LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 76 STATUS: ALL ALLOWED NUMBER OF LINES: 629 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************* REMOVED: 21 MAR 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 *************************************************************** 21 THE INN SEEMS SO DESOLATE OF LATE ALMOST NO CUSTOMERS PLYING 22 DRINKS AT THE INN. EVEN OLD CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE 23 INN FOR MANY MONTHS SEEM TO HAVE DISAPPEARED. AND I SEEM TO 24 HAVE EVEN LOST MY FAVORITE BARMAID 'PAM'. THOUGH THE ROWAN 25 TREE STILL STANDS IN FRONT OF THE INN, EVEN MANAGING TO PUT 26 FORTH A FEW BUDS DESPITE ITS BEDRAGALED STATE. PERHAPS IT WILL 27 STILL SERVE TO DRAW HER BACK? OR IS THIS THE END OF THE INN? 28 ****************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************* 29 30 ############################################################################ 31 MIKEY: 32 Perhaps if you look on the board that is known as Bit-Bucket you will find 33 our beloved Pam. I have seen her there and believe if you were to leave 34 her a message there she might just return. We all miss her wit and compassio 35 n. 36 ######################################################C.Y.M.################ 37 ##############3/17/84 9:55pm################################################ 38 39 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 40 We tromped through the forest for what seemed like days. Other than 41 an occasional munchkin or small furry animal scuttling by, we didn't see 42 much. On the second day though, an event occurred that would have 43 significant impact on out quest. The woods had started to thin out, and we 44 could just catch glimpses of a clearing ahead. 45 As we neared the clearing, a small furry animal hesitantly hopped into 46 the middle of the yellow brick road and stopped. Its brown, doelike eyes 47 stared up at us balefully. Wassir did something that suprised me. He 48 pulled a crust of brad out of his pocket (one of our last, I must add) and 49 happily fed it to the small animal -- a serene smile on his face. I kept 50 silent. 51 Finally, the animal went merrily on his way. Wassir broke the silence; 52 "You know Salazar, that little animal is lucky... If McKane had been around, 53 he'd be a set of earmuffs by now." 54 "Mohammed, that's disgusting!" 55 "Yeah, well so's McKane." 56 As we started towards the clearing... a voice spoke as if inside our 57 heads. #Thank you for the food, big ones# As we looked around for the 58 speaker, it spoke again: #If you ever need help, just call for us# 59 We could find no one. 60 When we reached the clearing, we found a large meadow with the road 61 running through it. Off in the distance, spires of a magnificent city were 62 visible. The meadow was filled with bright yellow blossoms which gave offf 63 a sweet aroma. 64 Wassir started quickly into the meadow. I held him back and said; 65 "Hold it Mohammed, didn't you ever see the Wizard of Oz on TV?" 66 "Albanians don't fool with capitalist toys such as TV's." 67 "Well, you should have. Those nice looking flowers are lotus blossoms. 68 Go out these and you'll have wonderful dreams... Forever." 69 "O.K., what do we do now?" 70 "Bushwhack along the edge of the forest and go around the meadow." 71 As we turned to enter the forest, a tremendous whooshing sound came 72 from behind us. The light from the sun was blocked by an enormous shadow. 73 We both hit the ground. My .44 jumped into my hand. Glancing up, I saw a 74 gigantic creature. Its belly consisted of large greenish-blue scales. 