with the watercraft still settled into a coil of it's
477 body.  ## NOW ISN'T THAT MUCH EASIER , ITTLE CREATURE?##
478 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
479 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
480 cym:  So you insist on grouping all of us together still?  I have some
481 very good friends who are atheists.  Too bad with that attitude of yours
482 you can never be one of them.
483                    Bo
484 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
485 #!"($)!'?$(")#!*%($!#)&>=%(#){body}lt;&()#+{body}lt;($)#+(&)%=(&){body}lt;%=()=%(&)%{body}lt;(&)&>
486 Aha Aaron...you defend the little people...how...amusing!...The
487 "arena bait"...possibly from 'Bread and Circuses'? You have yet to
488 answer "Death to Zeon!" That first special kiss was on 'Plato's Step
489 children'... Got any more questions? As for these books, although I 
490 have seen them in bookstores, I have refrained from buying them also. 
491 I can't stand B. J. Trumbell (or whatever her name is). And David
492 Gerold is really too strange for my tastes. He writes one episode and thinks
493 he is king!
494 Watch out for little ones! yiiii!
495 $"#('$)#"($)"# L'homme sans parity avec un bit de ferme $#"$()"#($)#("
496 
497 :************************************************************:
498 :***  Hmmmm...I wonder if PAM kidnapped Mohammed Wassir.  ***:
499 :************************************************************:
500 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
501 L'homme: "Death to Zeon!".....I'm working on it... As for "arena bait", I 
502 don't have a concordance, so I couldnt tell you the title. Try this one:
503 "think about.....music" no, no, too easy... how about "no, i'm just me.".
504                                             Aaron
505 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
506 ########################################
507 BO: Sorry that you feel that you need to defend your feelings, me thinkest
508 that thou ptotesteth too much!
509 as for being friends, that would never happen as I am much too selective
510 in my choice of friends. I would never knowingly accept the friendship
511 of one whose views are so detrimental to the wellbeing onf all my fellow
512 beings.
513 ###############C.Y.M.###############################4/23/84 10:56am#########
514 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
515 C.Y.M. - As a fellow Athiest I can't help but agree with your underlying 
516 ideas. I can't, however, abide by the self righteousness that you seem 
517 to think makes you somehow superior. You may not admit it, but your attitude
518  is that of a bigot. I find this deplorable in someone whose ideas I 
519 basically agree with. Your obnoxious attitude is giving your fellow athiests
520  a bad name. I wish you'd get your act together. 
521                                Bill Charles
522 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
523 (((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
524 Bill: Comments like that, true as they may be, just keep this 
525 arguement going. Many of us are getting tired of C.Y.M. and the
526 whole religon arguement. We'd just as soon get on to something 
527 else. You're not helping by feeding the flame.
528                          Andy
529 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
530 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
531 Hello all,I havn't much time but this is it.
532 for the next 2+ weeks I will be unable to log on to the backwater at all.
533 i'm sure that some of you are chearing,but for the serious inanity writers-
534 much luck with the sea monster.also try giving L'homme sans parity's ideas
535 some thought.see you all in 1209600+-1000 seconds.
536 The Man in Gray(and`several other identitys)
537 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
538 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
539 Goodbye Mig, you will indeed be sorely missed.....    
540                                     Fast Fred
541                                     BSAL
542 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
543 /\|\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|
544 ALL OF YOU OUT THERE ARE WRONG, THERE
545 IS NO SUPREME BEING, BUT A SUPREME
546 RODENT!!!  WE SHALL BE ALL POWERFULL!!!!
547            THE GERBIL
548 \\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|\\|
549 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
550   absolute heresy! the supreme rodent is a Hamster! WE shall be
551 all powerful, not those creepy gerbils! I'm gonna live forever--
552 I'm gonna learn how to fly................baby remember my name!
553                                     Habitrail Harry
554 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
555 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
556 YOU BROUGHT HOME A WHAT?!?  EEEEEK! GET IT OUT OF HERE!               --MOTHER  
557 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
558 YESSSSSS I KNOW SOMEONE LOVES YOU BECAUSE SOMEONE LOVES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
559 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
560 Hi Guys, 
561        So here come the rodent..... Well this is exterminator John.  
562 So I'll be on watch for the rodent and the others.
563 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
564 #####################################################################
565    RESURRECTION OF THE LAND OF THE ROACHES
566 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
567 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT........(POP)!!
568     AS THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER APPROACHES, THE 
569 SEASON OF THE BITCH TIGHTENS ITS METEOROLOLIGICAL
570 GRIP ON THE UNSESPECTING ROACHES.   AND WE CAN HEAR
571 THE UNSEPECTING EWING ROACH PORCLAIM..............
572             "F-U-M-E-U-T-H-E-B-U"
573       THE "HUB" CITY HERALD 
574                      (C) "ZULU" ENTERTAINMENT CO
575                                           VOLUME 1., NO. 1
576                EDITOR in CHIEF??? joe
577 ################################################################
578         -------------
579          GOODBYE
580 ????????????????????????????????????????
581 TO:  The Master and "First 2 Doctors"
582 
583         This is the REAL Doctor speaking
584 I have been 'The Doctor' since I first
585 saw Tom Baker as Our Favorite Time Lord!
586 If you want to argue about it, my TARDIS
587 is at your disposal!!!  I'll show you 
588 Who's Who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
589                 The REAL Doctor
590 ????????????????????????????????????????
591 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
592  
593      I've arrived at my home deep in the wood, and alas! even here I find
594 that my absence has led to trouble.  There is so much dust, the yard is in
595 disrepair, weeds have overgrown the flowerbeds; only the fence and the
596 sturdy shutters on my windows remain as solid as before, denying entrance
597 to all who come to close.  The fence and shutters are relatively new
598 additions to this home, coinciding only by coincidence with my earliest
599 entrance to this land, and their presence is disturbing to some.... some
600 whom I value as friends.  I can only hope that they will see them not as
601 blockades erected to ward them off, but as protection for myself against
602 the darkness that awaits without.
603  
604      Having cleaned, straightened, weeded, cut, and cleared, I think of the
605 excusion party moving eastward and upstream.  Are they going to Goldendale
606 and the New Henge?  If they intend to return here it would be a good place
607 to cast their runes, though its power is only through sympathy to the
608 original rather than through itself.  There seems to be enough power amoung
609 them to transfer those without the ability to transfer themselves, so my
610 own insubstantial help is not needed there.  Besides, I have always drawn
611 more strength from Avebury, Silbury Hill, and the West Kennet Long Barrows
612 than from the Henge.
613  
614      I look about myself, and see that things have been returned to a small
615 measure of order, so perhaps I will join them anyway!  If Goldendale is
616 their destination, I'll await them there, and if not, I'll draw some warmth
617 from the effigy of elder days.
618  
619 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
620 TO PAM 
621       I LIKE THIS STORY !  IT IS RATHER INTERESTING! 
622                            NEW USER BOB
623 *******************************************************************
624 PAM - It is being locked out in that very backness that troubles. The cold
625 chills to the bone. There is no warmth of a flame to brighten the way. It
626 is a jungle of fear and lonlyness like unto an unmowed lawn. Is this fear
627 then so great? Do these walls gather strength? Or are they but a temporary
628 barrier that in time like the walls of Jerico soon to come tumbling down?
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