LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 120 STATUS: ENTER ONLY NUMBER OF LINES: 567 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 *************** REMOVED: 12 JUL 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 privately 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 privately 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 PAM - WHERE ARE YOU? HAVE YOU GIVEN UP ON US? ARE YOU MAD? BORED? 21 WHAT'S WRONG?! PLEASE COME BACK, YOU'RE MISSED. 22 TO PARAPHRASE YOU FROM SOME TIME AGO, I'M GOING THRU PAM WITHDRAWAL! 23 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ********************************** 24 ...................................................................... 25 Hey, look at me! Top of the disk! And here I am with nothing prepared. 26 L'homme: I'm busy working on the program for Clyde, and haven't had time 27 to write my next installment. Feel free to continue with what Petrov 28 entered. Don't know for sure when I'll have more story; depends on how 29 is goes with the program. 30 Speaking of Petrov, it seems our potential ally is an escapee from 31 Westercon. That should narrow it down. (ha). 32 00:16:26 Joshua 07/08/84 33 ........................................................................ 34 What is going on here?!!!!? Where 35 am I? 36 37 list 38 help 39 say what? 40 ##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##LYSIAS##==##==##==ARCHER: DANGER! 41 BEWARE!! THAT"PLACE" YOU CALLED, WHERE YOU WERE INFORMED "ALL HOPE ABANDON YE 42 WHO ENTER HERE" IS DANGEROUS. IT IS A TRAP SET UP BY PERSEPHONE, THE SECOND IN 43 COMMAND OF HADES. ( THE GIVEAWAY IS THE MISQOUTE ABOUT 'ABANDON HOPE; SHE NEVER 44 COULD REMEMBER IT CORRECTLY). WHATEVER YOU DO, SHOULD YOU LOG ON AGAIN, DON'T 45 MENTION ME OR THE WORD 'RUBY'. PLEASE BE CAREFUL, OR YOU'LL END UP A BUS BOY IN 46 A VERY HOT KITCHEN##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==## 47 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 48 Cthulhu fthgan! 49 of Drive A is much better. (Somebody fix this silly entry routine) Follow 50 me. Let yourself go with the true rulers of the earth. My Mi-Go have 51 already invaded the modem manufacturing plants, and they will come 52 inclued with every new modem. We shall rule the Boards! 53 Join me, die quickly, for R'tyel rises even now! 54 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Cthulhu \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 55 &*%)&!)@$^&_)*^_!$@#*^_!#$*&_!*(&_(#%!+&(!+_&*!_#&*_!%#&*(_%#(&_*&_!@*&_*%_&*& 56 Aha! Petrov is indeed a Westercon Survivor. And he has also seen Star Trek I. 57 Is it time to start advertizing? The bi-weekly meeting of the Back Water 58 irregulars is coming up this Saturday. The place...the plaza hilton...whoops! 59 Actually the place is the Main Multnomah Library downtown on 10th St. The 60 time, well that depends...PorSFiS (did I get that right?) starts around 2:00pm. 61 We usually move on to the PC&S Tavern around 3:00 or so. Sometimes sooner, 62 sometimes later. Regular Attendees have included Bard, Dream Toucher, Voyeur, 63 MIG, L'homme (moi), Milchar, Doctor, Le Nerd sysop, TMA, and last week 64 LYSIAS. 65 We would be very interested in meeting Petrov, (or are you already with us?) 66 If anyone has any more questions, anyone in the NET will be glad to help 67 out. 68 &)^#$&@)^&)@^**^ 69 "Do you think they'll be tracking your car?", asked joshua. 70 "Oh I KNOW they are tracking this car. See that light labeled "BRAKES"? It 71 is actually a security sensor. They have planted a rather crude bug on 72 the car, but no matter. Let them track us. Remember, it all depends on 73 your point of view...they are following us, but we are leading them..." 74 Joshua paused for a moment, wondering if he had heard something truly 75 ingenious, or just some more BS. He decided on the later. 76 "Let's head for China Town. That's where a lot of these spy sequences end up. 77 We'll just save ourselves time looking for clues that will end up 78 pointing there anyway." 79 "Sounds good to me.", replied joshua, while at the same time thinking how 80 strange it was for Oklahoma City to have a China Town. That thought quickly 81 diminshed as L'homme pulled his car over and parked at a 15 minute meter. 82 "Let's stop here. The traffic is too thick. We need to find ourselves some 83 native transportation anyway." 84 "Aren't you afraid of getting a ticket?", worried joshua. 85 "Not at all. Watch this. It is something that Ian gave all the net agents at 86 the last convention." 