75 Carried by stout leathery wings, a long tail followed behind it. 76 As it disappeared in the distance, Wassir gasped; "What was that?" 77 "A dragon. That can mean only one thing... The Dragon Lady must be 78 involved in this. We'll have to tread warily. We don't have the firepower 79 to cross lances with her." 80 With a sense of apprehension, we headed into the forest. The city lay 81 ahead of us. 82 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 83 P.S. Mikey -- Regarding our conversation the other night... Made contact 84 with Pam. She said that her disappearance from your friendly Inn was due 85 to a combination of a broken modem and pressing obligation. She should 86 return by the first of the month. Not a result of anything you did. --V-- 87 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 88 89 ***************************************************************** 90 VALINOR, CYM, AND D: TNX FOR YOUR CONCERN AND HELP ECT. 91 I WOULD HAVE LEFT PAM A MESSAGE AT BIT B., BUT IT SEEMS 92 THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND IT FOR TOO LONG A TIME, AND 93 I NO LONGER HAVE WRITE ACCESS TO IT. SINCE I COULDN'T GET 94 PAM TO RESPOND, I WAS WORIED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING I SAID 95 OR DID THAT SCARED HER OFF. 96 ***************** CISTOP MIKEY ***************************** 97 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 98 Finally I was able to smile. "you mean we've both been waiting just to hear which side the other was on? Don't worry about 99 me, I'm on whatever side looks like will keep me breathing. And Leroy isn't out to get me or I'd be got by now. In fact, he 100 was the one who got me out of my financial problems more than once." 101 "Since it turns out we are on the same side, why don't you try to find some way to get out of this current reality. If 102 Leroy is in south america, I suggest we try there." 103 Fast Fred 104 BSAL 105 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 106 107 Wanted: one hit man to kill current PSU teacher. Name: Vivienne Olsen. Price negotiable. Contact Fast Fred, c/o Backwater inn 108 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 109 Hey, Hit-Man-Hirer: aim for something bigger...how about Ivan Cee and his 110 money-power cronies in their cute little castle-by-the-square? Bottled water. 111 ...I ain't buyin' that! Whatever happened to FRUGALITY? $169,000...whoosh. 112 And you novelists: how many of your characters have real-live bodyguards? 113 It's the latest perk for small-time politicians, you know...like our fearless 114 and wandering mayor Frank (how ineptly named: "frank" implies "honest") and 115 the businessman's friend Vic, now promoting family and business ties for when 116 the battles cease. 117 Does "Vic and Frank" remind a body of "Frick and Frack"? They, too, shall pass! 118 ....................Older and Tired of Paying for Nothing....................... 119 AVAILABLE FOR HIRE--Large, Surly homocidal maniac available for bodyguard, enforcing work.References avail. 120 Contact: JJ, BWMS bx 113W. 121 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 122 The group seemed somewhat quieted by the incursion of a stranger into their 123 midst. The metal man began to speak to the piper -- "nev-er-the-less, it does 124 not squreek grawdb mxflb normb nonrem exprevb ..." the metal man stopped. 125 Perplexed by this seeming malfunction, the piper stood a moment then noticed 126 a motion behind him. Out of the same door from which Tik-toc had come, an old 127 lady was walking. Her step seemed rather sprightly despite her snow-white 128 hair. Her face was filled with wrinkles, but radiated a lively good humor. She 129 walked over to Tic-k-toc and removed a large brass key from a hook on the back of 130 his neck. Inserting the key in an opening under his left arm, she quickly 131 wound up the mechanism. Tik-toc turned to her, bowed and said "thank you 132 dorothy, my think-ing mech-an-isms was be-in used quite heav-e-ly." 133 The piper looked at the old lady and gasped, "You -- you're Dorothy ?????" 134 She smiled at the confounded piper and replied, "Dorothy Gale, late of Kansas 135 and for about the last 60 or 70 years of the land of Oz. What can we do for 136 you and your party?" 