1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 7 AUG 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 L'homme: Anytime is fine. 21 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ************************** 22 23 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 24 Sorry, guys, but I believe this is the only time in my entire life that I 25 shall find myself... 26 AT THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 27 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!! 28 Er, ahem. excuse me. just got a trifle carried away. 29 LAter... 30 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 31 ******************************************************************************** 32 Drat! so close! 33 Tony? Tina is in town, see ya around. flashflash diamonds are forever 34 Prometh: What's up? send me private mail on aloha ok? 35 ********************************************************kathyd****************** 36 37 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 38 There are certain times when propriety tends to go by the boards in any 39 person's life. The piper, normally one of the more staid members of the 40 ragtag riffraff that comprise the typical society of Innisfal, had as an 41 excuse only the strain under which he had been laboring. True, reality had 42 been shifting and bending around him, but as an experienced adventurer he 43 really should have been more hardened to the shifting and changing of mutable 44 reality. In addition, he had been laboring under quite a large degree of 45 mental coerceion. (spell check -- where are you when I need you? Dictionary 46 presently unavailable.) His mind seemed rather numb from the after effects 47 of the mental control that had been used on him. 48 Ignoring, for the moment, the rest of the crew, he had seated himself 49 (a bit awkwardly, he would admit) on the floor in an out-of-the-way corner 50 of the pell mell. With the avid grasp of a drowning man reaching for air, 51 he had rummaged in his sporran. 52 For those unused to the piper's costume, he normally wore a loose shirt, 53 a kilt, a plaid (a large tartan cloth folded into a narrow strip, wrapped 54 round his chest and over one shoulder falling nearly to the ground) and 55 a small wallet on a waistbelt (called a sporran) worn at the front of the 56 kilt. His nearly knee-high hose and dirk (an 18 inch razor sharp blade 57 carried in a scabbard that also held a small fork and spoon) set with 58 cairngorm glowing in the pommels, and the matching glow from the skean 59 dubh from the hose on the calf of his right leg completed the picture. 60 As he rummaged in his sporran (a container that, common to many containers 61 carried by experienced adventurers, had an inside considerably more 62 commodious than the exterior dimensions would lead one to believe possible) 63 looking for a restorative, he uncovered several bottles. Now to the 64 uninitiate, Scotch whiskey for medicinal purposes may seem identical to 65 Scotch whiskey for recreational use, or Scotch whiskey for relief from 66 boredom, or even Scotch whiskey for hospitality. The piper's subsequent 67 actions certainly belie that assumption. 68 In his search for a restorative, Scotch whiskey for medicinal use, the 69 piper had disturbed his arraingement of bottles. Sadly in need of the 70 potent restorative, he had neglected to restore order until the precisely 71 measured dosage (three swallows) began to take effect. Carefully wiping 72 off the top of the bottle with the heel of his hand, the piper secured the 73 top of the bottle and with a quiet "gurgle" it was restored to its niche 74 in the sporran. The much-relieved piper then began to straighten the 75 disarray that his hasty search for Scotch whiskey for medicinal purposes 76 had caused. One by one, he stowed items away until he came to several 77 bottles of Scotch whiskey for non-medicinal purposes. (Jealous of space, 78 he had stored mostly these non-exclusive-use containers rather than the 79 specialized types such as Scotch whiskey to present to visiting nobility.) 80 Thinking that he detected a feel of moisture along one of these bottles, 81 the piper withdrew it from his sporran to examine more minutely. Trying 82 the top, he unscrewed the top with almost no effort. Lifting the open 83 bottle to his lips, he drank deeply while examining the inside seal in 84 the cap. It appeared to be intact, so he took another deep drink and 85 carefully examined the glass rim of the partially empty bottle. Unable to 86 find a reason for any leakage, the piper took another drink and reinspected 87 the seal of the cap, then the bottle rim again. Nothing. Struck by sudden 88 inspiration, the piper held the bottle up to the light to search for hairline 89 cracks in the glass. His inspection hampered by the nearly quarter-bottle 90 of amber fluid, the piper drank the remaining liquid in the bottle to 91 make it easier to inspect. He was still trying to find defects in the 92 glass of the bottle when his head slumped to the deck of the pell-mell and 93 his thunderous snores seemed to shake a carved panel depicting a rather 94 furry fellow disporting with two (ahem) thinly clad (ahem) decidely female 95 persons in a manner that not too many years ago American society would have 96 rewarded with a jail term somewhat longer than that meeted out for 97 involuntary manslaughter. 