1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 7 FEB 85 ********************** 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 *_)!@#*%_!)*%_!)*%_!)%*_)*%!_)%*_)*%!+%*_)#%*@_#)%*_@#^&_)#$&*+)*^@+#^*$^&_)&*@#_)^*@_!)*!_^_@)&^_)*!#_)@#*^_@*^$#_^*# 21 A.T.T --- No this is not a Hayes/Hayes compatible command to set the modem for touchtone dialing. It means...What else??? 22 Farley : Chilling indeed? Do I traverse the Carver Curves when I visit you? I'll never forget my adrenalin filled drive 23 in front of a '68 Camero that one rainy day out to your place. But of course, it wasn't snowing, there was no ice or slush, 24 and thank heavens for wide tires, gas shocks, and sway bars. Your entry was very appropriate for the weather. Foul weather 25 driving requires a different mentality. Perhaps your message will help reinforce the need for careful driving during times 26 of less than perfect conditions (and the rest of the time too!) Thank you... 27 &%)#_@&%_)@#&% 28 Mikey : I'll be getting to PCS around 9:00. I have a class that ends around 8:40. If you have new archive disks, go ahead 29 and bring them. See you then... 30 Alex : Did you enjoy the statistics? I guess we have proved that no one really was at a terrible advantage or disadvantage 31 during the game. There goes another theory down the drain... 32 Mesolithic Math: I am still having trouble finding Dr. Halo. Conroy claims they have never sold it. I have called half-a- 33 dozen software shops (eggciting stuff) and none of them carry it. The mouse has been ordered, and we should be receiving 34 it any day. I can see it now...A softwareless mouse... Rats! 35 *)%@_#*%#_)*%#_@)*%@#_)%*#@_)%*@#_)%* L'homme sans Parity *_)@#*%_)#@*_#@*%_)%*^&_#)&^_)^&*#_$&^_*@#_%)*@#_%*_*@%*@5 36 37 NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET 38 To : All Agents assigned to Portland Area 39 Fm : Missing Minsky Detail 40 Re : Missing Minsky & Floundering Flemming 41 42 As of this moment, Agents Fellows and Parity, and Junior Agent Farley 43 are searching the NW region of Portland for clues that will aid in the recovery 44 of agents Minsky and Flemming. The two missing agents have not checked in or 45 been seen for nearly a week. All agents are directed to call in all snitches, 46 paid and unpaid, in an effort to collect as much helpful information as 47 possible. Special funds have been set aside for payment purposes. The special 48 cohersion file is now open, and a list of public official that can be 49 controlled by NET for purposed of recovery is being distributed to all field 50 agnets via COMSET. Please route all information through NET-Ione. The data 51 will be relayed through the appropriate channels ASAP. 52 53 NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET 54 55 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 56 57 it seems what man hates most is being reminded of his own mortality... mentioning mortality... have any of you ever read a 58 book titled lost horizon... it was printed in the late twenties to early thirties... 59 60 it is the original referrence to shangri-la... a place where life is not a struggle... but a paradise to be maintained... 61 62 alchemist... i liked your last story... it illustrated some neat pictures... 63 sondargaard... bedridden once more... some godawful medicine to deal with... and the usual drops are necessarily aborted... 64 missing gaudy minsky deail... why is she missing... i mean in the netless world... 65 66 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 67 68 ZZZZZZZZ 69 Z 70 Z 71 Z 72 Z 73 Z 74 Z 75 ZZZZZZZZ 76 77 The Mark of Zorro... 78 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 79 L'homme: Yes, you do pass through 'THE CURVES' to Estacada if you go by Highway 224 straight through. You can avoid 80 them if you know the backroads around here. 81 Hmmm, snow today helped a decision to let school out early. 82 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 14:29 - 02/07/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 83 (*==marker==*) 84 85 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 86 Zippy:Hows life? Where did you all dissapear to?Leaving me all alone 87 to fend off Beaty's 'Mini-workshope'! Rember the girl with the nose 88 problem in the lib.? Well, we are in a class all to out selves.In 89 outher words.In future assingments we will be working together it 90 seems because we were the only people interested in data procseing. 91 Lucky me. 92 I heard that Vffn(or whatever he is today) tried out your 'system' 93 .How did he like it?Find the bug in chat yet? 94 Well,I think that i have killed enouf of your time.(Is it realy 95 dead or just sleeping?).See ya on the morrow... 