137 The piper was lost for words. "But - but - you were supposed to be a little 138 girl! How -- I mean why -- but -- but" 139 Dorothy smiled at the confused man. "You mean how and why am I now old? 140 You should know, being an expert on modifying realities yourself. Remember, the 141 existance of Oz is dated from the publishing of the first book, 'The Wizard of 142 Oz' by L. Frank Baum. When this book first was read, the land of Oz took on 143 its existince. Many other books followed, each enriching the texture and 144 content of the land and bringing in many and fabulous creatures. I assumed 145 existance as about 8 years old and lived for many years in Oz without aging. 146 Some years later, I returned to the United States looking for Ozma's father and 147 aged those years in an instant. I decided at that time to never leave Oz again. 148 All was well for several years until they mad that movie. I have never quite 149 forgiven Hollywood for that act. In the space of a few short months, I had to 150 go through puberty! After puberty, the aging process cannot be arrested, so 151 I have aged at a normal rate until now. I hope that answers your questions 152 and we can now take up the subject of your appearance here. We do not wish to 153 appear unkind, but we do not want troops of vagabonds invading our pleasant 154 reality tracking mud on the clover, fighting and bleeding on our lanscape." 155 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 156 :**************************************************************: 157 MR T: We, at the McKane organization, would be most interested 158 in having you join our struggle against the dastardly evil of 159 the Albanian Revolutionary Party. We are also quite eager to 160 hear your plan to rescue PAM from the clutches of that wretch 161 Mohammed Wassir. 163 We are keeping an eye on you. If you're in trouble we'll be 171 be there to help you. We expect as much from you. As a member 172 of the McKane organization it is your responsibility to defend 173 it against all slander. 174 175 Monsieur d'Autun 176 177 :************************************************************: 178 Dr. Frankenstupe: 179 180 Your little ploy fools no one. We all recognize you as the 181 infamous Dr. Frankenstupe, the mad scientist who terrified the 182 world by transplanting the brains of Nazi war criminals into 183 the bodies of prominent American Republicans. 184 185 Every school child knows of your hideous experiments that are 186 about to culminate in terrorist Mohammed Wassir being elected 187 president of the United States. There is only one thing I can 188 say to express my horror at you evilness...SHAME, SHAME, 189 SHAME. 190 191 Wufus Penfield 192 193 :*********************************************************: 194 195 Mohammed: 196 197 The McKane organization has turned into a nightmare of 198 bureaucracy. I'm fed up. I like my action freewheeling and 199 unencumbered. Can I join up with you guys? 200 201 Bill Broonzy 202 203 204 P.S. - I'm also real pissed about what LeRoy did to Natasha. 205 There was no good reason for him to do that. 206 207 :***********************************************************: 208 209 Outsider: 210 211 LeRoy sent a message that he wanted me to relay to you and the 212 other McKane organization newcomers. LeRoy says there is only 213 one way to stop Dr. Frankenstupe in his hideous plot take over 214 the world. We must find and use the dreaded cognative 215 transmogrification gun. 216 217 There is nothing more I can tell you about the gun a this 218 time. I leave it to you figure out what to do next. 219 220 Monsieur d'Autun 221 222 :**************************************************************: 223 ALL YOU GUYS CRYING ABOUT THE "INN" AND ALL THAT OTHER GARBAGE. 224 PEOPLE JUST GOT TIRED OF THE CRAP HERE. IT IS A WASTE OF TIME TO LOG ON TO HERE AND READ SOME FANTASY OF SOME 225 STRANGE PERSONS MIND. IF YOU WOULD CLEAN UP YOUR ACT AND GET SOME 226 COHERANT MESSAGES ON HERE, MESSAGES WITH A PURPOSE, THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD GET 227 SOME CALLERS RATHER THAN JUST A FEW HOMICIDAL MANIACS THAT LIKE TO WRITE BORING STORIES 228 ABOUT DREAM LAND. 229 230 CLEAN IT UP GUYS, CLEAN IT UP. 231 232 '''555''' 233 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 234 """555""":if you desire normal messages then use another BBS.as for your accusation that we are "homocidal maniacs" 235 you are correct in several cases,mine being 1.if you would realise that we LIKE telling storys about dream land then we would 236 not have any problems.it is laso a fact that imagination is directly associated with relitive intelegence. 