98 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 99 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 100 Ahhh, but how our laws have progressed, dear piper. 101 A toast to any gentleman 102 So shrewd and diplomatic 103 Who never - though he's in his cups - 104 Decides he's operatic! 105 and a spanish toast; 106 Better to pay the tavernkeeper than the druggist. 107 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN 108 This bullitin board stuff is new to me. I thought I put a message on it 109 last night but I guess I didn't or I just haven't figured out how to retrie 110 ve it. I would appreciate any help 111 ============================== 112 I GUESS THIS TIME MY MESSAGE TOOK. THIS COMPUTER STUFF IS NEW TO ME. BUT 113 IT SURE SEEMS FUN. IT SEEMS MOST OF YOU FOLKS ARE WRITERS, HUH ? 114 I GUESS I DABBLE A BIT MYSELF. I'M MORE OF A POET. ANYWAY, I LOOK FOWARD 115 TO ANY RESPONSE. 116 ok, response. 117 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI 118 "Halloa!" Trainor called. "We are almost there. Bard, kick in the shift 119 dampers, quick stops can ruin your whole day." 120 It was obvious that Trainor was in much better spirits than he had been 121 a few hours before. The problems with the crew seemed pretty much cleared 122 up. There was still the slight formality of everyone knowing who everyone 123 else was, but that would soon be taken care of. Bard seemed to handling the 124 controls of the Pell-mell quite well. Piper was off in the corner in a 125 state of convalescence. Emu and Scarlet Lion were engaged in deep 126 conversation. And two adventurers Trainor didn't know were seated in 127 the rear of the Pell-mell near some florid carvings of anatomy. 128 Yes, Trainor thought to himself, with companions like these I am sure 129 we can defeat the evil anomaly from ZEB... 130 Trainor's line of thought was intersected by a frantic call from the 131 Bard. "Trainor! Get over here. I am getting some strange readings from 132 the temporal interchange meter. I have never seen numbers like these before. 133 What could it mean?" 134 Trainor's voice was strained but clear. "We were on course for my home 135 planet/reality at 5-jump intervals. Now these numbers would suggest that 136 our course has drifted, or been altered, due to some large reality-pool. 137 The last time I saw numbers even close to those was..." A look of terror 138 crossed Trainor's face. His eyes burned with a fever of thought. "was when 139 I burst through the ZEB zone, just after I pulled the entity through in 140 my space." 141 Emu spoke up. "You mean that thing is close?" 142 "That is very likely. Either that thing is close by or it caused 143 this pool when it passed." 144 Piper had awoken, and although looking the little worse for wear, pressed 145 his way to Trainor's side. "What do we do now?" 146 Trainor paused for just a moment. "I don't know for sure. I thought one 147 of you might have an idea." 148 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI 149 150 oh my god! What is the world comming to when the Piper writes such a 151 long entry? What's going on here?!? I myself, and probably many others 152 have modeled ourselves after the great Piper. We kept our entrys short and 153 to the point, saying what we wanted to say and that's all. But what do we do 154 now? The image has been smashed! And above all there are new users on the 155 board? Arrgrgrhrhhh! HI, MY NAME IS TOOTSY, CAN YOU HELP ME BE POPULAR AND 156 A ALL 'ROUND NEET PERSON? I think I'm going to throw up? Whatever happened 157 to reading the help file? geez 158 --------------\=-\=- 159 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 160 Ah, yes... whatever happened to reading the help file... 161 We were *all* new users at one time, so I see little sin in not know- 162 ing everything about the use of a system. We are all at different levels of 163 knowledge and ability, so little is to be gained by negativism. Just relax 164 and let the newer user learn, offer a helping hand when necessary (in the 165 manner the Piper used) instead of rude commentary, and all will benefit. 166 As far as long entries go, I rather enjoyed Piper's little adventure in 167 Innebriland. And it appears that images weren't the only thing that was 168 smashed in that story! 169 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 170 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 171 Right on, Pam, right on! 172 173 Max... 174 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 175 Hi Im new at this and not to sure of all functions offered. Can someone help meg 176 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-) 177 I agree with Pam! I liked the story from Piper, really nice! 178 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-) 179 Not only do we have writers here but comedians too. Whhen I asked for a re 180 sponse I was just looking for someone to communicate with. You know just 181 some idle chit chat. I'm not hip to computer bullitin board etiquette, 182 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 183 From Prometheus; Shoved 184 Perhaps it is the summer heat. It could be the influx of 185 new people. Maybe I am simply getting ornery in my old age. I 186 am not sure what it is, but something seems very, very wrong. 