96 Now that i think about it.((their was a slight pause up their.) 97 I have no reason to beleve that you will see this beffor the morrow 98 I am speeking of.In which case it would make little sence,due to 99 your little 'Mistry trip' on sat. So what i realy should say is that 100 I'll see you on friday.(have i made any sence? I seem to be weveing 101 a bit(on my end).Maby I am comming down with some sortof illness 102 or something.Hummmmmm..... Well,anycase i had better go beffor i 103 weve my selfe right off my chair. 104 later.... 105 ASP 106 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 107 P.S. The '(On my end)' in line 282 was ment to mean on my end of the 108 line not 'on my END'. 109 As for the message, it may have sayed a little but it didnot, 110 to the best of my knowlage, weave. 111 ASP 112 <+>(you know the rest) 113 114 115 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 116 Jack H.: Thanks for the comments. I very much enjoy your and kathy's 117 story. I am a bit confused about your identity(s)... No matter. Keep it 118 up. 119 120 tilleen(sp?): I find your style to be one of the most creative I've seen. 121 It reminds me of a gentleman known as John Dos Passos. Although not as 122 well-known as Hemingway, in my opinion he is one of the great American 123 20th century writers. Like you he had a knack of using multiple 124 perspectives and breaking all rules for punctuation, syntax, and 125 capitalization... the effect was awesome. If you get a chance, check out 126 his U.S.A. trilogy. 127 128 Adrain: You, sir/madame, are a genuine Backwater trendsetter. You have 129 broken the Inn from its fantasy, spy, discussion cycle into the new realm 130 of relationships. I like it, but heaven help us if I get started in that 131 vein. 132 133 BH: Nice poem a disk or two back. I loved it. It aroused the romantic 134 in me. 135 136 All: I can't help reflecting on TMA's mention of writer's workshops. I 137 was in one for several months and found it a great spur for my productivity 138 and creativity. Unfortunately, I was the only male and the only person 139 under 60 in the group. The nice old ladies took to chasing me around the 140 parking lot after class. So, I left the group, but I miss the interaction. 141 If anyone here is interested in forming a writer's workshop drop me a note 142 here, or to my keeper, Michael Bigham, on the Bit Bucket or CBBS/Aloha. 143 Perhaps we can discuss the matter. 144 Dr. Frankenstupe 145 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 146 P.S. Pam: Hiya. 147 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 148 149 {c}{c}{c}{Zippy are you out there?}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}}c}{c}{c}{c}{C}[ 150 zippy leave me a letter on cbbs please? i need to talk to some one.... 151 hurry plese. 152 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c]{c}{c}{c}{c]{c}{c}{tammy}{c]{c}{c}{c[}c}{c}{c}{c}{c[}]{c}{ 153 How can one find themselves if they are yet to be lost? 154 155 THE DOCTOR WILL RETURN TO THE AIRWAVES OF 156 THE PORTLAND AREA THIS COMING SATURDAY (9-FEB-85) 157 ON KLIQ-AM RADIO AT 10 P.M. 158 159 COME ONE COME ALL --- THE DOCTOR (NOT WHO) LIVES! 160 ------------------------------------DAMASCUS 161 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 162 LEONARD : I AM SORRY I HAVENT CONTACTED YOU LATELY. I STILL HAVENT GOTTEN 163 MY CHECK. WHEN I DO GET IT I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I WILL BE ABLE TO 164 COME AND GET THE DRIVE. 165 MIKEY : I KNOW THE SYSOP OF TANIS. IF THERE IS ANY OTHER HARDWARE THAT 166 YOU WANT TO UNLOAD, THEN GIVE IT TO HIM AND TELL HIM TO LET ME HAVE FIRST 167 PICK. AND HE SAYS THANK YOU FOR THE STUFF. ALSO HE IS COMING OVER TO GET 168 IT TOMORROW. (JUST A REMINDER.) 169 THANX. 170 << COMMANDER MURDOCK >> 171 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 172 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 173 To: All UNDERGROUND operatives 174 From: J.K. O'Hara, DSNAC, UNDERGROUND 175 Subj: Harry "Sluggs" Floster, Elite Agent Run Amok 176 As you know, Harry Foster escaped from UNDERGROUND's Portland Med Lab just a 177 few $days ago. Intelligence reports Harry has been sighted in northwest 178 Portland. He was, at the time, sprinting at what was clocked as 340 mph. This 179 means, therefore, that Acclerotine does indeed work. Keep on the lookout for 180 Operative Foster. O'Hara out. 181 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 182 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 183 Portland (AP) - In an amazing display of speed and reflexes, a "Mystery Man" 184 inadvertently got into a 10k run nheld in Milwaukee and won it easily, officials 185 reported today. "He was just incredible!" one onlooker said. "No one saw him 186 until the race was half over, but he was goin' like a gazelle!" 