237 The Man in Gray 238 p.s. youu probably talk to us anyway on the other BBS's so why complain? 239 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 240 241 BOARDERBOARDERBOARDERBOARDERBOARDER 242 HAY """555""" HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PERFORM A RETRO-RECTAL INSERTION? 243 244 D'AUTON:"COGNITIVE TRANSMORGRIFICATION GUN" YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING.OH WELL OF TO FIND THE "COGNITIVE TRANSMORGRIFICATION 245 GUN" HEREAFTER KNOWN AS THE CTG.OR PERHAPS THE "CANNON"? PERHAPS YOU COULD TELL ME WHO MY FELLOW MEMBERS ARE IN THE 246 ORGANIZATION? 247 BOARDERBOARDERTHE OUTSIDERBOARDER 248 249 ????????????? 250 hello Geofrey 251 MIG again 252 ????????????? 253 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 254 JUST AS A SUGGESTION........PERHAPS WE COULD DRAW SOME OF THE OTHERS 255 BACK WITH A STIMULATING TOPIC! NOT THAT I WANT TO INTERFEER WITH THE 256 STORY LINE, BUT PERHAPS THE TWO COULD BE INTERSPERSED. 257 WELL..........MAN IN GREY, CYM, PIPER, MICKEY........ANYONE SUPPORT 258 THIS SUGGESTION? 259 HOW ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, UTOPIA, MERCY KILLING, OR LIFE IN THE 260 BIG ONE? (or the low one) I MUST ADMITTD THAT I AM NOT VERY GOOD AT 261 INSTIGATING D BUT I WILL IF NO ONE ELSE PICKS. 262 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!deDDDEBORAH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 263 P.S. d, YOU KNOW WE COULD SURE USE SOME INPUT FROM YOU. YOU HAD 264 PROMISED MORE OF THE SAME STORY LINE AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 265 DAYS...AND IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE WAITING MORE DAYS. sigh 266 ****************************************************************** 267 My, my! I reality-shift for a couple of days to blow my nose down in 268 Salemtown, and when I come back, all sorts of transpirations have 269 transpired. 270 Mad Actor: It was good to see you back. You were the first and 271 almost the only one to have the courtesy to welcome me to the adven- 272 ture, and I want to reciprocate. 273 "555": Hey, buddy, lay off. I'm about as slab-sided and unimaginative 274 as they come, but I'm enjoying it. I grant you that I don't much cotton 275 to all this talk about tactical nuclear weapons and all that sort of 276 jazz (?!?), but nevertheless, I'm having a good time here. Maybe 277 deDDDEBORAH [sic!] has a good idea, but if you are looking to trade 278 software or used bottle caps or whatnot, try another BBS. Everybody is 279 having too good a time on this one. Besides, I want to await the return 280 of Pam also. 281 All: As for the Inn dropping down in Kansas, forget it! Why don't we 282 try someplace with a little charm, such as Appalachia. 283 ----> Leroy McKane sucks air, and the Frenchman is his lackey <----- 284 Fast Freddie: I noticed that you are no longer signing yourself as 285 "BSAL (Ret.)" Decide to come out of retirement? 286 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GEEZER +++++++++++++++++++++++ 287 288 289 290 Hello Mongo I am not "Sitting Bull" in this persona I am called Cap'n Crazy n 291 your bull. So please get in and read this manual to me as I drive. so 292 ad the first step to me. 293 K, INSERT KEY AND TURN TO THE LEFT 294 t's see were is the key? 295 OTE; THE KEY IS IN YOUR LEFT FRONT POCKET 296 k now let's start the motor, gee I sound like I just had a tune up 297 WO ENGAGE FOUR WILL DRIVE PULL OUT RED LEVER 298 s look's like a good road, what is next 299 THE SHIFT IS IN A BRITISH PATTERN SO DO NOT HURT YOUR SELF 300 nk you Mongo, and away we go....fith gear and cruising at 75 m.p.h. 301 can feel every cobble, but at least we are going some were 302 !@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%$#@!