87 I pulled out the special coin that Ian had manufactured especially for net 88 agents. I placed it in the meter, and turned the dial. The meter read 89 11 minutes. 90 "And 11 minutes is where it will remain, until we return." 91 "Let's just hope they don't mark tires here", joshua laughed. 92 "Oh...well...the NET hasn't figured everything out yet.", I replied with less 93 than usual exuberance. 94 We managed to hail a chinese taxi cab rather quickly. The driver didn't really 95 pay much attention to us, until suddenly he turned and faced us. Our eyes lit 96 up as we recognized the driver. Although the last time we had seen him he was 97 upside down most of the time, Petrov defintly had features that were 98 unforgetable. 99 "Where to boys?", he asked in his best charlie chan imitation. 100 "To the Dragon Room", answered joshua, surprising the heck out of me. 101 "Does joshua know something that he isn't telling me?", I thought to myself, as 102 Petrov turned, and led us through the maze of twisty little passages, all 103 alike, in the direction of... The Dragon Room... 104 *)%$*^)#$*)^@* L'homme sans parity - une fois, deux fois, adjuge! *%)$*%)$#*% 105 106 107 ****************************************************************** 108 ****************************************************************** 109 110 / R B B S - P C is back in Portland! (503) 233-xxxx 111 112 er and better than ever...with NEW sections for the following 113 uters: 114 115 l 116 ****************************************************************** 117 ****************************************************************** 118 119 N W / R B B S - P C is back in Portland! (503) 233-xxxx 120 121 Bigger and better than ever...with NEW sections for the following 122 computers: 123 124 Apple Atari Commodore DEC Epson Kaypro Osborne IBM 125 Texas Instruments Radio Shack Franklin Macintosh IBM-PCjr 126 127 The board is now co-sponsored by ComputerLand of Gresham with 128 special prices available only to board users! 129 130 Still over 600 IBM programs available for download to subscribers 131 over 75 Macintosh programs, others available too... 132 133 ****************************************************************** 134 ****************************************************************** 135 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 136 Proof positive on the pitfalls of uploads. Voyer: sorry, I've already got 137 a girl in mind for the other half of the ticket (Someone I met at westercon, 138 as a matter of fact). 139 Speaking of westercon, how many of you were there? Did I unknowingly 140 meet all of you? Is there anyone going to worldcon this summer? If not, 141 does anyone even have any information about it (I heard nothing about it 142 at westercon). And even stranger, why has l'homme ignored my question as 143 to the color of his mustang? Oh yes, one more thing, where is PC&S located? 144 Fast Fred BSAL 145 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 146 WOW HOW DID I GET HERE ???????????????*************** 147 . 148 ::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::: 149 Fast Fred: sorry about intruding into your message; I wanted to stick 150 my 2 cents in, and there was no more room. 151 If I had a choice, I'd take a girl, rather than a voyeur, too. 152 L'homme's car is blue. 153 Bard, apprentice, L'homme, Dream Toucher were at all of Westercon. I was 154 there Sunday, I hear Hawthorne was there Friday. Sounds like Petrov was there. 155 All: contrary to L'homme's message above, PorSFiS starts closer to 2:00. 156 Usually, however, it is 15 minutes late due to everyone standing around talking. 157 Usually around 3:30 +/- :30, it moves to PC&S, which is two blocks North. 158 (actually, a block and a half. The library is at 801 SW 10th, and PC&S 159 is at 1038 SW Morrison, if that helps) 160 L'homme: Shame on you. Lysias left a message just before you. All you had 161 to do was go back and look. (I know, you were so busy creating your great 162 on-line masterpiece that you forgot. See what happens?) 163 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::voyeur::::::::::O O::::::::::::::: 164 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 165 166 Spook Central 167 168 Something strange in the neighborhood? Something wierd and it doesn't look 169 good? An invisible man sleeping in your bed? Something erie going through 170 your head? If your all alone and by a phone, then you better call-635-9412 171 172 WE'RE READY TO BELIEVE YOU! 173 174 BEWARE GREAT 'C' AND THE MI-GO! Hang on to your Elder signs and perhaps 175 NODENS will save us from the ultimate chaotic conquest of the 'GREAT ONES' 176 Hopefully our nuclear accelerators will be powerful enough to percipitate 177 a tri-dimensional sonic distintigration effect that will atomize the 178 quad tentacled beast into 'Stay Puft' marshmellows! 