187 Before the race's officials could award the man the trophy, he kept running and 188 was quickly out of sight. More religious spectators declared the man to be 189 "a demon straight from the pits of hell. No MAN can run that fast. We see 190 this as a sign that God has judged footracing to be an evil act,, about as bad 191 as burning a Bible." 192 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 193 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ 194 CISTOP MIKEY, I don't intend to be a bother, is there a a way that I could 195 contact you as to the need of deleting lines? Aside from Leonard and a couple 196 of other people I know, I also access several times a day just to keep up-to- 197 the-minute. Not for long mind you, just to read the lines since last I've 198 called in. Anyways, could you possibly leave me message on, say- PCS? I don't 199 call there as often as here, but I will check now and then for your name on 200 any subject, namely concerning the smearing of this Inn of yours. Thanks! 201 JJJJJJJJJJJJ Jack Hoover 10:19 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ 202 203 P.S. kathyd, Don't lose heart... *I* am still here... see ya. JJJJJJJJJJJJJ 204 205 Hello kathyd, I hope you enjoyed my poem, if not, I beg your pardon. 206 THORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHOR 207 ************************************************************************** 208 Jack: Sorry, there is nothing you can do from your end since the changes 209 must be done from the operators console. 210 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY ********************************** 211 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 212 Well it's been awhile but Hhere I am. 213 Been having some trouble getting through 214 Oh well. It means that the system's bein 215 g used........ 216 ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!!!!!! 217 FEB 15th 1985!!!!! 218 Group du Jour 219 PC&S Tavern 8:30 220 minimal cover 221 222 Almost everyone here should know that ta 223 vern. If you go please let the person 224 taking cover that you found out about 225 the concert on BWMS. I would be inter- 226 sted to know...... 227 Thanx..... MENTAT 228 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 229 [[[[[[[[PS Sorry about the blank lines.. 230 Shaky trigger finger....M.]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 231 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ 232 I am NOT amused! I'm not doing it either! What I 233 had meant was: is there a way to NOTIFY YOU? 234 I guess changing disks doesn't work anymore... 235 JJJJJJJ Jack Hoover 12:37 a.m. JJJJJJJJ 236 237 ********************************************************************** 238 thor: yes of course i enjoyed your poem, it was excellent(gloat,gloat) 239 240 all: i have written a message about 40 lines long addressing a current 241 issue. im going to lunch now and will type it in when i get back. 242 *********************************************kathyd********************* 243 244 245 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt 246 I think i finally got up enough courage to put something on this board. 247 248 To Fence 249 250 It was a few years back when I decided that I would do something 251 daring. I am not a very aggressive person at all, I just thought it would be 252 sort of awesome to try something that would be a new challange for me. Besides 253 I needed the PE credit anyway. When I looked in my little blue and gray 254 pamphlet that told me what classes I could take, I guessed that it was about 255 time that I started taking some classes other than my basic running and 256 fitness class, one that I had made a habit to start out my long days with. 257 After I chose to skip the obvious running class, I thought that I 258 might like to try gymnastics. I loved watching the guys do all those neat 259 things back in high school, but decided that I would try something different. 260 Gymnastics frightened me so much, there was so much I could do wrong, so much 261 many ways that I could hurt myself. I cried for not having taken it now. Why 262 was I always affraid? 263 One thing I told myself that I would probably never do was to try 264 fencing. When I had seen some people come over to my gradeschool when I was 265 in the sixth grade, the whole thing looked so electrifying, so so fast! 266 Those four people in their immaculate ( or did it only seem that way to my 267 eyes of a child? ) white outfits seemed to know just exactly what they were 268 about to do. They all looked so happy, and so awesome! They became kind of 269 like gods to me, something I knew I could never become. 