@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%$#@!@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%$#@!@#$%^&*() 303 304 To FAST FRED... 305 So you have met dear Ms. Olson eh? May I ask what class you were 306 unfortunate to have her for? Believe me, if someone takes you up on your 307 offer to exterminate dear ms. olson, you will have a hundred or so PSU 308 computer science students to split the bill with you, me included. 309 The worst yet, I have her for a class next term. I know better, but she 310 is the only one that teaches the class I want to take. Oh well... 311 Good luck... 312 !@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#@! L'homme sans parity !@#$%&^&*()_)(*&^%$#!##$%^&&&*()()( 313 314 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 315 Does anone out there want to talk about a laungauge called "C"? It is 316 fascinating, I know. I use TEK's VAX and im only 16. Unix is very good too. 317 318 If anyone out their wants to talk to me about it we could have a great time? 319 I heard tht reed has a 11/70 tht runs unix too....does anyone else in high 320 school have an account on it????? 321 a whizard 322 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 323 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 324 "a whizard":shure,why not "C".I have no knowledge of UNIX however.my vax 11/780 325 account is a borrowed one from L&C coledge. 326 a note:there is all ready a "wizard" on this system who posseses a diamond egg 327 capable of freezing Ninjas.if you want to really talk "C" then get a password 328 for "NERDOLUX" at 289-xxxx,the BB is writen in "C" and the sysop is posesed by 329 it. 330 The Man in Gray 331 p.s. Deborah,I support the idea,but have no arguments to supply.politics have 332 been discussed and religion has been thrashed around so much already.perhaps the 333 legalization of dope? how about lsex and violence on t.v.? i could do a one side 334 monolog on the bad things that the FDA does.perhaps mr."""555""" could give us a 335 topic. 336 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 337 338 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 339 What is this,some knave uses my name and then has the unmitigated gall to spell 340 it wrong? we shall see my friends,we shall see. 341 ::::::::::::WIZARD::::::::::::::: 342 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 343 READ? HOW DO MONGO READ? MANUAL LOOK GOOD!(CRUNCH GOBBLE, ETC.) VERY BAD! 344 WILL WE FIND BULL? I MISS BULL! 345 WHERE WE GO NOW? 346 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 347 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 348 FAST FRED: NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT, LET'S FIND MCKANE! 349 I HAVE HEARD THAT A SHIPPING PORT IS NEARBY, MAYBE WE CAN FIND PASSAGE TO 350 S.AOUTH AMERICA THERE. OR DO YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA???? 351 SNRUB REGOR: DON'T BE SILLY! I TOLD YOU TO LOOK IT UP IN YOUR ALMANAC. OR 352 CAN'T YOU READ? HOLD ON A MINUTE... 353 (HEY ALPHIE!) 354 (YEA BOSS?) 355 (HAVE YOU DETECTED A SHIP AROUND HERE OTHER THAN THE REGULON?) 356 (SURE. A PUNY ONE. LOOKS LIKE SOME THIRD GRADERS SCIENCE PROJECT. 357 NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.) 358 (THANKS, ALPHIE, OVER AND OUT.) 359 SEE? EVEN MY COMPUTER DOESN'T THINK MUCH OF YOU. HOW ABOUT SOME PROOF THAT 360 YOU ARE AS BIG AS YOU SAY! 361 COMMANDER LACELLS 362 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 363 364 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 365 (THE BOOK FINALLY SOLIDIFIES AND COMES TO REST IN MY HANDS.) 366 WELL, NO BAD EFFECTS YET! THE WIZARD DOES NOT SEEM OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT 367 THE LOSS OF THE BOOK, SO LET'S SEE WHAT IT IS ABOUT. HMMM... VERY INTERESTING. 368 IT SEEMS TO SUPPORT THE O.J. THEORY. AH! HERE COMES THE ORANGES NOW! 369 NOW TO SQUEEZE THE ORANGE JUICE....... 