1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************ INSTALLED: 8 MAR 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 :::::::::::::O O::::::::::01:20::::::::::::::::::::03/08:::::::::::O O:::::::: 21 Oh good grief. Here I am, and nothing prepared. Well, how about 22 L'homme: DISKCOPY won't do it. Not the same format, or some such nonsense. 23 Don't tell me it's a by-file xfer? 24 :::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::: 25 *********************************************************************** 26 so close... and yet so far 27 28 Jack brought in the morning paper and had a seat at the breakfast 29 table, he casualy flipped to the financial page and read the headlines: 30 Skippy stock up 20 points in massive trading... he couldn't take it 31 anymore, a tear could be seen in his eye. Marci looking at Jack, knew 32 he would have to suffer alone, they all would. She was a bit nervous 33 and reached for her purse her mind on the solitary cigarette she saved 34 for just such a moment. As she was scouting through her purse, the lottery 35 ticket she had purchased on the night of the caper caught her eye, pulling 36 it out she looked at the date: hmm last night... "Say Jack, could you 37 hand me the sports section." Jack mumbled and handed her the entire paper. 38 Tony saw the ticket in Marci's hand and remarked" Say Marci, remember your 39 promise?, he chuckled thinking out the outrageos odds of winning a major 40 prize in the lottery. Marci ignoring Tony's attitude but nodding in 41 agreement to her promise opened up the paper and found the scoreboard 42 section. "say Tina, You hang on to the ticket and Ill read the numbers 43 maybe we will win twenty bucks or something" Tina looked over and picked 44 herself up from her catatonic state on the couch, Any deversion would 45 be nice. And Marci began to read, 6, 13, 15, 25, 35, 38..."well, how did 46 we do?" She turned and looked at her partner, Tina was white; her hands 47 were shaking and all she said was "we just won 6 million dollars." The 48 devious adventurers had been rewarded. Tony was grinning, Tina fainted, 49 Marci and Jack retrieved the ticket from Tina and shared a kiss. Well, 50 1.5 million apiece, not to shabby for the peanut butter barons. 51 ********theend*********************************kathyd*********************** 52 *************************************************************************** 53 ok, ive hogged up enough space for a bit, ive got a new story churning; but 54 i haven't figured out the ending yet so its back to spy stories for the rest 55 of you for a while. p.s. i have been dared to do "open mike" at the "main 56 place" would any of you folks support me there? (tuesday nights) 57 *************************************kathyd*********************************** 58 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 59 More than happy to lend my laughter. Open mike is something that I have been 60 daring myself to do for a long time. It would kind of be like watching some- 61 one else sky-dive when your thinking about doing it. 62 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] right behind you agian! [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] 63 64 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ 65 Peanutbutter! Now why hadn't I ever thought of that? Thanks for the tip, Piper. 66 Now, let's see. 1.5 million dollars divided into $X per jar... how many? 67 Boy, I can be a happy man with that much PB! That and OREOS!!! Oh boy!!! 68 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Jack Hoover 4:43 a.m. JJJJJJJJJ 69 70 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA 71 Esteves: The "Revue" was enjoyable until my blunder. "It takes two guys..." 72 I appologize for having been the second guy in the statement. 73 Such poor timing is unbecoming an Agent, a former one at that! 74 Eugene: Not to worry, the mysticism may only last as long as your absence. 75 But far be it for me to spoil the endevors of those that have built 76 the secrecy around me! In time the truth shall be known. 77 For the good of the cause. 78 Gaudy: It was a pleasure to have seen you again, just stop leveling that 79 funny looking hand gun at me, if you would be so kind. 80 And beware of familiar patrons at odd hours. Maybe. 81 Fellows: Not even you can stop the likes of me! I fear not the one that takes 82 matters into his own hands for I am the same! Be forewarned! 