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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/15/88 20:52 Msg:2296 Call:10004541 Lines:5
20 If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least
21 once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
22 Rene Descartes
23 ************************************************************************
003=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/15/88 21:02 Msg:2297 Call:10004542 Lines:7
25 THIS IS WORLD WATCH THREE>>>>>>>>>>>
26 Looks like we're on to@p again!
27 Such a spiffy place to be, too. So
28 sorry I've nothing to say.
29
30 Has anybody noticed a few of the
31 system commands DON'T WORK! I
004=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/15/88 23:41 Msg:2298 Call:10004547 Lines:6
32 remember a few from way back when,
33 but that was befor the revision of
34 the system. Are they nolonger used?
35 ^b
36 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
37
006=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/16/88 03:36 Msg:2300 Call:10004550 Lines:65
39 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
40 All righT! A new Disk! Well all, lets see. Hmm. I know, I'll enter the
41 next part in the continuiing adventures of John Eddison, Inter Dimensional
42 police Officer!
43
44 (When we last left our adventurer he was drunk out of his mind and flying
45 blindly through the space time continue. The brownie was gone, Will he return?)
46
47 John Eddison came slowly back to reality. (Or what ever passed for reality
48 in this fractured place.) His head ached and his body throbed. Or perhaps it
49 was his head that throbed and his body that ached.
50
51 The space all around him was a dull gray. Instantly he knew that he had
52 somehow ded up in the Inter Dimensional ether. Sh*t!, Ouch!! he said feeling
53 the effects of his over indulgence.
54
55 He took a moment or two to let things stabilize a bit. on the Panel of
56 his tub a red light was flashing. He moved slowly forward and flicked the
57 switch that was set beside it.
58
59 "Eddison? Are you there?" The chief said from the speaker above the switch
60 and up and to the right of the light.
61
62 "Chief! Ah, is there a problem?"
63
64 "Yes theirs a problem. I'm going to have to call you back from vacation."
65
66 "It's not the destruction of the Universe again is it?"
67
68 "No, we used that plot last time. We'll have to wait awhile before we
69 can get away with it again. Anyway, the Author has come up with a new story
70 line."
71
72 "Good, I was getting sick..."
73
74 "Eddison! Pay attention."
75
76 "Yes sir!"
77
78 "Good, Now I want you to proccede to the coordanites now flashing on the
79 screen.:
80
81 "Ok, then what?"
82
83 "You'll be getting orders on your arival."
84
85 "Ready willing and able sir!"
86
87 "Eddison, have you been drinking again?"
88
89 "Only a little."
90
91 "I thought so. Get to work man."
92
93 "Yes munchkin!"
94
95 "What was that?"
96
97 "Nothing sir! Getting as ordered."
98
99 "Good, see that you do!"
100
101 James of Cassandra.
102 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
103
007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/16/88 15:09 Msg:2301 Call:10004564 Lines:13
104 &*&*&*&*'s
105
106 Hello,
107 So now that we have a new disk I guess we can start in on some more Stories.
108
109 Anyone got any ideas?
110
111
112 An Astral Dreamer.
113 &*&*&*&*'s
114
115
116
008=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/16/88 15:21 Msg:2302 Call:10004565 Lines:10
117 -=-=======-=----------===================-=---------------==================
118 As I asked before and am so doing again...WHAT is a meglomaniac? 999
119 Kansas, I've got to find Kansas! 034
120
121 Lord of the 7 abernackys
122
123 Beaker
124 \__/
125 oo
126 -{=-=-------=-=====-=-------=-========---===============------=-=========---078
009=Usr:453 jim walroth 09/16/88 17:09 Msg:2303 Call:10004568 Lines:4
127 Well, this is certainly better than the last time I checked out this BBS and
128 the only thing on it was a bunch of adolescent "I'm going to destroy the world
129 right after I finish with you" type messages! Could things be looking up after
130 all?
010=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/16/88 18:00 Msg:2304 Call:10004569 Lines:12
131 !!!!!@@@@@#####+++++)))))
132 I think that things are looking up. It seems that we are starting to build
133 up a base of mature interesting peaple.
134
135 Megolomaniac? Hmm, I think it meens somthing like "He who would rule over
136 others."
137
138 Kansas? Were is kansas?
139
140 James of Cassandra.
141 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+)))()
142
011=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/16/88 19:35 Msg:2305 Call:10004570 Lines:5
143 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@user twoeightthree!#########################
144 Gads! I'm back! Thpt. Speaking of kansas...where is it?
145 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Friday night! (with a hot date!)############
146 ^C
147
012=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 09/16/88 22:41 Msg:2306 Call:10004576 Lines:2
148 If you have a hot date, then what in blazes are you doing here? The only
149 reason the rest of us are here is because we don't have a hot date......
013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/16/88 23:29 Msg:2307 Call:10004577 Lines:19
150 &*&*&*&*'s
151
152 Perhaps Kansas is lost?
153
154 The wanderer sat at a corner table in the Inn at the crossroads. The Inn was
155 nearly empty, and the barkeep was eyeing his empty table.
156
157 "Barkeep, bring me your best dinner. And if you would, please prepare a bed
158 for me."
159
160 The barkeep barked an order to the kitchen and began to wipe the counter down
161 for what must have been the millionth time.
162
163 "Not much is happening here alas. Perhaps I should go out and find my own
164 adventure." The wanderer mumbled as he stared at the ceiling.