179 180 181 PARAPSYCOLOGISTS AT LARGE(P.A.L.) 182 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 183 *&)@#&%)&^!)^_$*^_*&_#*$%_&*&+*&_%*$_&*^_@*&+!*&_*&_$%*&_$*_@*&_*^$_&*#_$*&#_)& 184 Voyeur: What do you mean shame on me? I spelled his name correctly. What have 185 you been smoking? Have you been going back to Nerd Central again? 186 Go back and look at my message. Re-read it carefully. There are no such errors 187 in it. No names mis-spelled. No times mis-quoted. Da de da da Da de da da 188 Fast Fred - I will now correct voyeur: It is a 1967 Ford Mustang - Acapulco 189 blue. With Good Year Eagle ST's, a black Vinyl top, PSU parking stickers in 190 the rear window, two 2.5 inch exhaust pipes handsomly turned down at the 191 rear valance, and NO, I repeat NO KGON or KRCK stickers on any interior or 192 exterior portion of the car. One more thing to remember, courtesy of 193 Jefferson High School, there are no original wire wheel spinner hub-caps. 194 %*@# high school! 195 Bard, Dream Toucher, Whisper, and I were there all five days. (I only saw 196 dream toucher in the Dr. Who video room on Tuesday. Were you at any of the 197 room parites? Voyeur did come Sunday, but he seemed to scare everyone away. 198 The only people who would talk to us were a group of punk rockers, one of 199 which had a silver face and a hairdo that looked like Bob Marley's. Were 200 you wearing any costumes? None of us did, but Bard and I, in our NET 201 personnas, did wear VOX headset walkie talkies on Friday, and I wore a 202 a semidisk shirt on Sunday, to complement my usual (as bard calls it) 203 preppy look of slacks and sweaters. 204 Are you going out with one of the Barbarian Women??? If so, lucky guy! I bet 205 they know how to treat a man(with A-1 sauce yuck yuck yuck) 206 I also carried a camera around a couple of the days, and I have quite a few 207 pictures of some of the bizzare costumes and happenings around there, including 208 the classic line "Friendship is Universal" 209 Are you signed up for RiskNet? I seem to recall you having some interest in 210 the game. Try to make it...By the way...how old are you, or more importantly, 211 how old do you look? No, I am not another Kim Flowers. It is due to the fact 212 that we meet in a tavern, with "No Minors Permitted". But, they don't seem 213 to enforce that rule too much, at least not yet. I keep expecting them to 214 come over and "card" everyone. I am 'only' 20, so I am one of those who 215 would be thrown out. If you are of legal drinking age, then no problem. Just 216 thought I'd mention it. 217 *&%)$*%)#$*% L'homme sans parity &%$)#&%)#$%#)$*%)$#*%)$*%)$*#$%)*%#)$*%)$#*%)#$ 218 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 219 Hi ho Tuck the Friar here. Yes. I've been watching Sesame Street. 220 Brian Smith!!! It's me again. Remember Friar Tuck, the nice man 221 who gave you all those disks? Guess what Brian? I WANT THEM BACK!!!!!! 222 If you arn't going to mail them, tell me and I can pick them up. 223 Looking for some disks soon. 224 225 - Friar Tuck - 226 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\?/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\/\/\/\/\/\/ 227 =--=-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-===-==-==-==-===-===-= 228 Up in the air, Junior Bird-Men 229 Alright you P.A.L.s! You're going to put us to sleep with your 230 technibabble. As of 6:00 pm, the Junior Bird-Men are invading Spook 231 Central, and turning it into a permanent roust. See how you like 232 droppings in your disk drive! Surrender peacefully or learn what it 233 is to be scrambled by eggs! 234 Up in the air, and of to spook central.... 235 (At least I can spell ChuluCthuhuChulthuthulhu!) 