83 Fiat & Fred: Rest In Pieces... (diabolical laughter) 84 Soon, very soon... (Just remember: H.A.R.M.) 85 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA 86 kinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkey 87 penut butter and oreos! my!!! applesauce and artichokes forever!!! trenchcoats 88 and travel alarms! coffee cups and cupcakes! bathtubs full of baby oil! 89 kinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkeysexkinkey 90 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 91 Tkathyd? anyone? what (and where, and why) is an "open mike?" My only 92 aquaintance with such an object occured when I used to flip a switch on an 93 audio board and bring up the gain on that channel. Somehow that doesn't 94 seem to fit the context... 95 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 96 The piper rose from his seat at a table deep in the shadows. The night's 97 activity had subsided somewhat; the almost frantic activity of the inn's 98 patrons had subsided. Draining the dregs of the ale from his mug, he slipped 99 outside the scarred wooden door, letting it drop back into place behind him. 100 It was as if a knife had cut across the skein of warmth and laughter, 101 chopping off the warm yellow glow from the inn. Outside, the full moon 102 had painted the world with a colorless brush, tinging the grasses that gave 103 with a soft crunch beneath his step with a blue-white frosty glare. 104 Turning the corner of the heavily-built building, even the atmosphere 105 seemed to change. The quiet seemed to deepen, and the cool air took on a 106 tang that told of distant icy ridges and snowey pines laden beneath their 107 winter burden. Hurrying quickly under the icy gaze of the stars, the 108 piper creaked open the wooden door and walked into the warmth and animal 109 odors of the stable. Standing for a moment to let his eyes adjust to the 110 lack of the moonlight, the piper fumbled in his sporran and pulled out a 111 strangely contrived tinderbox. Working by touch, he pulled back the nut 112 that held a small piece of worked flint and let the chase down over a 113 small fluffy piece of tinder. Releasing the nut, the flint was driven 114 over to the chase -- its file-like surface drawing a shower of sparks 115 over the just exposed tinder. A few sparks caught within the tinder and a 116 cautious breath nursed a tiny flame into life. A wooden splint trasfered 117 the infant flame to the nursery of a candle wick where it thrived and grew 118 to pierce the darkness with its precocious brilliance. 119 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 120 121 PLEASE FORGIVE MY USE OF UPPER CASE FOR THIS ENTRY... IT IS NOT MY FAULT... I AM AT SCHOOL... AND 122 THE DINGY HANDS OF APPLE COMPUTER HAVE SPREAD EVEN TO THIS PART OF THE GALAXY... THOSE MORE ACADEMIC 123 OF YOU WILL KNOW... I AM ON AN APPLE WITH NO LOWER CASE... EEK... 124 125 OF COURSE... IT IS A THREE-THOUSAND DOLLAR CONFIUGUIRATION... AND IT WILL SUPPORT FIVE LEVELS OF 126 REALLY RADICAL MULTITASKING... AND IT WILL ALSO TAKE UP WHAT IS NOW THE BOOK ROOM... THEN IT MIGHT 127 HAVE LOWER CASE LETTERS... 128 129 UNTIL THEN THOUGH... YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS ALL IN LOWER CASE... AFTER ALL... I RARELY USE ANYTHING 130 ELSE... EXCEPTING FOR THE STORIES... ESPECIALLY THESE LATEST ONES... 131 132 FOR THE LADY PAM... I DID NOT THINK YOUR STORY WAS LONG WINDED... IN FACT I ENJOYED THE PROSE OF 133 DESCRIPTION... EVEN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DRESS... ALL IT MATTERS IS HOW ATTENTIVE AND CALM ONE IS 134 WHEN READING... 135 136 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 137 138 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 139 Piper - A "Open Mike" is an arrangement that a couple of local comedy clubs to 140 allow amatures a chance to get in front of a audience and be heckled to 141 death, Kathyd is just looking for some moral support. One Main Place 142 has this every tuesday night. It is something I have wanted to do ever 143 since I listened to Bill Cosby as a kid. My problem is that most of my 144 humor is reactive in nature, I need someone to act as a catalyst, but I 145 don't think I could work with anyone else. Maybe that's why I bartend, 146 there's lots of people to bounce off of, and I have something to keep 147 my hands busy with between wise-cracks. I'll tell you thought, it 148 doesn't hurt my tip. 149 Kathyd - Didn't mean to answer a question that was asked of you, but I needed 150 to writs SOMETHING this morning, and the creative juices weren't flow- 151 ing last night. 152 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] 153 W*A*R*N*I*N*G 154 THE PAPER REPORTED THAT TWO DANGEROUS OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY PRISONERS 155 ESCAPED WHILE BEING "CHAUFFEURED" TO A BRIDGE TOURNAMENT JOINT IN BEAVERTON. 156 Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! 