165
166 An Astral Dreamer.
167 &*&*&*&*'s
168
014=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/17/88 18:55 Msg:2308 Call:10004593 Lines:17
169 ----=====------=====----------============----------------=================-
170 He who would rule over others. I wouldn't rule...it's more of a trade-off
171 you just havee to look at it
172 right. (stupid <CR> key
173 )
174
175 Maybe Kansas is in Ohio, there has GOT to be something there.
176
177 Lord Bea
178 ker \__/
179 o
180 o
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183 030
184 040
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015=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/17/88 22:40 Msg:2309 Call:10004602 Lines:7
186 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
187
188 Maybe kansas is in George bushes head. There has to be somthing in there!
189
190 James of Cassandra.
191 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
192
016=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/18/88 11:15 Msg:2310 Call:10004614 Lines:2
193 HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!!!!!!!!!!!
194
017=Usr:587 J BARR 09/18/88 20:30 Msg:2311 Call:10004624 Lines:7
195 ]Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their countyr.
196
197 Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid ofUP2
198
199 GO/
200 AP]
201 AP
018=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/18/88 21:46 Msg:2312 Call:10004626 Lines:7
202 &*&*&*&*'s
203
204 Now is the time to find out what time it is!
205
206 An Astral Dreamer.
207 &*&*&*&*'s
208
019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/19/88 02:21 Msg:2313 Call:10004632 Lines:12
209 &*&*&*&*'s
210 Hmm, I wonder what happened to everyone who was on here last week? Did the
211 full disk scare you all away? It doesn't happed that often, and it has
212 never been full that long befor. It was a fluk. Hounest!
213
214 So, will all of you come back? :-)
215
216 An Astral Dreamer.
217 &*&*&*&*'s
218
219 Argh! I wish I could spell!^
220
020=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/19/88 06:38 Msg:2314 Call:10004634 Lines:6
221 ***************************** 19 Sep ************************************
222 Astral Dreamer;
223 I will have to admit, that the full disk confused me, I couldn't log on, and
224 nothing ever changed... so, now what happens???
225 -Renee-
226 **************************************************************************
021=Usr:32 JOHN SILVERMAN 09/19/88 13:01 Msg:2315 Call:10004640 Lines:16
227
228 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
229 Hi there, folks. If you enjoy this BBS format why not give J.D.'s Place a
230 call? We have three bulletin boards of this same type inside the regular
231 BBS and I would love to see them get more use. They are:
232
233 The Wall - A place for conversation, thoughts, and ideas.
234 The General Storyboard - A different format for writing stories.
235 The Adult Storyboard - Some fo the hottest stories around! (over 16 only)
236
237 So if you like this type of bulletin board, why not give us a call?
238 --- 256-xxxx --- 300/1200 Baud ---
239 We'd sure love you have you!
240 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#This is an unpaid advertisement by J.D. Silverman#$#$#$#$#$
241
242
022=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/20/88 06:55 Msg:2316 Call:10004641 Lines:4
243 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User 283!###################################
244 J.D. silverman's ad actually was paid! You people havta pay attention!
245 His own atari 1040st payed him 10,000$ just to place that ad..
246 @@@@@@@@@q/40{M@@@@@@#@@@@@#################################
023=Usr:71 David Shult 09/20/88 11:44 Msg:2317 Call:10004649 Lines:79
247 696969696969
248
249 { Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987"
250
251 AMERICANS SPYING ON AMERICANS
252
253 The Reagan administration's paranoid concern with communism has
254 led to the development of a national private spying network and an
255 official effort by the FBI to turn America's librarians into spies.
256 People and groups who speak out against Reagan adminstration
257 policies put themselves in jeopardy of surveillance by private
258 intelligence-gathering organizations composed of conservative groups
259 with close ties to the White House. Members say they pass on the
260 information they collect to federal agencies, like the Justice
261 Department, and on occasion to the White House itself.
262 Conservative groups involved in these spying activities include
263 the Institute for Contemporary Studies, the Young America's
264 Foundation, the Council for Inter-American Security, and the Capital
265 Research Center.
266 Stephen Schwartz works at the Institute for Contemporary Studies,
267 a San Francisco think-tank founded by top Reagan aides like Ed Meese.
268 Schwartz calls it "the commie-watching network."
269 Michael Boos, Program Director of Young America's Foundation,
270 says the group promotes conservative ideas on college campuses .. and
271 keeps track of what the left-wing opposition is up to. Boos keeps
272 files, makes lists, takes photographs ... all to keep an eye on
273 students and professors he says "need watching." Boos says that two
274 top-level Reagan Adminstration officials -- Ken Cribb, Assistant to
275 the President for Domestic Affairs, and Frank Donatelli, the
276 President's chief Political Advisor -- support his work. Both serve on
277 Young America's Board of Directors. Young America's financial records
278 reveal the oganization received money from the federal government --
279 over $100,000 from the United States Information Agency.
280 Michael Waller gathers information on left-wing activists for a
281 private political group called the Council for Inter-American
282 Security. The Council claims that Bill Casey was driven to have a
283 brain seizure because of harassment by the liberal media and liberal
284 members of Congress. It also claims that Michigan Congressman George
285 Crockett was once a communist agent and that other congressmen who
286 secretly collaborated with the Soviet KGB included John Burton, Ted
287 Weiss, Ron Dellums, John Conyers, Don Edwards, and Charles Rangle.
288 Willa Johnson, who heads the Capital Research Center which
289 gathers information on}i opponents of White House policies, is former
290 Deputy Director of Personnel at the White House. The Center gets its
291 money from corporations and right-wing benefactors like Joe Coors and
292 Ellen Garwood, two key funders of the secret White House effort to
293 support the contras.