187 I find myself becoming annoyed at simple spelling errors, 188 and at people who write obsecenely large amounts every day. It 189 is not that important that it should aggravate everyone. 190 And if it is not too hypocritical, I would like to say a 191 few things about how this could be changed. These suggestions 192 are only suggestions. 193 No one is willing to change for other people's sake. And 194 when people refuse to change, and expect others to change, it 195 aggravates everyone involved. This is what caused the greater 196 reality shifts lately. In my opinion, at least. 197 It would be simple for people to adopt better spelling, if 198 it seems to be a problem. And margins are too trivial to be 199 major emotional isssues. And of course, not taking artistic 200 liscense with other people's opinions, and actions. 201 All I am saying is to try to be more agreeable, and when 202 you think something ought to be said, do it in between borders 203 under a character. Which would probably ruffle less feathers. 204 Assorted messages follow. 205 Man in Gray; My father seemed quite agreeable about the ink 206 blotters we mentioned, and the resident aliens were impressed 207 with my knowledge of caustic liquid agents. 208 Guardian; Once upon (note proper spelling) a time, you said 209 a friend of yours could get ahold of paint pellet guns. I am 210 in the market for one, and it appears I have some money for it. 211 Zephyr; Take heart, and please do not think I am angry. I 212 have said what I have said in states of grumpiness beyond most 213 people's immaginations. Although maybe not beyond yours. 214 Kathyd; I wonder what it is that I am supposed to say over 215 there. I guess it is something about the Great Peanut Butter 216 Missile Crisis now transpiring. Sounds dandy to me. 217 Piper; Regardless of what other people have said, I liked 218 your entry a great deal. It is rare that omething gets me to 219 lagh out loud anymore. 220 Whomever it is that claims to be new; To help in adressing 221 mail, usually people leave a special line above what they have 222 to say, and a line afterward. A name is usually included, and 223 the whole thing is called a border. The border ought to be a 224 distinctive thing, so that people will know who is talking. 225 Welcome to BWMS. 226 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 227 228 ch /lagh/laugh 229 Something for thought..... 230 I think at the time dropping the bomb on 231 Hiroshima was a good idea, but the future 232 should have been of consideration. 233 Are we being plagued in epidemic porportions buy ignorance? 234 T(IGNORANCE wasn't the word I was looking for but it's all that would c 235 come to mind.) 236 The team of scientist who constructed the first atomic bomb knew that a 237 larger bomb was soon to come yet they built the bomb anyway. 238 T H E G R E A T P E A C E K E E P E R 239 Was it really? 240 241 T H E G R E A T P E A C E D E B A T E R 242 243 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'& 244 Isabell ignored the appearence and the dissappearence of the Pell-Mell. A feat 245 that I was not able to match. The exotic styling of the thing was, spectacular 246 to say the least. 247 Although, when it dissappeared, I was left with no idea where it had gotten 248 to. For that matter, I was left with no idea *when* it had gotten to either. 249 250 I sat on the grass that the Pell-Mell had crushed. Isabell started chewing 251 on it. Cropping it lower and lower until she had eaten most of the spot where 252 the romanesque, picturesque vehicle had made it's impression. 253 And it left quite an impression, a dozen people must have scratched their 254 head in wonder at it. I think the little cupid on the front was the cutest 255 fixture. Or perhaps it was the grated window toward the front, aas it tapered. 256 I began to think about describing the thing in pen and ink when it occured 257 to me. A machine of this, gaudiness would surely have been documented in some 258 reference work. Especially if it were time hopping with a crowd like the one 259 that had just departed. 260 If I could find some mention of it, in some book, somewhere, sometime, I 261 could rush to that spot and meet the Pell-Mell and my fellow adventurers. 