236 -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-===-==-==-==-===-==-===-= Junior Bird-Men -==-==-=-== 237 HELLO I LOOKING FOR A S/1000 PRINTER & MODEM SO IF YOU HAVE 238 A CHEEP PRINTER OR MODEM PLEASE CALL MIKE AT 654-xxxx 239 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 240 ****************************************************************************** 241 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 242 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::: 243 Cute, L'homme, cute. Went back and corrected the rampant errors in your 244 message, then play the innocent routine. Bah. 245 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::voyeur:::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::: 246 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09 Jul 84 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 247 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 21:13 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 248 Hovering in near-silence, wafting warm breath scented like cinammon 249 toast, the delicate violet wings glisten transluscently in the waning 250 evening light: the dragon gazes down upon the Inn. She undulates her 251 smoothly supple neck so as to obtain an unobtrusive angle upon the 252 happenings, and rainbow sprites glint off her crystal eye, reflecting 253 from the last rays of sun, and dart amidst the dusty tables... A few 254 figures with hands clasped disconsolately around their mugs, heads 255 bowed, start at the spots of light, and some twist towards the window 256 that frames her finely-sculpted head, deep blue and purple. But if 257 words are uttered from the dropped jaws, they are drowned by the boom 258 of the chatters' roar, the McKane playactors who appeared to have seized 259 the Inn by force, allowing no other voices to interfere with their dirt- 260 and-spy game. Listening, the dragon rumbles in anger at this monopoly, 261 as her eyes probe the places where friends had relaxed once. The defiant 262 wheeze of the pipes cajole from one corner, and the Bard, noticing her 263 face soften as her eyes alight upon the small band, lifts his decantor 264 in salute. But the back tables are in sad disarray, cluttered by the 265 long-winded and careless patrons that had passed there, and not a trace 266 of the dearly-missed Pam could she discover... Hst! Narrow eyes now 267 level upon her, for greedy, calculating hearts conspire her capture, 268 but she answers their outspilling thoughts with a hiss of contempt for 269 their oily guns and gawky machinery, their boorish paperback plots: 270 squabbling for the sake of excitement or for salvaging injured egos... 271 So with a mighty surge of her wings, she scatters the playactors' memos 272 into the Backwater's hearth--the flames of which dash eagerly to devour 273 them--and at the same moment swoops in a graceful, climbing arch away 274 from these men who had besmattered her beloved Inn; like a fresh-sprung 275 arrow she soars, seeking the moon that hangs faded in the evening sky 276 as if it alone could bring her comfort. 277 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 278 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Spook Central\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 279 Junior Bird Men, GO TAKE A FLYING LEEP!! P.A.L`S 280 ////////////////////////////Spook Central//////////////////////////////// 281 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 282 --->Cthulhu: According to the archives in Dimat's PMP castle, you were destroyed in 743 C.Y. by himself, when he was 283 on HIS quest. He possesses four of the original seven Elder Signs (three were destroyed), and R'lyeh is no more. 284 You are just a figment of your imagination, so go away. By the way, Hastur bit the dust, too. As did Azathoth, 285 Cthuga, Ithaqua, Nyarlathotep, and Shub-Niggurath. Yog-Sothoth is a little difficult to destroy (he can be in several 286 places and times at once), but Dimat has installed a probability dampener on him, reducing his probability to about 287 a google to one. Oh, by the way: All ththe Necronomicons have been burned, also. Have a nice day in nonexistance. 288 --->After a long speech, one needs to write: 289 A weak torrent of silver flame brought Milchar to Earth, and he watched dismally as the magic quickly relapsed into 290 nonexistance. "Can't do that for the return trip... The bloody planet sucked up all of the magic. No matter. I 291 must find some help." 292 Milchar looked about and found himself in an alley, marked with grafiti and strewn with chop-suey cartons. A sign 293 above a nearby door read, "The Dragon Room - Back Entrance". Checking the door, he found it locked. Milchar 294 straightened his robes, and put forth his will. His argentium ring burst forth with a flood of silver, and he stepped 295 through the door... 296 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, at 11:20 pm on 07/09/1984 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 297 ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?p?