294 Meanwhile, the FBI officially recruits librarians to spy on
295 library users who might be diplomats of hostile powers recruiting
296 intellnence agents or gathering information potentially harmful to
297 U.S. security. While the current program, euphemistically called the
298 "Library Awareness Program," started shortly after the August, 1986,
299 arrest of a Soviet spy who frequented New York Libraries in search of
300 y student recruits and stolen, unclassified library materials, the xDFBI
301 said the program has existed for years in various incarnations.
302
303 SOURCES: KRON-TV Target 4, San Francisco, 11/10-12/87, Sylvia
304 Chase, Jonathan Dann; Center for Investigative Report{_ing, Dan Noyes;
305 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 2/23/88, "FBI as~rks librarians to help in the
306 search for spies," by Amy Lin{_n.
307
308 696969696969696969
309 Some facts from Harper's magazine's Harper's index7sf*
310
311 Number of lines in Ronald Reagan's entry in the 1988-89 edition of
312 "Who's Who": 8
313 Number of lines in Nancy Reagan's: 24 |`
314 Number of lines in George Bush's}i: 14
315
316 Percentage of all voters who had an UNfavorable opinion of George
317 Bush in July 1988: 40
318 Percentage of all voters who had an UNfavorable opinion of Walter
319 Mondale in July 1984: 29
320
321 lting int of Dippitdo: 122 degrees F.
322
323 I think the above pretty much says it all.
324
325
024=Usr:71 David Shult 09/20/88 15:06 Msg:2318 Call:10004652 Lines:62
326 line 321 should read: Melting point of Dippity-do: 122 degrees F.
327
328 696969696969
329
330 Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987"
331
332 REAGAN'S 1980 "OCTOBER SURPRISE" -- ARMS FOR HOSTAGES
333
334 In October 1980, nothing worried the Reagan campaign as much as
335 the possibility that the 52 hostages held by Iran might come home.
336 A "paramilitary wing" created by Reagan's campaign staff to prevent
337 such a possibility was largely unreported in 1987.
338 The revelations report that then campaign manager William J.
339 Casey headed an "October surprise" team engaging the services of both
340 retired and active military personnel.
341 During the course of the 1980 campaign, campaign leaders Richard
342 Allen, Edwin Meese, and Casey became concerned, almost to the point of
343 paranoia (according to journalists Jack Germond and Jules Witcover)
344 that Carter would get the hostages released thereby stealing away
345 Reagan's election momentum and assuring Carter of re-election.
346 Following is a brief overview of the reported activities of
347 Reagan's "October 1980 surprise" team:
348 Various reports reveal that Casey's "paramilitary wing"
349 monitored U.S. military movements for the Reagan campaign, met with
350 representatives of the Bani-Sadr government of Iran, and covertly
351 obtained President Carter's debate briefing materials prior to the
352 November election.
353 These revelations alone carry enormous constitutional
354 implications -- private citizens soliciting military and intelligence
355 assistance in monitoring U.S. government operations, private citizens
356 meeting with foreign dignitaries in possible state negotiations, and
357 private citizens clandestinely obtaining property of the United States
358 President -- and yet they were not followed up by the major media once
359 discovered and revealed in small, non-mass media publications.
360 Even more disturbing is the issue of Iranian arms shipments.
361 Documents confirm that within its first month, the Reagan
362 administration gave a green light to Israel to resume its arms
363 shipments to the Iranian government.
364 These revelations support former Iranian President Bani-Sadr's
365 assertion that the arms supply contract Iran signed with Israel in
366 March 1981, less than two months after Reagan's inauguration, was the
367 payoff for delaying the release of the American hostages until after
368 the November 4, 1980 election.
369 The hostages remained in captivity until January 20, 1981, the
370 day Reagan took the oath of office, and they left Teheran minutes
371 after he became president.
372 A conspiracy between a presidential candidate and a hostile
373 foreign power against an incumbent president would seem to be without
374 precedent in American history. At the very least, it would seem that
375 the documented charges revealed by a few journalists last year
376 deserved to be investigated for the benefit of the American public by
377 the U.S. media.
378
379 SOURCES: L.A. WEEKLY, 7/10/87, "Reagan's 1980 Hostage Deal," by
380 Barbara Honegger with Jim Naureckas, pp 12, 14, 16; THE NATION,
381 6/20/87 (p 842), 7/4/87 (p 7), 8/1/87 (p 80), 10/24/87 (p 440),
382 11/21/87 (p 582), "Minority Report," all by Christopher Hitchens; S.F.
383 EXAMINER, 7/12/87, "October Surprise," by Warren Hinckle, p A-13.
384
385 696969696969696969
386
387
025=Usr:121 Hamfred Gammidge 09/20/88 15:22 Msg:2319 Call:10004653 Lines:7
388 Ok, Beeeker, I looked up megalomania in the dictionary. It said:
389
390 meg.a.lo.ma.ni.a n. a mental illness marked by delusions of greatness,
391 wealth, etc.
392 meg'a.lo.ma'ni.ac, n., adj.