270 Eventually the daze of the whole thing went away although I still 271 loked to watch the old Errol Flynn movies, he was still one of my heros. 272 Hack! Hack! Take that you meanies! Hack! Hack! Stab! Bleed. Die. Darkness. 273 It all looked like so much fun, then the hero would die. I swore I would 274 Never watch that movie again! How can they let a good guy die? 275 After I settled down from all the amazement and the daydreaming, I 276 took another look at my little schedule and what it had in store for me. 277 I didn't ever notice that it had fencing in it at all before. The words kind 278 of turned on like a brand new light when i finally saw them. I toyed with 279 the thought for a long time and came to the conclusion that, Yes, that 280 would be about as daring as I'd like to get. 281 After I had signed up for the class, ( I got card number 8, that 282 didn't look too good ) I actually decided to go to the first day of the 283 class, a Tuesday, to see what I had gotten myself into. As it turned out, the 284 class was to be held on the floor downstairs from the main level. Great, in 285 the "basement." When I walked in the door, all I saw was about a dozen or so 286 guys that were about ten feet taller than me ( almost ten ) and only one 287 other girl. I stuck out like a match on fire with my long red hair. I felt 288 sick, everyone in the room stared at me as I went up to the instructor to 289 give him my class card. I almost cried again. They were cruel. 290 One of the first things that my new instructor told us to do was to 291 forget all about what we had seen in those hack movies, none of it was true. 292 My heart sank a little more. ( Forgeet awl ah-bot zem. ) The next thing he 293 said was that we wouldn't even do any fencing at all this week or part of 294 the next. Wow, did that make me mad! ( Yoo muss first leern ha too huld 295 them rat een your haand. ) I almost couldn't understand his really thick 296 real French accent, but I learned. His name was Yves, and although not to 297 many of the others would talk to me, he was always there when I needed to 298 get some advice. 299 Well, after a long an horrible couple of weeks, the strangers had 300 become a new breed of briends for me. In a short time we all learned how 301 we could "out-think" the other with the simple maneuvers we had taken so 302 ( Friends, not briends ) we had taken so long to learn. It was neat to be 303 able to out-fox those guys after a little more practice! 304 I guess that all it took was for me to decide to dedicate myself to 305 a special something, and to go for it all the way. After taking the class for 306 a second term to "shapren" the skills I had learned with the blade, I felt 307 confident enough to join one of the only two clubs in town, in the entire 308 part of the state even. 309 When I finally found where the club was, ( it's called a Salle ) I 310 felt scared all over again. Would the people inside treat me the same way 311 that those others had way back when I started this whole charade? I was 312 surprised to find out that they didn't. When I walked in the door, everybody 313 was watching someone in a white fencing jacket fence someone in a Black 314 fencing jacket. "That must be the Master of the Salle" ( Actually he's 315 called "Maitre" not Master. ) He had noticed that the door had been opened 316 even though he had his back to the door. After he scored a quick point 317 against his student, he stopped, took off his mask, and walked halfway to 318 greet me and shake my left hand. 319 As I soon found out, the Salle ( I won't say which one, just 320 knowing that it has a door should tell you if you know ) has many 321 courtesies that you should follow. One is to greet the Maitre as soon as 322 you walk in to the Salle. Another is to greet everyone that is present, 323 with a handshake if possible, or at least a "hello" and a nod if someone 324 is having a lesson pounded into them. ( Zat way! No! Zat way! Hack! Hack! ) 325 One rule that you knew existed was the rule of Honesty within 326 the Salle, during practice, competition, and everywhere. I have never met 327 such an awesome group of people before in my life, they were all "the boy\ 328 next door" kind of people. 329 Although I haven't kept up with my fencing obligations, I still 330 remember having met those friends, those heros, and those Olympic Team 331 members that have helped me so much. I loved tham all dearly, and promised 332 to return to them sometime even if it was a long time later. 333 I don't know if this means anything to you, but it sure made me feel 334 good to let you know that there are another bunch of neat people out there. 