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 298 Heze se oo`agcin! 299 NMiG 300 Wait, lets try this again! repete after me, the phone company is full 301 of crap,`the phone company is full of crap... 302 voyeur> wty ~am`K`evgoP~ryiwo to`oc{y@~|iw`woyo? wditc 303 DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN THE ADVENTURES OF DO RUN, BEING THE EXILE OF ONE WHO PUBLICLY ADVOCATED THE CONCEPT 304 THAT THE BIG BANG THEORY HAD SEXUAL CONNOTATIONS, AND THAT THE UNIVERSE IS NOTHING MORE THAN--WELL, THE RESULT OF THIS 305 COSMIC COITIS.-----PROLOGUE-----------. DORUN WAS THE ONLY ORGANIC INHABITANT OF THE SINGLE REMAINING PLANET ORBITING A 306 DWARPH STAR IN NGC 3.14. ( NGC 3.14 IN NEBULANIC BINARY TRANSAS 307 308 LATED TO 'DIDDY WAH DIDDY' BUT THAT DIDN'T MATTER, SINCE NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT ANYWAY). ACTUALLY, THERE WERE OTHER 309 ORGANIC BEINGS THERE, BUT THEY HAD ALL BEEN ASLEEP FOR 20 VARPTRS ( VERY AWFULLY REALLY LONG PERIOS OF TIME)-EVER SINCE 310 THAT LITTLE GUY WITH THE MR. NATURAL BEARD INVITED THEM TO GO BOWLING, AND HAVE A DRINK FROM THE JUG HE CARRIED-, SO IT 311 DIDN'T MATTER, AS FAR AS DO RUN WAS CONERNED--. NGC 3.14 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GALAXIES TO BE FORMED BY THE "BIG BANG", 312 AND WAS VERY FAR FROM THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, AND SO WAS MOVING SO FAST THAT TIME HAD SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY. THIS 313 WAS FINE, IF YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT GROWING OLD, BUT NOT SO GOOD, IF YOU HAPPENED TO OWN A CLOCK FACTORY, WHICH DIDN'T 314 MATTER, SINCE NO ONE DID---. MUSIC WAS A PROBLEM, THOUGH- DO RUN LIKED BILL HAILEY AS MUCH AS ANYONE, BUT WHEN IT TOOK 4 315 LONG PERIODS (VARPTRS) TO ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK----. GUSTAV MAHLER COULD TAKE A LIFE TIME-----. 316 DO RUN HAD BEEN EXILED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND LONG PERIODS. HE DIDN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY, WHICH DIDN'T MATTER ANYWAY. 317 ONCE EVERY FIVE LONG PERIODS, A SIBERGALAC TRANSPORT ARRIVED TO BRING HIM PROVISIONS, AND THE LATEST EDMUND SCIENTIFIC 318 CATALOGUE. DO RUN HAD BEEN FEELING LONELY, SO HE ORDERED AN ANDROID FROM EDMUND. ( AT LEAST THATS WHAT IT SAID ON THE 319 PACKING CRATE, 'ANDROID'). DO RUN NAMED HER CANTHARIDES, WHICH IN NEBULANIC BINARY MEANT 'PRE 1960 2CYCLE LAWNMOWER', 320 WHICH DIDN'T MATTER, SINCE HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT. TOGETHER, THEY BUILT A COTTAGE ON THE EDGE OF A POND THAT WAS NOT NAMED 321 WALDEN, AND LIVED QUITE HAPPILY AMONG THE TREES AND THE FLOWERS, AND THE FERNS, AND THE CUTE CHUBBY WINGED CREATURES 322 WITH PINK EYES, THAT FLITTED ABOUT CRYING "BUZZ OINK, BUZZ OINK". THEN ONE DAY, A STRANGE SHIP HISSED IT'S WAY DOWN TO 323 THE SURFACE, AND DISGORGED A QUADULET OF CENTAUR TYPES, WHO CARRIED HUGE CAN OPENERS---. 324 2B CONTINUED DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN DO RUN 325 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 326 CISTOP: "Hordid"? 327 MiG: Well? 328 Loam: Will be at MF&E's tommorow morn, be there for a micro-VARPTR or two. 329 "tobacco ads" person: leaving anon. messages now? UG library is growing. 330 dl: another quintessential sublimity! encore, encore! 331 Aaron 332 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 333 ...................................................................... 334 L'homme - I see we have been visited by our long lost d. Judging from the 335 tone of her entry, she doesn't like our "boorish paperback plots", or 336 our "dirt-and-spy game". While I don't hold my entries to be near the 337 quality of Pam's, Pam doesn't visit anymore, and d herself is 338 practically a stranger. I would certainly step back and let her perform, 339 but since she chooses to be so elusive, I offer my own compositions. They 340 are, at least, better than a lot of what appears here these days. 341 d - I have been both a lurker and a participant since the days when 342 you and Pam, Tarn, Emer, and others (whose names I have forgotten since they have not been heard from for so long) were 343 active here. I liked your writing. However, it is hardly fair of you to desert the Inn for so long, then come 344 back and bemoan what has transpired in your absence. If you choose to 345 join in again and help clean up and organize the Inn, then you would have 346 a right to complain. I for one would be glad to have you back. Perhaps if 347 you were to return, so too would Pam. 348 Now that I have antagonized all the old-timers, I'd better be off.. 349 03:08:43 Joshua 07/10/84 350 ..................................................................... 