393
394 Does that help any? Hamfred.
026=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/20/88 15:32 Msg:2320 Call:10004654 Lines:11
395 Thanks Hamfred,
396 I appreciate the effort.
397
398 Now to clear things up...What delusions, this is reality I'm talking about.
399 OOPS! I forgot my top border:
400 -=-=======-------========-=-====-====-------------=-=-------==========------
401 Arg, well this is just a screwed up message. Ok, maybe a few delusions...
402
403 Lord Beaker \__/
404 oo
405 -==--==-{===------========----------=-========-=-------------------=-======-
027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/20/88 22:32 Msg:2321 Call:10004668 Lines:8
406 &*&*&*&*'s
407 Nice to see some action here. So how is everybody?
408
409 Word wrap, Word wrap. My Kingdom for Word Wrap!
410
411 An Astral Dreamer.
412 &*&*&*&*'s
413
028=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/21/88 06:06 Msg:2322 Call:10004675 Lines:9
414 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
415 Ok, Lets see. Today is wednsday. Anybody ever wonder why they put a d in
416 wednsday?
417
418 Well, I wonder too. How about some answers?
419
420 James of Cassandra.
421 !!!!!@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
422
029=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/21/88 06:59 Msg:2323 Call:10004676 Lines:11
423 ******************************** 21 Sep *************************************
424 Wow, we are almost half way to a full disk again. What world problem are we
425 going to solve in the 400+ lines we have left. How about the lack of word
426 wrap in the general population. I hear that the masses are crying for word
427 wrap, and there is a not enough to go around. Only "top men" in the
428 government know the real word wrap problem. The President is scheduled to
429 meet with a couple of his top advisors (Nofzinfer and Meese) to solve the
430 word wrap problem.
431 -Renee-
432 ******************************************************************************
433
030=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/21/88 08:24 Msg:2324 Call:10004678 Lines:3
434 The prez is gonna rap about wrap eh? Personally I think word wrap is
435 getting a bum rap. Well, I guess that about wraps it up for now.
436 *************
031=Usr:589 Henry Rollins 09/21/88 13:20 Msg:2325 Call:10004686 Lines:13
437 One day I was out side catching some rays when suddenly my left toe started to
438 get larger and larger. I didn't know what to do. So I cut it off with a big
439 butcher knife. That's better. I amputated my own toe.
440 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
441
442 Hi! My Name is SPOAITUCJEBANEAGAZIONE , and I'm a TRIABCUENANTOIABE and have
443 seventeen arms three hundred and fourty legs and one eye! and I am a damn good
444 cook!
445
446 People are weird. They are hairy, but weird. Elvis is alive! He lives in the
447 soles of everyone of us. Elvis was never dead! Because i saw him yesterday
448 wondering around downtown at Pioneer Square. Thanx, Dan Rather.
449 WHAT A BLOODY WASTE OF SPACE
032=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/21/88 16:07 Msg:2326 Call:10004691 Lines:18
450 &*&*&*&*'s
451 Ah, yes. But there is so much space out there.
452
453 Well, It seems this word wrap thing is coming to a head. Peaple in the streets
454 are talking about. The really do won't action. Hopefully the presidential
455 candidates will make some sort of a statment in the near future about their
456 stand on this important issue.
457
458 Oh yes stiwt beware, We have a sysop here who is not amused by your behavior.
459 But of course we have no stiwt on this board so I suppose the warning is
460 without cause.
461
462 Live long and prosper! (Yeah, I know it's a cliche',but its a great line.)
463
464 An Astral Dreamer.
465 &*&*&*&*'s
466
467
033=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/21/88 19:43 Msg:2327 Call:10004696 Lines:20
468 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User TwoEightyThree!#########################
469 Hey! I have a proposal! Let's all get back at good 'ole mikey by NOT hitting
470 return at the end of a line so the messages take up twice as much screen space
471 and all that? What a great idea, huh? Maybe that is a way to get word wrap!
472 Now hang on, Let me go make a macro!
473 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap
474 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap
475
476 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!
477 Word Wrap!
478 Word Wrap!
479 Word Wrap!
480 Word Wrap!
481 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@THPT###############################################
482 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap
483 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!
484 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!
485 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!
486 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!
487 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@###################################################
034=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 09/21/88 21:38 Msg:2328 Call:10004699 Lines:2
488 Now there is intelligent commentary on backwater specifically and society in
489 general.
035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/21/88 21:46 Msg:2329 Call:10004700 Lines:7
490 &*&*&*&*'s
491 Milchar, seems there is a request for wordwrap. You and Mikey can't let us
492 down now can you? :-)
493
494 An Astral Dreamer.
495 &*&*&*&*'s
496
036=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/21/88 23:03 Msg:2330 Call:10004702 Lines:9
497 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
498 Ah, Yes. Word wrap. The phrase has such a delicate texture. It almost
499 rolls off the tounge.
500
501 Life with out Word Wrap is colorless!
502
503 James of Cassandra.
504 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
505
037=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 09/21/88 23:55 Msg:2331 Call:10004704 Lines:32
506 {}
507
508 At first, there was nothing.
509
510 Then, after the blinding light passed, a space formed. It was
511 small, eratic sphere, but none the less, a space. It expanded in
512 Beta-Space, becoming smoother and more regular with time, like a
513 nuclear warhead in real space. Then, visible light dimmed into the
514 vast, dark area. In the middle was something not quite a man, and
515 not quite a child. Exactly 20 years of age on September 21st, 1988,
516 he "floated" in the exact center of this 100-meter wide sphere. An
517 atmosphere formed around the orange-robed subject. The not-quite-
518 but-almost a man ended the meditation, and opened his eyes. Before
519 him was a phone wire that had neatly snapped at one of the connecting
520 edges.