370 THERE, NOW TO GET THE NINJA TO DRINK. EVEN PARALYSED, IT'S TOUGH TO GET HIM 371 TO OPEN HIS MOUTH. DOWN IT GOES! NOW TO SEE IF IT WORKS. THE BOOK SAYS THAT 372 IT TAKES SOME TIME TO WORK, SO I'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. NOW, HOW 373 TO DIFFUSE AN EXISTING SPELL. LET'S SEE, HERE IT IS. MANGOES?!?!?!? THIS 374 SOUNDS MORE LIKE A COOKBOOK THAN SPELLS! OH, WELL, I'LL ORDER SOME MANGOES 375 AND SEE IF THEY WORK. 376 JONATHAN CHANCE 377 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 378 JUST HOLD THIS BACK UP COPY OF THE DRIVERS MANULE 379 MONGO AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO TALK AS BEFORE 380 IF YOU GET HUNGRY THERE IS SOME FRUTE AND A SIDE OF 381 BEEF IN THE BACK, PLEAS BE CARFULE NOT TO DRULE ON THE 382 SEAT TO MUCH. 383 IS THAT YOUR BULL IN THE CORN OVER THERE. 384 CAP'N CRAZY 385 AND HIS ZILLON 386 ZANEY ZEALOTS 389 P.S. MR GRAY WILL YOU LEND BOVA'S N.to a S.F. Auther 390 IF I LEND YOU HOUR OF THE GATE 392 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 393 Dorothy huh? This is getting a little out of hand. 394 Do we, or don't we get to see the Wizard? 395 Do we need the broom? 396 397 I need to get to Israel, does anyone know 398 a quick way to get there? 399 400 401 FOTI 402 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 403 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 404 Now that he has the information needed to get that stupid Ninja out of here,I 405 shall get back my book for it is old and protection spells have a way of fading 406 around very young enchanters.i wonder if Jonathan will realize that simulia 407 similibus curantur when he is also captured,secundum artem he should. 408 ::::::::::::WIZARD:::::::::::::: 409 Bard: I repeat my question. Who/where is this Jordin Kare? 410 ------------------------------------------------ P. V. Jeltz ------------ 413 414 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 415 Deborah -- I'm always game for an argument. What subject would you like, and 416 what side would you like me to argue on? (please don't cast me as pro- 417 mercy killing small fuzzy animals !) 418 To the rest of the party -- come on folks, let's convice the lady that we are 419 worth helping. All is obviously not as it seems! 420 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 421 *************************************************************** 422 423 Deborah: 424 425 I'm certainly not against getting a good arguement going. It's 426 the diversity of Backwater that makes it interesting and even 427 I admit that too much fantasy can get old. My concern is in 428 how we transition from fantasy to seriousness and back. 429 430 I've been following Backwater for some time now and I've 431 observed a pattern. 432 433 When the serious folks dominate the screen the fantasy folks 434 politely wait for them to run out of things to say. They then 435 offer a bit of whimsy to see if anyone will take the bait. If 436 not, they patiently wait while the serious discussion resumes. 437 438 When the fantasy folks dominate the screen it is quite 439 different. Invariably some obnoxious boor starts calling 440 people names, insulting their work, and demanding they move 441 aside for serious discussion. 442 443 What I find aggravating is that the fantasy people not only 446 back down from these bullies but actually try to start a 447 serious discussion to entertain them. I think we should have 448 more self respect than that. 449 450 I have no use for bullies. I don't put up with them anywhere 451 else and I see no reason to put up with them here. 452 453 There is an accepted way to change the tone and direction 454 what happens on this screen. If the bullies aren't smart 455 enough to figure that out we needn't help them. If they act 456 like fools they should be treated like fools. 457 458 459 If you're really hot for some serious discussion then go for 460 it. But if you've merely been intimidated by 555 I ask that 461 you don't try to turn the topic until you're doing it for 462 yourself. 463 464 We don't need bullies on this system. The best way to keep 465 them out is to ignor them. 466 467 Your Compwter Friend 468 469 Gary 470 471 ************************************************************* 472 #Thistle? I may have some things for thee and thy friends to preserve.