157 No Wonder The State Is Always Out Of Money. Imagine Driving Felons 158 To and From A Card Game. Probably, The Reason Why Atiyeh, The Hun, Would 159 Like a Plane Is To Jet The Inmates To Reno Or Vegas. I'll Say 160 *NO TO SALES TAX* 161 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP 8AICCFP< 162 finally time to enter another piece of work 163 164 damnation alley 165 166 i've got the serum 167 and i'm going to take it 168 all the way to boston 169 oh i've got to get through. 170 the going won't be easy 171 but i'm going to make it 172 it's the only thing 173 that i am cut out to do. 174 ride the post-atomic 175 radioactive trash. 176 the sky is on fire 177 from that nuclear flash. 178 diving through the burning hoop of doom 179 -- ignore this line it's muffed -- 180 in an eight wheeled anti-radiation tomb. 181 thank u doctor strangelove 182 for going doolally 183 and leaving me the heritage 184 of damnation alley. 185 186 no more arizona now 187 pheonix is fried up 188 oaklahoma city 189 what a pity it's gone. 190 louisianna's wiped out 191 and the mississip's dried up. 192 no more chattanooga, 193 cherokee, 194 lexington. 195 196 craters coming at me 197 ashes coming at me 198 radiation wasteland 199 i've got my anti-radiation machine 200 oh thank u doctor strangelove 201 for giving me ashes and post atomic dust 202 and the sky is raining fishes 203 it's a mutation zooo 204 i'm going down damnation alley 205 well good luck to you.......... 206 207 armour plated angel 208 motor pony express 209 going down damnation alley 210 it's one hell of a mess 211 the sky is raining fishes 212 it's a mutatoin zooo 213 i'm going down damnation alley 214 well good luck to you.......... 215 216 thank u doctor strangelove 217 for going doolally 218 and leaving me the heritage 219 of damnation alley 220 DAMNATION ALLEY-WAY. 221 222 well good luck to u.......... 223 hawkwind,,, 224 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 225 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 226 HAVE A NICE ETERNAL DAMNATION, THEN 227 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 228 229 i was wondering... do chipmunks have a lot of problems getting jobs... 230 231 ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ?0? ? 232 233 above, depends on the education of the chipmunk. 234 Tilean:5 levels of radical multi-tasking? last time I saw that machine it had 235 one disk drive! 236 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? 237 238 PAPA PAPA PAPA PAPA PAPA PAPA PAPA PAPA PAPA`SMURF 239 WHAT FEUN IT IS TO BE AT THE KNIGHTS TERMINAL?? 240 THIS IA LIKE \YPING IN A HOLE LOT OF rHIT F_LKSn... 241 ANL FOR TXOSE OF XOU WHO DHINK T@IS IS NOT THE REAL R\ERMINAL 242 THAT HE DOES ESE, THEN THKS IS`WHAT YOW GET RF@OM ME AT HIS 243 PLACE........ `THIS IS REALLY BAD FOLKS..... 244 HAVE`A NICE DAY CND ENJOy THE WEEKEND... HOPE T_ BE ABLE T_ 245 SEE SGMM OB YOU AT PORSDIS.. IF I`GET TO GO THAT IS...n 246 ================ PAPA SMURF HE DOESNT EVEN XAVE MY BOARDER`KEY 247 -------------!=!=!=!=!=!- 248 ZIPPY: CALL HIS LORDSHIP, SIR GALLAHAD! 249 --------------!=!=!=!=!=!- 250 Hi, Scott Machaffie. This is Chris. Howz it going? 251 Scott Machaffie 252 ........................................................................... 253 If any of you out there are interested in a game of : 254 T.A.G. (The Assasination Game) 255 aka K.A.O.S. (Killing As Organized Sport) 256 aka Killer 257 aka Assassin 258 please leave a msg to Leonard on The Messenger (639-xxxx) 259 ____________________________________Leonard________________________________ 260 ps. NET agents, Underground Agents, & Mckane Enterprises personnel welcome! 261 ___________________________________________________________________________ 262 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 263 i shall!!! 264 i suggest that you try also!!! 265 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 266 267 268 &($)(&#$)'&)"'&)'&)#'!('?&'%(&$(&$*(&$*#(&$*#&')#'&)$#'")&'#)%&'$)'&$#)&$#) 269 Voyeur:Wasn't able to get ahold of you before 5pm, nobody home... All 270 completed, and ready for delivery on the 'morrow. I also have the tested 271 modem and another goodie or two. How did you do with your 'big' job? 272 Mike:Thanks much for the manual, and all of your help explaining the 273 commands. It is not often one gets personalized instruction from the 274 author of the program. 275 Leonard:Book finally finished. Will return at PorSFiS. 276 Kosta:Yes petit dejuner was enjoyable. At critique, instructor liked photo 277 of teacher better than photo of secretary. I was mildly surprised. C U. 278 Farley:All demoed out? Catch your bus alright? 279 Gaudy:Your presence at lunch was greatly appreciated. You give our organ- 280 ization a degree of credibility that would otherwise be lacking. The 281 ability to avoid meter maids can not be overlooked. I wish I had such 282 skills. Chocolate Mousse forever! 283 '&$#)&')*'("*!)'&)*!'&!"