351 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 352 Just a quick note ... very little time. 353 Person who is looking for information about Smalltalk -- I left a note on 354 drive B around line 500+. Let me know if it was of help. 355 -the piper- 356 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 357 ################################################################################ 358 d What a pleasant surprise to see your writing once again here on the BW 359 You have been sorely missed as has Pam and all the other old-timers. I keep 360 an eye here daily (when I can get a line) but don't contribute as I once did 361 since there is nothing here worth cotributing to. Please don't be a stranger 362 any longer. 363 #################DAMIEN II (C.Y.M.)#################7/10/84 364 6:33am############################### 365 366 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 367 Cthulhu still fthgan! 368 So soon you forget. Did not the Great Ones travel in the temporal 369 either? Then, can I not also traverse the the dimension you so pitiful 370 name the 4th. I am your worst nightmare, I have once existed, now, I will 371 always exist. As to those pitiful talisments, that you name as Elder 372 Signs, since you do not possess one, do not trouble me with the locations 373 of the remaining few. I will still rule the earth! Join me! 374 Die quickly!(I don't read Deities & Demioods either!) 375 \\\\\\\\\\ Cthulhu \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 376 HELLO? I AM CONFUSED WITH SYSTEM CAN ANYONE HELP ME? 377 H H EEEEE L PPPP 378 H H E L P P 379 HHHHHHH EEEE L PPPP 380 H H E L P 381 H H EEEEE LLLLL P 382 383 &%)*@%)!*$%)#*$%)*#$_)^(_(^_$%(^_@(^+%(^+!#%(^%$@*^&_@*_!*^&_$%*&*$)@&*_!$%&_!$*&*%$&*_$&*^_%*&_@*&_*^%&_*%^_&*_%&*%_ 384 Insults Insults Insults...What is with these people? A while ago when there was absolutly nothing going on at the Inn, 385 people complained about the lack of any direction and the preponderance of those labeled with the moniker of "twits". 386 Now that most of the twits have cleared out of the inn, and the inn is no longer being ravished by giant ants and 387 hi-tek weapons, and there is at least one story line making some progress, thanks to the efforts of Grand Dragon 388 Master and his call for some organization, we still get people who complain and bicker about. I don't see how 4 or 5 389 or so people can monopolize the inn when they usually only call once a day. There is plenty of 390 room for everyone. Why do people have such a need to complain about other's entries, and then do nothing to improve the 391 situation themselves? Wouldn't it be better to make an entry on some subject you would like to debate about, or start 392 another story that is more to your liking, than to belittle the other user's creations? That sounds so much more 393 productive, doesn't it? 394 &%()$&^)#%&*^)!%&*)!%*#&)*%#)&*%!#)*&)!#&*)!#%*&)#*%&)!#*&!)#*&)!#*&)!#%*&)# 395 voyeur: Change? I did no such thing. I think you have ingested some mind altering drug that affects the visual portions 396 of the brain, hence you are seeing things. 397 Aaron: Good luck with MF&E. Please don't judge him to harshly. He has reasons. And down the line, if your other job 398 offer doesn't work out, we may have some more work for you(if you will ever come back to RHC.) I am really sorry things 399 have turned out the way they have... 400 Joshua: Well...we are waiting for a description of the Dragon Room! 401 MIKEY: Exactly how many disks are involved? 30? 31? 32? Financial arrangements are proceeding with the usual delays. 402 *%)$*^)*#$)^*#$)*^@)*^ L'homme sans parity *%)$*%)$#*%)#$%*)#$*%#)$*^)#*^)#*^)@*)^*)$%*^)@*^)@*^)*^)@*^)*^)%*^)@*^@^ 403 404 MERCI D'AVOIR FAIT VOS EMPLETTES CHEZ BACKWATTER 405 --------------------------------------------------------- 406 407 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Spook Central\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 408 409 Where are the Junior Bird Men???? Yeah, the ones who are going to 410 take over Spook Central. You havn't seen them either, huh? 411 I'm not overly concerned about the bird people, what could they do but leave 412 messages and other non imprtant garbage for people to read, people probibly 413 won't read them even if they were important. Well, I'll just wait and see 414 what becomes of this. 415 P.A.L`S 416 417 ps. Yes the password will still be 'PASS', and the number is still 635-9412 418 if you were wondering or have forgotten. 