# 473 #Bard, Commander, BEHAVE YOURSELVES!# 474 .................................the apprentice................................. 475 MIG: I already left you the prefix! (magic number ring any bells?) 476 Voyeur: try Keith Laumer, esp. his book titled "BOLO"! 477 P.V. Jeltz: I have only met Mr Kare once. He is a well known "filk-singer" (no I 478 did NOT misspell that!). I believe he is currently living in California. 479 Valinor: I doubt that d would sic a dragon on anyone. She might cast a withering 480 glance your way however. (personally, I'd rather face the dragon than have d 481 angry at me) 482 483 Cmdr. Lacells:Quit threatening people! In this group we will ALWAYS have 484 someone who can outgun you. Also, just because a vehicle looks small & primitive 485 on the outside, it doesn't follow that it is harmless. The vehicle whose owner 486 I'd least like to tangle with appears to be a simple wood and metal box, about 487 5 ft square & 7 ft tall. NO WAY do I want to tangle with the doctor! 488 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 489 The "AKKA" (if that was what it had been) disappeared. The bard turned 490 to the piper, "Sorry, about that but the only thing that seems to stop his 491 threats is to threaten him back." 492 He knelt contritely before looking at Dorothy, "Please forgive me for 493 disrupting things, ma'am". 494 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 495 PS. To whoever thought I was Eric Ulinor. 496 No, but Giles DID get a bit too talkative once while we were out drinking...... 497 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 498 Attention all NETWORK operatives. 499 McKane Enterprises continues to ignore warnings from us and from 500 several other Illuminati organizations. Prepare for standard ssanctions against 501 McKane Enterprises. All, repeat all, data bank entries are to be copied to our 502 files before being wiped. Otherwise follow standard NON-PERSON program. 503 | | || || | | || | | || || | | || || | | || | | | || | || | | || || | 504 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 505 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY 506 Gary: 507 Bravo! 508 Mr. McKane: 509 I am not fooled by your aliases. Your charges against me are blatant 510 fabrications. I am an old gray-haired doctor, just trying to make ends 511 meet. I must admit to being a friend of Mr. Wassir. Gosh, what a nice 512 person. Also how is the earmuff factory going? Run out of small fuzzy 513 animals yet? 514 All: 515 As a subject of serious discussion, has anyone noted the goings on at 516 PMS recently. It seems the Sysop there is trying to wring every penny out 517 of his users. Take the case of poor Lane Hoffman. His ads appear on most 518 of the BBS's. They may be a little tiresome, but he should have a right to 519 try to make a buck. But on PMS he gets charged for it. Someone else placed 520 an ad there and on another BBS. They get charged for a commercial transfer 521 fee (Whatever that is). Now I have a feeling that the people who use the 522 system for free are either going to have their services cut or have to pay 523 to continue on the system. I don't mind paying money for a quality service; 524 but I can't see paying for services available elsewhere for free. If he needs 525 donations to keep his system working, I'd gladly contribute. However, I think 526 he is just trying to make as much as he can from whoever he can. No real 527 service provided. Discussion? 528 Dr. Frankenstupe 529 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 530 ============================================================================ 531 GARY: YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SEVERAL SEPARATE 532 'IDENTITIES'. I MYSELF HAVE ONE FOR THE FANTASY SIDE OF THINGS AND 533 ONE FOR MORE SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS. IT MAY BE THE ALTENATING USES 534 OF THESE THAT YOU ARE OBSERVING WITH ME AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE BOARD. 