521
522 Damn, (he thought,) I'm stuck here again! A quick fix on this
523 piece of chicken excreatement should bring be out...
524
525 And lo, on September 21st, 1988, Hagbard Celine fixed the #!^$#@
526 phone-line that had disconnected him from the Inn at the Crossroads.
527 The young man was happy. It was 20 earth revolutions from the day of
528 his physical birth. He could not have asked for a nicer present than
529 to be reunited with friends, old and new.
530
531 ***
532
533 It's good to be back!
534
535 Hagbard Celine
536
537 {}
038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/22/88 02:10 Msg:2332 Call:10004706 Lines:16
538 &*&*&*&*'s
539
540 Welcome Back Hagbard! How have you been? Didn't you used to hang around
541 with somebody by the name of Friar? Havn't seen him around in awhile.
542
543 The story got ended in a rather unusual way. We all chickened out on an ending,
544 so those of us still around just wrote our charecters out. You can still save
545 the multverse!
546
547 Oh, Happy Birthday.
548
549 Remember : the word for the day is Wordwrap.
550
551 An Astral Dreamer.
552 &*&*&*&*'s
553
039=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/22/88 06:33 Msg:2333 Call:10004708 Lines:10
554 ************************* 22 September *******************************
555 Is it Wordwrap or word wrap. I think that is the first thing we are
556 going to have to decide before we go the the U.N. on this issue. I
557 would hate for our delegation to go in and each of us use a different
558 spelling.... I can just see them saying get "get it together", and we
559 would explain that that is exactly what we want to do, get our words
560 together, so we don't have empty lines with one word in them. Bye...
561 -Renee-
562
563 **********************************************************************
040=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/22/88 14:41 Msg:2334 Call:10004715 Lines:24
564 ----=-============-=---------=-=--------=-=========----------==-=-----------
565 Welcome back Hgbrd,
566 I thought perhaps I'd never see from you again. Wow! Hgbrds back!
567
568 Now, what do we need word wrap for. It's not all that inconvenienionent.
569 Maybe if the end of line beep was shortened three spaces...Ah well. Ask of
570 him what you will, then we can only hope the Great One replies.
571
572 Somebody think of something interesting to start. I can't.
573
574 Anybody remember when I declaired National Day-Glo Day (NDGD) to be? I
575 can't remember but I think it's aniversery is comeing up.
576
577
578 Happy Mutants for Nuclear Power
579
580 O
581 \___/
582
583 Lord O' The 7''Abernackys
584 Beaker
585 -=-=-=-=--{=====-=------=-=======-=-------=-----=-------========-=------====
586 Oh yeah...Happy Birthday Hgbrd!
587
041=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/22/88 16:31 Msg:2335 Call:10004721 Lines:2
588 KGON ROCKS!Thpt! Word Wrap!If you ever say "Wafers" to me again I'll blow y
589 BYE
042=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/22/88 17:09 Msg:2336 Call:10004724 Lines:5
590 WAFERS!!!!
591
592 This message is a public disservice of Network 0
593
594 ^b
043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/22/88 18:20 Msg:2337 Call:10004726 Lines:13
595 &*&*&*&*'s
596
597 KGON might rock, But it would be nice if they played some music that was a bit
598 newer. I have been listening to most of the stuff they play for around 13 of my
599 21 years, And I am SICK of it.
600
601 Why dont they play more stuff by peaple under the age of 40?
602
603 The phrase of the day is : Word Wrap. (Or is it WordWrap?)
604
605 An Astral Dreamer.
606 &*&*&*&*'s
607
044=Usr:590 Henry Rollins 09/22/88 19:24 Msg:2338 Call:10004727 Lines:15
608 What the bloody hell is a word wrap?
609
610
611 Once upon a time there was a twit. He was seven foot two and three inches. He
612 weighed 9 pounds. How could this be? Well , he didn't have any brain. He had
613 no legs and one toe. He amputated the other one. He can't remember who he is
614 all he remembers is here this blasted word wrap over and over again. He is goi
615 ing insane. So he amputates his one eye so he does not have to read this awful
616 word wrap. Second he amputates his ear so he doesn't have to hear anyone speak
617 it then he kills himself.
618 WHAT A BLOODY NICE LITTLE STORY EH? GEE WHAT KIND OF INTELLIGENT HUMAN(?) WROTE
619 THIS AWFUL STORY.
620
621 ---------------->Nobody rules Domination is not cool!<-------------------------
622 Peace, Love, and Equality for all. Nuke the KKK! (thank you!)
045=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/22/88 21:02 Msg:2339 Call:10004729 Lines:17
623 Network 0 editorial....
624
625 Yes, nuke the KKK, the skin heads, the neo nazis! Yes, let's be just as
626 ignorant as they are, and hate!
627
628 Wouldn't our victory over them be sweeter if we could REASON with them, and
629 show them we can all live together without this blind hatred of people that are
630 no different than ourselves?
631
632 "To blow up his children
633 Would only prove him right."
634 (or something like that...)