&'%'$)%L'Homme sans Parity &'$#)&'#$&'#$)&'#$)&'#)$ 284 285 ::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::23:45::::::::::::::::::::03/08::::::::::O O: 286 L'homme: the 'big job' is going quite slowly. Since I want my Archives 287 to be in proper chronological order, I've had to list the directories of 288 each disk, write it down (by hand, since the printer is not hooked up yet), 289 sort the dates as I write them down, and now I'm going to have to copy them 290 in less-than-whole-disk blocks. The 2000 format is not very swift 291 (2 minutes/disk = 30 minutes), and since I haven't started the copying yet, 292 I don't know yet how long THAT is going to take. It's going to be a 293 long night. Oh, and I'm still missing Dec0582, Dec2282, and the infamous 294 May2083. Also, I assume the "BW-11-17" series are your regular downloads? 295 Well, the last disk just finished formatting, time to get to it. 296 See you at PorSFiS. 297 :::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::: 298 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 299 Leonard - Is this also known as the "survival game"? As I remember T.A.G. is 300 something completely different, but then I can only hope. 301 I want to thank everyone who dropped by Weeks End to see me. I did engoy it. 302 If any of you happen to be out that way on Saturday night, say hi. 303 I wanted to enter a poem tonight, but as I am forced to type in total darkness, 304 and I am not a touch-typist, this is too slow for that. Besides, I'm not real 305 happy with the last verse. Or the first for that matter. Some of the ones 306 in between are ok though. 307 308 Kathyd - I envy you being able to sit down and write something like you did. I 309 once read a story written by Asimov that he had done on a British talk show. 310 It seems they had challenged his claim that he could write anywhere. I hope to 311 learn to do that some day. Mood should have nothing to do with it. 312 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] 313 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 314 The sky and snow bounced the sunlight back and forth between them until the 315 air was cleansed of all that was not light. The sun washed them so cheer- 316 fully that it was hard to think ill of the men with weapons or to regard as 317 sinister the smoldering heap of metal which had melted itself a grave in 318 the snow and was being covered rapidly with sprkling water. 319 In black ski gear cryptically marked with blue, with mirrrored sunglasses 320 and a snug knitted hood, Fleming looked every inch the crack secret agent. 321 But then, he had always mistaken the trappings of heroism for its goal. He 322 believed that if he executed the postures, costumes, and rules of the NET 323 that he would carry out its mission.. He was like a devout churchgoer who 324 fails to grasp the concept of Christian love or a knight who mistakes his 325 armor for the holy grail. He had great will and nerve but lacked insight, 326 a trait which had caused him recently to deploy an expensive bevy of tanks 327 to a remote Ugandan village whose weapons consisted of pointed sticks and 328 to conduct a prolonged stakeout of a bewildered Finnish farmer in Astoria. 329 There were other incidents including his abandonmentof Kosta which had 330 kept him in a low rank in NET and I knew that this ploy to discredit me was 331 a bid for promotion. 332 "Gee," I ventured, "it's a shame to spend such a gorgeous day inside." 333 "We're trying to concentrate, Gaudy," said L'homme grimly as he searched 334 for the elusive escape route. When things get tense he loses all sense of 335 civility and humor. He is L'homme sans parody. 336 I glanced at Kosta. He looked tired, trapped, but calm. For all his desper- 337 ation and confusion he was a more salvagable agent than Fleming. He had 338 gone underground in Bulgaria precisely because he had seen beyond the ass- 339 ignment to the inner problem, and now he was trying to connect with NET 340 again because he wanted in some crazy way to correct its dogmatic excesses. 341 "We're going out, Kosta. We're going to surrender." 342 "WHAT?? No, I've held out too long for that. You guys can surrender. I'm 343 staying here." 344 "The others can't surrender because they aren't wanted for anything. Their 345 presence will be interpreted as an attack. But you and I will be safe 346 because NET rules require agents to accept surrender without impunity" 347 "What makes you think the Hitler Youth out there are going to go by the 348 RULES?" asked Farley. 