535 536 =======================================-EVAN-=====<========================== 537 *************************************************************** 538 Evan: I too have more than one "identity" (Grand Dragonmaster, 539 LeRoy McKane, Monsieur d'Autun, Bill Broonzy, Natasha before 540 her unfortunate demise) but I find no need to make spiteful 541 comments about the contributions of others. I don't always get 542 excited by others contributions. I'm sure others don't always 543 get excited by mine. But I would never call anyone names 544 because I didn't appreciate how they use this forum. 545 546 I seriously doubt that those who attack our rights to use our 547 imaginations are engaged in fantasy. I believe they are 548 outsiders who just drop by to raise a little hell. They are 549 bullies, not contributors, and should be treated accordingly. 550 551 Gary 552 553 ************************************************************* 554 555 556 Jonthin Chance: where's the beef?!?! 557 Also were did you get your mustang panted? do you 558 ke what was done to it? did they remove the 559 hts and trim to paint under them? and how much 560 did it cost? 561 562 The Drunk Captain 563 SAVE YOUR SELVES SAVE YOUR OFF SPRING MAKE 564 ILLEGAL \O USE FOOD WITH ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS 565 IN THEM AT SCHOOL LUNCHES THAT ARE GOVERNMENT 566 SUPPORTED. NUTRA SWEET IS A COMMUNIST PLOT 567 IT TASTES GOOD AND DOSE NOT HURT YOU WHEN YOU EAT 568 T BUT THE STUFF IS MADE IN A VERY FINE POWER AND 569 CONTAIN SILICON DIOXID WHICH COULD CAUSE LUNG 570 PROBLEMS. 571 572 ZANY ZEALOT # 35 574 575 576 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 577 Dr. Frankenstupe et alii: 578 Regarding the PMS BBS, I cannot say anything about the charges for serv- 579 ices, having only logged on to it once. However, I bethought myself that 580 a 5 minute time limit was a limit in more than just name. Some of the 581 other serious boards (Bit Bucket, CBBS/NW, Beaverton RCP/M, whatever) are 582 a little more realistic. I only recently got into this modeming stuff 583 (although by no means into computers), but that 5 minute time limit on 584 PMS definitely turned me off. Granted, some people are piggish, and the 585 Sysops should rightfully pull the plug on them, but other boards seem to 586 be a little more realistic and generous. They deserve the support. 587 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GEEZER ++++++++++/+++++++ 588 FOTI: 589 Yes, the gem is real. I didn't pick it up in his foyer, but in a back lab. 590 If you would recall earlier, the wizard was doing experiments on it. 591 ______ 592 593 Slowly I begin to come to. As the room comes into focus, Jonathon's 594 face starts to materialize. 595 Aaaaaahhhhh! The blood is starting to circulate again. Wait, my stick shift 596 hand is still paralized. He must have forgot the mangoes. At least I'm partly 597 alive. 598 As Jonathon walks orders another drink, I make a flash run to the door. 599 I've had enough of this. I don't know what this egg does, but I'll hide it unti 600 I figure out what to do. I'll have a messenger send a drink to the wizard while 601 I pour myself one. Maybe we can get together sometime. 602 The Ninja 603 ==================================================================== 604 605 606 607 ****** 608 ***************** 609 ****************************** 610 ********************************** 611 ********************************** 612 ********************************** 613 ****** ******* 614 ******* 615 ******* 616 ********* 617 ********* 618 *********** 619 ****************** 620 ==================================================================== 621 * This Show of force has been brought to you by * 622 * Snrub Regor.........Grand Gnob * 623 * of........It's Imperial Megyesi's Pseudo-Secret-Service * 624 ==================================================================== 625 Who the heck is Roger Burns? 626 !"#$%&'()0*=!"#$%f'()0*=!"#$%&'8)0*= 627 Like,WOW,I would like to know what this guy is on,"snub regor"??? 628 Shtoner 629 !"#$%&'()0*=!"#d%&'()0*=!"#,%&'()0*= >