635 -Sting, History Will Teach Us Nothing
636
637 For Network 0 and World Watch Three, This is Blank Doe.
638
639 ^b
046=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 09/22/88 21:37 Msg:2340 Call:10004731 Lines:43
640@
641@ I____________________ *===I_______________________
642@ I
643@
644
645
647 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | I guess I've been quiet too longgggggggg
648
649 Hello again people (and others). I just thought that I'd end my silence
650 here, and prove that I still exist. OK?
651
652 Also, I hold such people as 'skinheads, neo-nazi's, and other racists in
653 extreme dislike. My older brother had gotten involved with that lot, and
654 they haven't done anything for him. Remember, an organization founded on
655 hate will eventually turn upon its own members and destroy itsel
656
657 Enough said? Well, not really. As far as word wrapping is concerned, it
658 isn't needed. What is needed is a way so that when I pause to scrollback
659 it doesn't give me a ^S^Q message. Think you can fix that Mikey?
660
661 Lord (ha!) Whatsyerface Beaker,
662 Nice to see yer still here, but what's with the mutations?
663 Hagbard,
664 Same message but without the mutation question.
665
666 Everyone Else that I'm too Lazy to write yer names,
667 Same message with the question: "How'd we do against the Dark Lords?"
668 (as if I don't know).
669
670 Hamfred,
671 Nice definition of Megalomaniac. Now, can you tell me what a
672 "morpheme" is (it's not the drug).
673 Oh, and this time, don't look it up.
674 Well, I guess that this humble (?) berserker has wasted enough on-line
675 time and should leave others to write their messages. I hope I haven't
676 offended anyone.
677
678 OLO
679 \___/
680 U
681
682 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Hows dat fer a face? Eh Beaker????????
047=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/22/88 22:21 Msg:2341 Call:10004733 Lines:15
683 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
684 Renee, It could be wurd-rap or possibly whord whrap?
685 Generally speaking though, I wouldsay that it is still a new enough
686 term that the words shouldbe kept seperate "word wrap." One the other han
687 it is appraoching the point where it is a generic term describing a
688 specific action which means that perhaps it should be used with a hyphen
689 "word-wrap." Personaly I have yet to see a valid rule by which two word
690 are concatinated into one. There is jut the general rule that if the ter
691 gets used enough that it can be connected via the hyphen indicating that
692 it is a singular expression describing something. Then at some point people
693 just start dropping the hyphen altogether. This seems to happen after the
694 expression becomes considered a common term. Yet sometimes the hyphen is
695 never dropped, and other times the hyphen stage is bypassed altogether.
696 What a wonderful language English is. Even the English can't make sense of i!
697 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
048=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/22/88 22:53 Msg:2342 Call:10004736 Lines:17
698 THIS IS WORLD WATCH THREE>>>>>>>>>>
699 Kurfur, I doubt I can help you,
700 but it's nice to 'hear' from
701 you. As to 'hate organizations
702 I agree. They tend to kill
703 off one of their own to have a
704 martyr that can further their
705 means.
706
707 Now, as to not 'hearing' from people
708 What ever became of Justin the Blue
709 and Britania? Haven't heard from
710 them in ages. The controller her
711 is interested in their whereabouts
712
713 WWWIII NW0 OUT
714 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wwiii
049=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/23/88 02:28 Msg:2343 Call:10004741 Lines:40
715 &*&*&*&*'s
716
717 Welcome back Kurfur. (I think I still remember how to spell it :-) )
718
719 About organizations of hate. It is sad that peaple feel the need to hate others
721
722 . I beleieve that perhaps it is some sort of defect that allows them to blame
723 all of their problems on others. It is best to remember that we should not
724 be in compatition with each other. I don't think there is anyone out thear
725 that can effectivly compete with themselves, let alone anyone else.
726
727 Perhaps it is just a lesson that most peaple do not learn.
728
729 NEVER EXTERNALIZE YOUR PROBLEMS. This may sound harsh, but I believe in it.
730 This is not to say that others might not cause you problems. What it means is
731 take responsability for your actions. If you screw up, admit it and learn from
732 it.
733
734 My brother once told me that if you admit you are wrong you are showing a
735 weakness. I told him he was dead wrong, But I don't think he listened to me.
736
737 Thus he is a High School drop out, And I am now a College senior. It is ironic
738 that he is probably the smarter one.
739
740 Never simplify the world. It is stupid. The world is so complex that you can't
741 even beging t emagine the barest and most trivial details.
742
743 This is not somthing to be depressed about. We are all in the same boat, and I
744 suspect that if we actually knew how the world worked we would not be happy.
745
746 I'm sorry if I seem to be rambling. It is just that I have strong feelings
747 about the whole racist attitude. It is wrong, DEAD wrong. Unfortunetly,
748 some peaple have this tendancy to bd DEAD wrong.
749
750 'nuff said.
751
752 An Astral Dreamer.
753 &*&*&*&*'s
754
050=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/23/88 06:24 Msg:2344 Call:10004743 Lines:9
755 *** The twenty-third of September in the year of our Lord 1988 ***********
756 I couldn't write our One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Eight on my header
757 and I know we are suppose to have a header. I could never understand
758 the rules of the English language either. It wasn't till I got out of
759 college that I decided that I wouldn't worry about them... Then I got a
760 job that involved writing skills, so I am lost again.... Bye...
761 -Renee-
762
763 ***************************************************************************
051=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/23/88 07:14 Msg:2345 Call:10004744 Lines:4
764 (. .)