349 "Nice try Gaudy," said L'homme, "but if he brings you in and Ian hears your 350 side of the story, Fleming will be even deeper in the doghouse. He'd be 351 better off shooting you." 352 "I know Fleming," said Kosta quietly, "He's incapable of thinking for him- 353 self. OK. Let's do it." 354 355 It truly was a fine day outside. At the sight of Kosta and our makeshift 356 white flag, Fleming froze. He desperately wanted us dead and we had done 357 the one thing that would prevent him from killing us. 358 "CCute," he spat, "Clever. So now I take you to Ian." 359 He suddenly gave us an ugly grin. "But you'd better not try anything. 360 Even," he smiled slyly, "if provoked." 361 The remains of the Fiat were now trapped in ice and looked like a big 362 glass paperweight. I had been meaning to get it a tune-up. I felt as if 363 an old friend had died before I had a chance to say something impor- 364 tant. Fleming's devotion to the rules had saved us. It was touching that 365 he was so loyal to the manual but when I see him dead I will feel more 366 for the Fiat than I feel for Fleming. 367 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT G. Minsky TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 368 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA 369 Gaudy: (Applause) Very well stated. The time you spend is well worth the 370 wait. Nothing personal, but it shot the h--- out of the entry I have 371 at my fingertips. I estimate that I should have to give it a major 372 rewrite, nothing much... 373 Beware familiar Patrons within the fortnight. (More laughter) 374 Esteves: This latest entry brings forth the need to attach an ERRATA SHEET 375 to the most recent of guidelines, namely the one discussed with 376 Eugene. Did I detect a bit of humorous conciet on your instructors 377 choice? Shame remains for the "second guy". And another item, 378 H.A.R.M. will return it many shapes and sizes. "Cranking 'em out" 379 tisn't as harsh an attitude as I had expected, actually somewhat 380 enjoyable now that I consider it a "challenge". (ring-ring-ring) 381 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA 382 383 CH /ie/ei/ and whatever else strikes thy fancy...  ( 384 :::::::::::O O:::::::::::03:40::::::::::::::::03/09::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::: 385 Well, it's finished. 28 of L'hommes PC Archive disks fit on 13 1/3 of 386 my Tandy disks. (do you feel those emanations, L'homme? I believe the technical 387 term for them is "gloat"). So, it took me one hour of preparatory paperwork, 388 1/2 hour of disk formatting, and 4 hours of 1 (or sometimes 2 or 3 if you had 389 them filed correctly) file at a time. I had about a dozen read errors, but 390 all but two I managed to tire out (retry..retry..retry..) usually somewhere between 391 5 and 20 attempts. Oh, and the elusive 05Dec82, 22Dec82 and 20May83 finally showed up. (In 1984?) 392 So, I seem to be complete up to 16Jan85. I don't suppose there is a list of what 393 there is SUPPOSED to be, floating around somewhere? All this xferring can lose 394 a file here and there. 395 And now for bed. 396 ::::::::::::::O O:::::2::::::::::::::::2:::voyeur:::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::: 397 Aargh! I just discovered it's ENTER ONLY! :::O O::: 398 399 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (life is hard all around...) 400 E/O Well, well. Here we are again. I don't mind so much as it forces one to 401 consider just what it is that one has typed in. Can you say 'train of 402 thought'? I thought so, now can you say 'typo'? I knew you could... 403 Leonard: My man! I never thought I'd see the day when someone outside of 404 a universty situation would start up a decent game of TAG. Count me in! 405 I'd even make myself more available for getting shot at if I knew a game 406 were in progress. Such questions as Ltd. membership and multiple assign- 407 ments come to mind, but they can be answered in person... 408 Now can you say 'derailment'? I forgot something, I think... 409 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the illusionary Guardian 68:04 410 Now I remember! How critical is it to have an exact aspect ratio of 1.33:1 ? 411 I know somebody out there knows what I mean, I just hope they have the answer. 412 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the ---n- Guardian 413 414 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ?`? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? 415 Did someone say...TAG?!? killer by any other name would still be as much fun. 416 count me in. What shall it be, circle of death? gangland? or some bizarre 417 varient? Now where did I put my gun, my bombs, my contracts? 418 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?oMiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? 419 420 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 421 Tin Man, thank you for the explanation. where, pray tell do you purvey 422 humor with your refreshments? (If you are so rash as to enter, you may 423 be visited by various anonymous strange types of persons seeking refreshments.) 