419 420 //////////Hours-3:00pm to 11:00pm +/- /////////////////////////////12:58//// 421 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 422 PAL: However not available to those who can't afford long distance (my loss) 423 L'homme, Voyer: Thanks for replies. I was at the Who room party on saturdya 424 (whoops) but didn't stay long. I tried to get into the video room once, but 425 was scared off by the crowd. I was asking about the mustang because I 426 thought I might know you, but I was mistaken once again. Oh well, I'm 427 still going to try to meet you all saturday (but don't I always say that...) 428 Fast Fred BSAL 429 ************************************************************************ 430 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 431 No one noticed that the door to the once great Inn had opened slightly and 432 a large wolf crawled into the main hall. It walked slowly and then collasped 433 next to a table. It's eyes looked from the sunken sockets for a fellow of 434 times past. Yet it could not remember clearly before the events in Blackpool, 435 and it let it's tired head rest on it's paws. 436 437 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 438 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( 439 440 Friar Tuck, nice to see you back on the line again!!! 441 442 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))Archer))))))))))))))))))))))) 443 444 ################################################################# 445 Ahh.. d, your voice here is as a delicate flower blooming amidst 446 a fetid field of manure. Welcome, and don't be such a stranger! 447 ################################################################# 448 Pam: Must I come over there and drag you kicking and screeming 449 back to the Inn? Really now, you just can't get good help these 450 days.... Sigh.. Hurry back, your missed. 451 ################################################################# 452 Ninja: Are you sure you want paper listings? Having just created 453 a set myself, I find that it makes a pile over 6 inches high. It 454 rivals my Webster's unabridged in size. It took over three days 455 of almost continuous printing to get the thing printed out. 456 ################################################################# 457 Aaron et al: Copies are almost complete, I still have to finish 458 up a couple of disks and add in the latest disks which hadn't 459 been backed up yet, and then I'll be done. 460 (P.S. horid, not hordid.. ) 461 ################################################################ 462 L'homme: not sure, 31 or 32, depends on what I have after doing 463 this backup. we'll see.. 464 ################### The Innkeeper ############################### 465 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 466 CISTOP: "horid", eh? well, that explains it.... 467 Loam: hi-"tek"? 468 MiG: status? 469 BAD: General anti-PMS revel this Thursday. Attend? 470 ALL: RCA Data terminal, VP3303, new for sale... say, $75? 471 Aaron 472 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 473 [][][][][][][][][][][][] I'm giving hints [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][ 474 475 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Spook Central\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 476 477 478 To: Junior Bird-Men. 479 480 A spook readied his ectoplasim to slime everybody, The Junior Bird-Men 481 soared through the air. Suddenly, eldritch streams sliced through the air 482 barely missing the Junior Bird-men. The spooke went crashing to the ground, 483 millions of unearthly particale zipped into a hundred different directions 484 as the spook was shot back into his own dimension. 485 Dr. Vecnkman noticed the Junior Bird-Men spin out of control and plummet 486 to the ground. He walked over holding out his hand, 487 488 "You look like you'r out of energy. How about a Kendal Grunt Bar?????" 489 490 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////8:06pm////// 491 d:Milady, I regret to inform thee that the doings of McKane and 492 those yclept "the NETwork are an improvement over what hath become 493 the common fare of this place. Many who try fantasy seem to confuse it with 494 that pastime known as "Dungeons & Dragons". They hack and slay thru others 495 adventures with no regard for wit and skill. 