335 Just as neat as the people I get to read here whenever I get the chance. I 336 just hope you are all going to remember a little piece of this story like I 337 remember the stories I read here at times. 338 with love, 339 Becky T. 340 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt 341 342 343 344 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 345 I felt the new strength flow into me, like the warmth of too much wine, it 346 flowed like honey out into my arms and legs. The feeling would not last long. 347 My training was not deep enought to stave off this kind of sickness. I quick- 348 ened my pace. 349 My vision was now crystal clear and through the thinning trees I could see 350 some kind of clearing. The moonlight slipped through the clouds, for a moment 351 showing me the way. On the far side of the clearing was a swall building with 352 a stable ajoining. The moon gave an erie incandesce to the smoke curling from 353 the chimney. 354 There was light coming from the windows, spilling onto the ground in broad 355 golden squares. My legs began to run, my boots slipping on the wet ground, 356 my heart pounding in my chest. I ran like a lunatic, hands trembling, spittle 357 flying from my mouth. I could feel the blood rushing in my ears. In the time 358 of a footstep I knew what was happening. I had been warned. 359 The pressure in my head struck me like a sledgehammer. I could not even hear 360 my scream. Convulsions took my body and I pitched over, my face in the mud. 361 Seizures riped through my body. I heard tendons in my leg snap. The last 362 think I saw was the glow of the light falling on the mud around me. 363 364 THE TIN MAN 365 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 366 367 ********************************************************************************* 368 this note is for the person who posted two obsence messages on the 369 walls of our respected Inn, using my border and penname. 370 371 slan-der 1: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentaions which defame 372 and damage another's reputation 2: a false and defamatory oral statement 373 about a person - compare libel, scandal - slan-der-ous. 374 375 scan-dal 4: malicious or defamatory gossip. 376 377 li-bel 2 A: a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that 378 convays a unjustly unfavorable impression B(1): a statement or representation 379 published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt. 380 (3): the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obsence 381 writings. (4): the act, tort, or crime of publishing a libel. 382 383 so much for definitions of these writings, moreover i wish to convay 384 not a feeling of anger, but discord. when my home was invaded by several 385 phone call, waking me from needed sleep, a great feeling of contempt lay 386 simmering. i thought to myself "self, whom have you angered recently?" 387 no names or faces could be visulized. 388 389 and so, if you don't like how i write, or dare i say, are jealous of 390 my popularity(earned or not) please place direct comments to me on 391 this or other systems. just for general information, the phone number 392 published will still be a working number, i however will not be found 393 there. i am moving tommorrow, my new number will not be forwarded and 394 will not be listed. 395 396 to the other "good" patrons, please excuse this defense of myself, i 397 felt some kind of acknowledgement was needed. 398 399 regards, 400 *********************************************notgrininkathyd**************** 401 JJJJJJJJJJJJ Glad I could warn you, but sorry you received the calls anyway. 402 JJJJJJJJJJJJ NOT a "Smilin' Jack" Hoover 4:43 a.m. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ 403 404 ********************************************************************** 405 Kathy: I'm sorry that this has happened. I hope that it hasn't put you 406 off. As it is well known, my policy in the matter is to remove the msg 407 and all references. Unfortunatly it takes time for me to get back to 408 here, and thus things like that can end up on the system for a few hours 409 before I can have a chance to do something about it. 410 I will be talking to the phone company tomorrow to see about putting 411 a tap on the line to put a stop to this once and for all. It has gone 412 too far. 413 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***************************** 414 ********************************************************************* 415 mikey: thanks for your concern, i hope i didn't sound too b****y, 416 im not really sure about what to say, but fortunatly(or elsewize( 417 i'm not going to be running off with my kitty tail between my 418 legs. i think i'll be seeing that silver linning anytime now. 419 **************************startintosmilekathyd**************************** 420 Missing Minsky Detail : You had better be quick about finding your lost sheep. 