765 ) (
766 ( v )
767
052=Usr:591 COMMANDER MURDOC 09/23/88 12:09 Msg:2346 Call:10004749 Lines:10
768 <><><><><><><><><>
769 Hi, Commander Murdock has returned for
770 a short time to see how things are
771 going. GOD IT'S NICE TO HAVE A PHONE
772 AGAIN...
773 Looks good, I haven't been around
774 for a while. I'm glad to see that some
775 things haven't changed much. They just
776 improve with age and experience.
777 <><><><><><><><><>
053=Usr:592 Henry Rollins 09/23/88 13:34 Msg:2347 Call:10004753 Lines:12
778 One day I was driving my new hot oldsmobile down interstate 80. I was doing
779 about 100 miles per hour, when suddenly my head exploaded - Another stupid.....
780 yet exciting story! - Eggbert Salad The 3 1/2.
781
782
783 -------------->GEORGE BUSH EATS SQUID FOR DINNER<-----------------------------
784 HAHAHAHAH it didn't work. Geez what an idiot slime.
785 Racism is a sign of stupidity. It is a sign of hate & violence. So Nuke the
786 KKK
787
788 Reagan is a nazi, reagan is a nazi blah blah blah blah
789 - The Vomiting Mime strikes again(?)
054=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/23/88 15:11 Msg:2348 Call:10004754 Lines:19
790 ---=-======-=--------=-=====-=------------==-======-=--=-========-=--------=
791 Never forget that hate itself is a valid emotion, and to wipe it from the
792 human mind would be as foolish as to destroy love. All our emotions are
793 based on what was needed for survival in times before we were our own
794 enemy. Hate still has its place, it is only when it is used in an anti
795 human survival type way that it becomes a threat to us all.
796
797 Kurfur...Glad your back! The mutations? There nice people, but a little
798 sloppy.
799
800 Hgbrd, you oughta call more. Keeps your imagination in practice and your
801 fingers strong.
802
803 ---Raise your hand if your looking forward to a nuclear hollocaust!
804
805 Lord-oooooooooooooooomatic Beaker
806
807 All hail 7abernacky, for he alone knows!
808 -=-====-{=--=================-=--------========-=-------==-=============----
055=Usr:593 adolf adolf 09/23/88 15:38 Msg:2349 Call:10004756 Lines:6
809 What's wrong of being a nazi?
810 What's wrong of being a nazi?
811 What?
812
813
814 .
056=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 09/23/88 16:35 Msg:2350 Call:10004762 Lines:15
815
816 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | The Skaven are coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
817
818 'What's wrong with being a Nazi?'
819
820 Actually, nothing. The national socialist party was a valid one once, so
821 being a Nazi' wasn't bad in itself. It's just what the Nazi's did that
822 makes them so repugnant. Remember, any movement with racists in it is
823 bound to be infamous, be it Naziism or Republicanism or Apartheid.
824
825 OLO
826 \___/
827 U
828
829 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | So Hamfred, what's the definition?????
057=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/23/88 19:39 Msg:2351 Call:10004766 Lines:10
830 !!!!!@@@@@#####+++++)))))
831 The problem with NAZI is that it is a word used by peaple who hate to
(320bepresent to them a (sick) ideal. Whatever the merits of the non-racist
833 part of the movment might have been, the fact that it was strongly racist
834 condemns it to always be NAZI=EVIL. which has another relation involved,
835 EVIL=STUPID.
836
(37 James of Cassandra.
838 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$+++++)))))
839
058=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 09/23/88 23:09 Msg:2352 Call:10004772 Lines:85
840 {}
841
842 Nice to see that some people have not been as sloth as I. Yes, to
843 eradicate xate0is to also remove love - because, like Good and Evil,
844 they are deifined in terms of each other. This doesn't mean that you
845 can't escape from Good and Evil, but if you should wish to be neither,
846 you must start a new game (and write youb0own0rules). Nicely put,
847 Dreamer! It makes me feel 'good' to know that others out there understand
848 the only problem really left in the world: OURSELVES. Despite many
849 attempts on my part, people still tend to act in 'programmed' and
850 7entxinking' ways, that is, they "Know not what they do" (to borrow
851 a phrase from a famous religious figure). There's nothing wrong with
852 the earth. It could be paradise. It could be everything that everyone
853 ever wanted (whew! too many everc) But people CHOOSE to not understand
854 that we are all dependent upon each other, and (forgive me, Robert Shea)
855 rather than knock down the walls of our tiny shared hut (called Mother
856 Earth), we take the easier and more ignorant route of starvinw, killing,
857 or evicting the other occupants to make room for ourselves. Whenever
858 I meet a person who seems to hold promise, I carefully talk with them
859 about who they are (in essence, how they percieve the world), and
860 despite obvioes ant blatant double standards in their beliefs, they
861 still hold strong to their values. I do not wish to 'convert' or
862 'control' a person's religious or political beliefs. I simply want
863 to make the person aware of what really, undeniably,0is xere on
864 Earth, before their own eyes. I never try to pervert their beliefs;
865 I just want them to awake from their stupor.
866
867 Enough rambling! I am QUITE furious!
868
869 * * *
870
871 When he was finished with the cnnecdion, a vision in his mind
872 formed of all the other adventurers, off doing other trival things,
873 along with a fading time stream of a distant battle. The young man
874 became quite upset; in fact, he was furious!