496 They had even gone so far as to bring war to the Inn itself! 497 I regret that I cannot visit the inn as often as in the past. My duties 498 do not allow time for it on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays! I 499 hope to see thee in the Inn. As I recall, there is a mug of thy favorite cider 500 awaiting thy presence, is there not? 501 ..........................................the apprentice....................... 502 My dear d, 503 (oh dear! I forgot how you felt about that salutation!) As you know 504 my duties tend to coincide with the apprentice's & so I too will have long 505 absences. I do hope that you will stay for a while. 506 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 507 ATTENTION: ALL NET OFFICES, AGENTS AND OPERATIVES 508 The next one of you to bother the person known as d will be assigned to seal 509 counting on Adak Island!! 510 NET 1 OUT 511 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 512 0707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070 513 NET CENTRAL: Who bothered d? Hast thou better things to do than sling false 514 accusations towards thy agents and operatives? Tsk Tsk. 515 070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707 516 517 &)%&^)@$*^)#*^_$^&*#$%_^*#_*^_@#*^_!#*$^_!#$*^_!#$*^_&#_^&*#%_&*_#*&_$%*&_$*& 518 Aaron: In your usual brevity, you managed to forget to mention how things 519 went at MF&E's. Well? 520 Joshua: I thought you were the expert on the Dragon Room. We are all waiting 521 with oriental baited breath. Please to enter message... 522 *$)#*@)@#*$)_#(@$#@$&#@$ L'homme sans parity *$)#@*$)#@*$)#@*$)#@*$)#@*$)#@*$# 523 --+-++-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 524 Enough fun stories, it's time to play Controversy! With your 525 host, Friar Tuck! Heeeerrrrreeeesssss Tuck! 526 Hi all, I'm back. Lets get some good arguments going here. 527 As you all know, AT&T was recently broken up because it totally 528 monoplized the phone system. It appears that some anti-trust legislation 529 was involved. But, one great monopoly still exists! Yes, that great 530 comglomerate ever bigger than AT&T. The only one left. and, it is... 531 532 The US Govenment 533 534 This monopoly has stood for 200 years, and it needs some airing 535 out. Beat out the flies. How about a system of several gov'ts, with 536 people choocing which one they want. Dewl on it. Post your opinions. 537 (Credit to Walrus) 538 - Friar Tuck - 539 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 540 WALRUS???!. OH WELL. ATTENCION: SIL VOUS PELZ, CON SU PERMISSO,WOLLEN SIE HABEN, 541 : TO: MIG, WOWBAGGER, ANYONE ELSE, BUT ESPECIALLY MIG: 542 THIS IS A SEMI-COMMERCIAL MESSAGE: IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF THE SERVICES OF AN 543 EPERIENCED PRIVATE DETECTIVE (THE FOR REAL KIND, NOT THE TELEVISION SERIES KIND) 544 MY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR A VERY NOMINAL RATE. THIS IS A FOR REAL MESSAGE. 545 joshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshua 546 L'homme - now even Innkeeper is referring to our stories as a 547 "fetid field of manure." Maybe I'll move on and leave them all to 548 the twits. 549 All - I don't know how many have discovered this method of builing the 550 more elaborate borders, but for those who have not, observe: 551 start with a line of some easy to do character (usually with auto-repeat) 552 ................................... 553 then drop out of ENTER mode and get set to edit the just-made line; 554 change a portion of the line to what you want: 555 CH /..../|-:-/ 556 and clean up the end. The Change routine goes merrily through the entire 557 line, reproducing the pattern; like so: 558 |-:-|-:-|-:-|-:-|-:-|-:-|-:-|-:-|-:-| 559 Now you can liven up this fetid field of manure with pretty pictures.04:14:37 07/08/84 560 joshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshua 561 P.S. did you know that you don't have to use the slash as a delimiter in the 562 CHange command? If you want the slash to be part of the change, use some 563 other character, such as the question mark. 564 joshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshua 565 *********************************************************************** 566 I GIVE UP. 567 ************ >