421 One can only imagine the emotional and physical torture she is probably being 422 put through at this very moment. Every man, women, and child has their 423 respective breaking point. There is no such thing as a pickless lock, just as 424 there is no such thing as a breakless mind. In a case like this, speed is of 425 the essence. Disregard the wayward unmentionables uttered by those who display 426 their lack of cognizance daily as if it were some sort of ritual. Put aside 427 the derogatory comments of those infantile cretins who's discourse can only 428 be described as flatulant. A time exists when all must be put to the wind, and 429 one basic mission; one all consuming purpose in life, must remain alone, 430 unscathed, and unhindered. Do this now, and don't come back empty handed. 431 Remember, one bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but an empty hand is 432 not worth a damn. 433 434 JJJJJJJ the person that wrote the above hung up (didn't log out) at 9:12 a.m. 435 JJJJJJJ I know, because I "Attack Dialed" and turned "on" the disk to find 436 JJJJJJJ it "Unsafe", something i was told meant a hang up. Am I right? 437 JJJJJJJ Cistop, I give you my full support! (financial if it would help...) 438 JJJJJJJ Jack Hoover on the watch... 9:17 a.m. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ 439 440 *%#_@)%*#_)*%!_)%*!_)*%_)*%!_+%_!)%!+#(%_)#*^)_&*^)_!*%_)!#%*)_!#*%_@)#*%_@#)*_%*_#*%@#_)%@#_%*_@#)^_)@#^_@#)*@#_)%*@_# 441 Alex : Avast ye matey... And swab dem decks... I have indeed seen an image of the Alchemist's craft. And a fine boat 442 it is indeed. If memory serves me correctly, a 45 foot Staysail Schooner. A beautiful sight indeed. Five working 443 sails, including the elusive fisherman. But there's more... The is a vessel from the old school. It hauls no 444 engine, no sir... The wind and the currents are its sole proprieter of movement. Truly a vessel fit for the open 445 sea. Three years our alchemist called this schooner his home. Voyages far and wide... What a glorious life! It 446 makes me yearn for the feeling of the salty breeze in my face, and the utter dependence on oneself for survival. 447 Down to the sea in ships............ 448 *_%*)_@*%#@_%_&#%_)*!_)%*#!)_%*_)&%#_@*_)@^_@) L'homme sans Parity *_%)#*%_!)%*!_#)*%_)!_)*%_!)*%_^&_)$^_*%_@#)*%_@#)%* 449 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 450 no school today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 451 it was once said... 452 a break from the manotany 453 leads to a lift in the creativity. 454 hey i said that!!!!!!!!! i also misspelled it. 455 i can feel the creative juices surging through my head as of now!!!!! 456 i'll mhave an entry of justifiable length soon 457 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFCICFP< 8ACICFP< 458 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 459 To ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (guardian of ?? -- sloppy memory at this end!) 460 Please feel free to use the piper as a character in your Young Master 461 West series. My only request is, please don't damage him too badly. 462 kathyd: I am sure that I echo many others feelings of outrage that you 463 have been subjected to such an unforgivable atrocity. Although there is no 464 way I or any other can undo what has been done -- please remember that we 465 are here, we can and do offer our moral support and best wishes. Although 466 a basically peaceful person,I almost wish I could find the perpetrator of 467 the deed and punch his/her lights out! (luckily for me, this is not too 468 likely to happen -- with that evil a mentality, my lights might end up 469 flickering a bit.) We who know you through your writing -- and it may be 470 a more real you than we could know in person -- know when this type of slander 471 is attempted. We will be with you in spirit. 472 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 473 M.R. Hawthorne&MIG.:Thay took away the modem this morning,so thay can build a cord for it. 474 With luck, we will have it working in a week. 475 ASP 476 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 477 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 478 L'homme: What is on your agenda for tomorrow (Sat. 9th) besides PorSFiS? I am going to try to attend (I also have 479 some business at PSU to take care of), if the weather permits. For some strange reason, travelling in snow doesn't 480 appeal to me much. (Isn't it funny how being upside down in a car off the road will alter your thinking?) 