875
876 He began his mudidqtion.
877
878 It continued. Beta Time quickened to sync with the time flow at
879 the Inn. Then a portion of the sphere distorted, as that space matched
880 with Earth time. Soon, several time zones had distorted the sphere into
881 an odt, lumpy figure.
882
883 His eye open. The light of the eye drew all into the respective time
884 zones instantaniously. The multiple portals then closed, in the blink of
885 a dying star's last gasp, as all were returned to beta time-space.
88&
887 The eye closed.
888
889 He was tired from the extreme effort, but his anger compelled him
890 to do this.
891
892 "And what do you think you're doing?", he said in an angry tone to
893 everyone. "Just because the !$%%$^@#$%!! |ine crapped out on me
894 doesn't mean you should run off! By the All-Seeing Eye, never have
895 I seen so many who have resorted to making the shrill mouth-music whilst
896 they urinate! Wake up! Ok, maybe I am a purist at heart, but I
897 still would uxpect everyone to guide themselves, reguardless of
898 wheather you're fighting a Thermonuclear War or Making Love on a First
899 DATE! (As if there was a difference, ) he thought. I'm tired. I become
900 even more tired by the minute.
901
9 2 0Let's kick some dark-robed nasty-sounding butt. NOW!
903
904 And with a clapp of thunder, reverbarating in the tiny atmosphere of
905 Beta-Space, the adventurers vanished in a blinding flash of light.
906
907 The Orb would be re-claimud by its TRUE owner.
908
909 John Eddison would be promoted over the slimeball brownie.
910
911 Kurfur Redlig would recover the Eternal Keg of Spirits.
912
913 And I would regain my body back.
914
915 * * *
916
917 Doublu-take: I'm going on a trip Saturday night, and will not be
918 able to return until Late Sunday night. For someone who's upset
919 about people not continuing, I sure seem to have some inflated
920 double-standards. Maybe I'm going senile in my old agu ;)
921
922 Hagbard Celine, embarrassed Guru with a smile!
923
924 {}
059=Usr:196 Cheryl Singer 09/24/88 03:55 Msg:2353 Call:10004776 Lines:5
925 Hello, this is Cassandra again. I guess don't seem to have enough time to
926 stay on dxe bards consistantly, but I just can't stay away. JUSTIN --
927 WHERE ARE YOU????? R*A*Y is here with me -- wants to know what planet
928 you're on........... Sam, phone home ........
929 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^N^^^N^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
060=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 09/24/88 11:40 Msg:2354 Call:10004780 Lines:28
930 #@#@#@#@###@#@@@@@#@####@#@#@#@#@####@#@@@##@#@#@#@#@#@#@##@##@###@#@##@
931 I'm BACK. Well, I said it. Does this mean that I really do
9#2 ehist? Doubtful. What is the value of tapioca pudding.
933 I'd say about the same value as the lint the gathers in your
934 pockets. Will sanity return to this world. Will we get a presidential
935 candidate that's worth voting for. Again, VERY doubdvul.
936 Will the beaver ever pass sixth grade. Will William Robinson ever
937 pay attention to the phraze "Danger Will Robinson! Danger Will Robinson!"
938 Will this speaker ever shut up? Doubtful.
939 CAn I fill 70 lines. Doubtful.
940
941 ----
942 :Ahh. The smell freshly turned soil, mixed with the flavor of spilled
943 drinks. I must of reached my destination. Only another few feet to go.*
944
945
946 The Astral Dreamer sat at his table contemplating the gravy gliding
947 slowly over thu steaming stack of hash browns. Suddenly the back legs
948 of the chair he was leaning back on speared quickly into the sodden
949 dirt floor.
950
951 After sitting back up off the floor Astral Dreamer peared into
952 the silver eyes of whqd looked like a giant mole.
953
954 "Good Day, Perchance am I at the inn?"
955
956
957 #@@@@@##@#@######@@@@@@##@@#########@@@@@##@#@####@@#@#@#@#@#@#@###
064=Usr:588 Wayne S. 09/24/88 18:47 Msg:2358 Call:10004798 Lines:6
962 -----=---=--------------------Astral Dreamer----------------------------------
963
964 And what, perchance, happened to the plate of hash browns and gravy when you
965 suddenly and embarassingly met the floor?
966
967 -----------------------------Signer---=--------------------------------------
065=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/24/88 19:07 Msg:2359 Call:10004799 Lines:32
968 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
969
970 This is Mr. IGHS!
971
972 I am president of the Ynter-Galactic Hit Squad.
973
974 The IGHS is out to get people like Creature Feature who is the evil leader of
975 the wafer clan. We are also out to get your regular twits like General Zit,
976 and the Boredom Pi-Rat.. So.. Ask yourself thyc: Is the IGHS after you!?!?!
977
978 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
979 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
980 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
981 KLWFERSKI\LWAVERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
982 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
983 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
984 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS
985 hahaxaha1
986
987
988
989 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User 2-8-3!#################################
990 Thppptttt! 9 more lines to go, lessee if I can do it!
991
992 Looks like we got a phew more users (or is that twits) here!
993 I wonder what good ole0cistop mikey is doing.... :
994 KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!
995 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!
996 Def Leppard
997 hahaa! BTW: I get to go to the Def Leppard concert! yeah yeah yeah yeah! haha
998 I win. I getta go!
999 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@last line!!!!!! 19:17:35 9-24-88#######################