424 blast11 (that was supposed to be !!, terminal keyboard problems. Its hell 425 426 when some of the keys only work intermittently ... off to country store... 427 (even return key jams11ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 428 429 ============================================================================ 430 WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, ALONG COMES --- AUNTY DERIVITAVE --- COMING SOON. 431 ========================================================================-=== 432 433 ARCHIVE UPDATE ARCHIVE UPDATE 434 Voyeur: The reason those three missing files didn't show up until 1984 is the same mistake made by 435 others, didn't reserve space on the proper disks. Glad to see you got everything finished, at 3:40 436 am? Arg! 2.67 more disks will be delivered to you today. (that's down from four received at P.C.S.) 437 Sorry my files are so scrambled up. What I am planning on doing is using a 20meg hard disk to sort 438 them. I simply copy all the files to the hard disk, run Norton's DIRSORT utilityon the files, and 439 then using a .BAT program that has error checking for disk full messages, copy as many complete 440 files as possible to floppy disks. All I would have to do is change the floppies, the rest would 441 be automated. It sounds like you have done the same thing, but with a bit more work. Only 13.3 disks, 442 that IS disgusting! 443 ARCHIVE UPDATE ARCHIVE UPDATE 444 445 1st message left with COPYLINK! Works great! 446 (*==marker==*) 447 how do you know if the sky is really blue??? 448 or the grass auctually green??? 449 hawkwind,,, 450 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 451 ********************************************************************* 452 greetings humans: well i have been told that i may not attended the 453 meeting today. i guess ive been a bbbbaaaaddd girl. 454 (sniff). i have been told that i must start this 455 jogging stuff today, bother and poo poo. 456 tin man: thanks for the compliment, but after reviewing the 457 material i wrote... im amazed that i claim to be 458 catholic. when reading please visulize tougue firmly 459 planted in cheek, err mouth... see im doing it again. 460 i better log off before i really get into trouble. 461 (so what's new?) 462 *********************************blushing****kathyd*********************** 463 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09 Mar 85 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 464 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13:20 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 465 No one could have noticed, so well she blended with the hearth- 466 blackened walls, for she was still as the flagstones that warmed her, 467 except her ears, sensitive as flickering sails, when they honed in on 468 the piper. His step, though it drew little attention, held a quiet 469 purpose that interested her; when the great oaken door yielded to his 470 hand, a swatch of night beckoned, with a glimpse of the luminescent 471 amber orb; her eyes filled with a black echo of its shape. 'Twas so 472 compelling that in an instant she was moving like liquid silver in 473 his wake, admiring the rapt appreciation he, too, held for the eve... 474 But when flame chuckled forth from his hands in the stable: 475 no feline form greeted his eyes! Rather, two pairs of great wings 476 quivered side by side, one pair akin to a tapestry of silk, softly 477 a-glitter from reflection of the spark in his hand, and the other 478 a wondrous plethora of feathers, scented with star-kissed winds 479 and far-away sun-lit meadows...Pegasus whickered an affectionate 480 welcome to the piper and shivered those magnificent plumes, seeming 481 afloat by virtue of their gentle, lilting drifting...But the dragon 482 made no sound, nor wafted any fragrance to betray her presence. 483 Nor did she need to, for her supple skin radiated colour as if in 484 sparks, a fine-cut crystal awakened by light, a milky cluster of 485 stars smoothed onto her undulating body. Yet along with this 486 poise, the piper could sense her hesitance, even as she extended 487 her sleek head towards him in greeting... 488 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 489 -'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-' 490 A park is an eye in the urban typhoon... restful, serene. 491 492 We all want to grow and change--only our memories bar our way. 493 494 In her, I see a verneer of vulnerability layered over strength and 495 an incredible mind. That's what appeals to me. 496 497 There are so many 'I wants' in my life. Sometimes, I'm just too scared 498 to risk all and go for it. 499 500 We spend our lives mired in frustration, reaching but never touching. 