481 #$##$##$##$# 482 Time marches on, but I promise to have a NET entry entered later tonight. For now, Hasta la vista... 483 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 13:43 - 02/08/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 484 it was said long ago that he who cast a 485 sidelong glance shall soon be living a 486 sidelong existence. whoever said such a 487 sidelong thing can really believe such a 488 sidelong thought. for to me that is what a 489 sidelong person would tend to forget in a 490 sidelong way of life. it all starts out a 491 sidelong year ago without so much as a 492 sidelong yell of warning. it now finds a 493 sidelong time to remember what has been a 494 sidelong history of things and people and a 495 sidelong place to be. such is the life of a 496 sidelong missionary. living in the jungle a 497 catch thats soon to be. hunting in the forest 498 where large cats try to roam free. men come 499 who dont understand it, but it makes me feel 500 allright, when women come to visit, the end 501 is nowhere in visible sight. children like to 502 come too, and play and play and play, in a 503 couple sidelong years, maybe in a bygone day. 504 if you hurt enough inside, and the pains too 505 much to bare, the bones will crack, the face 506 will snap, and theres no one left to care 507 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Becky T.: Yes, I will remember some. 509 Farley: I understand you reason for writing about the accident, I think. 510 Not too long a time past, I was in an accident. I, a type who does not believe 511 in her mortality, have often dodged Death and done such things labelled "Dare- 512 devil". The whole concept of death seems nebulus and foreign, farther off in 513 the future than Christmas seems to a young child. Foolishly, I was not wearing 514 my seat belt; luckily, I was wearing my glasses. My head crashed against the 515 windshield, just in time, I braced myself and fell back into my seat. Glass was 516 cascading onto my face. (Luckly, not into my eyes, or very little). 'Oh, God,' 517 I thought 'I am dead.' But, I soon relized that I was only in shock, I managed 518 to stumble out of the car on weak, almost paralyzed, legs. Alive. 519 "The universe was teaching you a lesson. You are lucky, it was a very reason- 520 able price." Was said to me later... It is all too strange... a have become 521 greatly more learned, it seems. But, still death is not a reality to me, even 522 when confronted by it myself. I can only wonder, have you read the newspaper 523 lately? I have seen two articles with children who have froze and been "brought 524 back to life". I wonder if they have feelings any different than we? -Tanya 525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 The following is the text of a handout that was being distributed at the 527 Douglas Adams autographing session: 528 Doug Adams's 529 HITCHHIKER'S TRSAVEL PACK 530 531 532 People often ask me how they can leave the planet, So I have prepared 533 some brief notes. 534 535 How to Leave the Planet 536 1. Phone NASA. Their phone number is (713) 483-xxxx. Explain that it's 537 very important that you get away as soon as possible. 538 2. If they do not cooperate, phone any friend you may have in the White 539 House - (202) 456-xxxx - to have a word on your behalf with the guys at 540 NASA. 541 3. If you don't have any friends in the White House, phone the Kremlin 542 (ask the overseas operator for 0107-095-295-xxxx). They don't have any 543 friends there either (at least none to speak of), but they do seem to have 544 a little influence, so you may as well try. 545 4. If that also fails, phone the Pope for guidance. His telephone number 546 is 011-39-6-xxxx, and I gather his switchboard is infallible. 547 5. If all these attempts fail, flag down a passing flying saucer and 548 explain that it's vitally important that you get away before your phone 549 bill arrives. 550 ____________________________Leonard________________________________________ 551 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 552 First, I wish to thank one and all for the messages left for me after 553 I last came to the Inn. Cistop Mikey has been good enough to allow me a 554 peek at the disk dated January 27, 1985 so that I might see the support 555 that my friends here had given me. It is hard for me to express the thanks 556 I wish to give to all, to let you know that what you've said was just the 557 boost my flagging spirits needed, and is a reminder to me that the spirit 558 of the true contributors here is on a very high plane. 559 Kathy, I didn't see what was left here under your name, and in a way 560 I'm glad I didn't. I am usually a very quiet individual, and rarely do I 561 speak out strongly for or against a position, but from what I've read above 562 I feel a great need to do so. Please remember that, though we don't all 563 speak up in complimentary tones, we enjoy what you place here nonetheless. 564 Two of my favorite entries here were by you (the Pirate adventure 565 and Digital Disk), and though I didn't say so at the time, they gave me 566 enjoyment. Don't allow this individual to dampen your spirit or ruin your 567 zest for making entries here. 568 To the person engaged in the vandalism and libel: Why? I can't think 569 of a simpler way to phrase the question. Are you incapable of creation on 570 your own, and therefore take pleasure from the destruction of the work of 571 others? I find that hard to believe. If you are capable of mastering the 572 skills necessary to use Backwater, if you can assemble a system that can 573 even reach Backwater, then you have proven to me that you are not lacking 574 in intelligence. Do you have friends, family, loved ones? How might you 575 react if you found that they were being harassed in this manner? With 576 anger, pain, irritation, a desire for vengence? Would you be filled with 577 rage? Or what if it were you that was treated like that? You don't even 578 need to respond to that, I think that we all know the answer. Please, in 579 the future, imagine yourself as the recipient of what you plan to do, and 580 if you think it might not be to your liking, refrain! I know that this is 581 undoubtedly the same sort of sermon that you've heard many times in your 582 life, but it is no less heartfelt for that. I find it hard to really hate 583 anyone, because I know that inside everyone is something that can't be 584 hated. Would you show us your good side now? We've seen the portion of 585 yourself that is the easiest to let out. Now show us the other. Please? 586 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]Pam![][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 587 misery loves company 588 @|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@ 589 Becky T. 590 I will remember your entry for more than just a while. I think 591 you should write more often, your story was realy nice. I see 592 that you haven't gotten many messages so far but I think they 593 will be comming by the dozens when more people read your story. 594 I hope you see this message when you call, wouldn't want you to 595 miss a little piece of the praise that you should hear more of. 596 @|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@ 597 About this false message that was seen a while back about kathyd. 598 I think that was awful wrong to do, I wouldn't like it at all if 599 it was pointed in my dirrection. Kathy is handling it well, maybe 600 the author didn't want it to be this way, maybe he/she wanted to 601 cause Kathy to loose face and popularity too. Maybe they feel 602 like they could never be, could never write like that so they must 603 pull someone down because of it. At least there are still nice 604 people around here at Backwater to look forward to seeing. 605 @|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|Mark|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@ 606 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 607 becky... your entry was impressive... and accepted more than you might even 608 know at the moment... 609 doctor frankenstupe... why thank you... although i do not read many books... 610 the passos novels will be added to a list to be checked out soon... again... my 611 thanks to you... and here is to your keeper... one whom i have respected from 612 afar... for quite some time actually... 613 614 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 615 616 as tilean was about to close the door... the endless feeling he had forgotten 617 something appeared... it was expected almost... whenever tilean stayed in any 618 hotel... whenever he left his room he felt he forgot something... a feeling of 619 utter redundancy too k over... and even though he felt stupid... tilean looked 620 in again... 621 622 only a chilly wind from the open window... drapery was being blown about... a 623 chill reminded tilean of the reality of this... it was all so real... tonight.. 624 a person would climb over the window... perhaps even pick the door... someway.. 625 somehow... sometime... some agent had to steal their way into this room... and 626 search it... when they did... they would find all the evidence to discover the 627 false purpose for tilean's presence here... they might find the true purpose... 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