501 Maybe frustration is a reward in itself. 502 503 I look at happy families walking hand in hand and wonder... Why can't 504 I let myself do that? It's the American way, right? 505 506 Survivalists aren't nuts... they just live in the wrong century. We 507 haven't changed that much since our caveman days, eh? 508 509 Two old men 510 Throwin' horseshoes in the park 511 We end as we begin 512 Playin' a child's game. 513 514 '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'The Jung and Restless'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'- 515 516 *************************************************************************** 517 In the first four years of Reagan's "Get big government off the backs of 518 the people" administration, the number of full-time permanent government 519 federal employees grew by 23,000. Jimmy Carter REDUCED the federal roster 520 by 38,000. It's not what you do, but how you say it that counts! 521 (From the March 1985 issue of Reason Magazine Page 12) Very interesting 522 information if valid. In the same issue (Pg 8) they indicate that the 523 average American is paying $534 of his tax dollars to defend Europe, while 524 $322 went to defend the U.S. This is compared to the $360 that the average 525 German pays and $450 that the average Briton pays total. Oh yes, an 526 additional $74 of your taxes goes to defend Japan and South Korea. So it 527 would seem that the average American spends more defending Europe then the 528 average European. Again, very interesting information if true. 529 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY *********************************** 530 Leonard: I finally found that info on the Pied Piper if you're still 531 interested. The local (?) distributor was Northwest Sales and Marketing, 532 Inc., 540 South Holden, Seattle, Washington 98108 (206) 763-xxxx. The 533 local dealer (?) was Shier Sand Portable Computer, 6206 NE Broadway, 534 Portland, OR 97213, 287-xxxx. The beast was made by STM Electronics Corp., 535 525 Middlefield Rd.,Suite 130, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (415) 326-xxxx. 536 Given the state of the industry, I wouldn't be surprised if all of the 537 above no longer exist. But you can try. I have 3 pages of dealers and 538 distributors for the beast if you're interested. Some of the distributors 539 still exist I know because we deal with them at U.S. Digital. They 540 include Microamerica, Bill Kist & Assoc., Excel Dist., and Kaltronics Dist. 541 In Seattle the dealers were Compu-lab, and Byte Shop. Hope this helps. 542 ************************************************************************** 543 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 544 hello just thought I'd leave this 545 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 546 that was sure considerate of you 547 is this thing working? I need help. 548 ZORPHON. I mean --- ZORPHON, ZORPHON, ZORPHON. The greatest video game yet for t 549 the Commodore 64. I'm hooked. I have to quit now so I can play more. ZORPHON, I 550 551 Mean ZORPHON,ZORPHON,ZORPHON. 552 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 553 L'homme: It was nice to meet you, and know who you were.When we were in 554 M.R. Grices office i had no idea that it was you siting accross from me. 555 Guardian:I hope i didn't get into H.A.R.M.'s way at pc&s tooday.(excuse 556 the pun.) 557 558 ASp 559 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 560 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 561 Greatings for Mad Max and Themnax of 562 Lananara! The modem works! We are 563 calling in from the NEC. Lananara 564 Embassy back online. A toast to a 565 rubber band. (don't ask). Also, 566 the Guru of Bliss lives... 567 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= 568 and 569 ------------------------------------- 570 571 572 Altogether an ineresting experience. Pizza and Flick. You may notice that 573 there is a lack of a boarder, tis as I intended it to be. The reason being 574 that I was "beside myself" as to just who I was during the ocassion. 575 Perhaps I shall let it rest at KOSTA, and if that will not suffice, 576 "Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal!" KOSTA 577 Such a liaison may be possible again in the month of fools... KOSTA 578 -Remaining afterwards was something I should have seen, and predicted. 579 As it turned out, all that was to be said was, "So, I'll see you again 580 sometime? Sorry I can't stick around, [Logan and] I [are] going to go for 581 a ride on his motorcycle. Bye." 582 583 "Oh...." 584 I suppose that an hour is not too long to wait before I may leave... KOSTA 585 TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 585