262 The only person who might have a library so large as to mention the Pell- 263 Mell was the Sage, whom I had met a dozen times in the Inn. He mentioned 264 living close to here once apon a time. Perhaps it was time to visit the old 265 boy. 266 &'&'&'&'&'&'M'U'R'D'E'R'&'&'&'&'&'C'O'N'S'E'Q'U'E'N'T'I'A'L'&'&'&'&'&'&'&414822 267 268 269 \=-\=- 270 the dropping of the first Atomic Bomb was necisary from our point of view - 271 to save American lives that would be lost if we were to invade. But for some 272 reason I'm glad we did drop the Bomb then, the first one. The second one was 273 just to prove we weren't joking, as if they couldn't figure it out. but 274 anyway, if that bomb wasn't dropped then what would people of today associate 275 nuclear war with? All we would have is theories of what might happen in the 276 nuclear fallout. Leaders of today would see it a chalage to drop a thermo 277 nuclear device on somebodies head, it would be a great way to see what happens. 278 nuclear war is horrible and stupid, at least we know that now. We had to learn 279 the hard way at other people's expense. 280 --------------\=-\=- 281 Now tell me one thing... What is so bad about the Soviet Union? Why are 282 American people so scared of the soviets? And please don't say it's just 283 plain 'wrong' because I'll ask you to tell me what 'wrong' is and what you'r 284 basing it on. -- If there was a full nuclear war, wouldn't it be better 285 for the U.S. to just sit and take it? If we didmn't do anything there would 286 be suvivors that could continue the human race. Doesn't that sound like a 287 good idea, letting the human race live on? 288 --------------\=-\=-inmo\=- 289 A note to the person above: There's is nothing just plain "wrong" with the 290 Soviet Union. But, the fact is, our country is founded on different laws, 291 morals, ethics, etc. Therefore, a country which conficts with these creates 292 at least a small amount of turmoil because they do not stand for all the 293 294 things that we stand for. Natually, because do not support their goverment's 295 way of opperating, this creates problems. But, that has nothing to do with 296 them just being wrong. It has to do with what is right in our eyes. And, 297 communism is a big no-no in a captialist society, for obvious social and 298 economic reasons. (I think you know enough about them that you don't want 299 me to go into the terrible things about their government). Even if there 300 weren't that many valid reasons which we could chalk up against them, being 301 different is enough of a reason for misunderstanding which results in 302 conflict. (It causes so many others. Why not in politics, too?) But, hey... 303 they don't think we're all that great either. -- A word for stars and stripes 304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 A friend of mine was riding on the bus. The bus was quiet, and most of the 306 riders were gazing out the windows. On the sidewalk, alongside the bus, a boy 307 was riding a skate board. Before him, a small girl appeared. She was only 308 about five years old. The boy attempted to turn on his skate board to avoid 309 the girl. In doing so, he fell of the board and landed most uncomfortabley 310 splattered on the sidewalk. 311 A man on the bus, who was wearing a business suit, turned to no one in 312 particular and said, "If he wasn't riding that thing that never would have 313 happened. He could of knocked the girl down! I tell you, if man was meant to 314 skate around like that, he woul have been born with wheels." This comment 315 met a few grunts of people who had also witnessed the could have been fatal 316 accident. 317 My friend looked at the man and said, "Oh, so you're a nudist, eh?" 318 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 320 VERY INTERESTING !! 321 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 322 BUT IT'S TIME FOR DAVID LETTERMAN 323 Hello You All, 324 I am new on this system and I have been reading the things you have in here. 325 The pipers little story was pretty good, I have not completly finished 326 reading it ,but hope to later. 327 As for my opinion about the nucleur bomb.. 328 I think that it was a way of showing other nations that we mean bussiness when 329 say that we want to stay in PEACE and not be at WAR.. 330 Maybe the dropping of the bomb will make others realize we mean bussiness. 331 The only thing that I think they should of done is wait to drop it because if 332 they would of droped it on the rajneish 333 it would of acomplished more!!!!!! 334 LATER.???!!!! 335 Can anyone out there please help me? 336 I have some programs on disk and I want to trade 337 for some programs that other users of BBS have. 338 How do I load my programs so they can copy them on disk 339 and how do I copy there programs onto my disk? 340 (dodddd 341 342 343 Can anyone please help me? 344 I need to copy some programs others have on disk 345 over the telephone line to my disk,and transfer some 346 of my disk over to there disk. 347 (Uploading,Downloading (How??)) 348 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#marker#again#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 349 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 350 The atomic bombs dropped on Japan were not an attack on the Japanese milatary. 351 They were an attack on non-military targets in order to demoralize the Japanese 352 people. Obviously they succeeded. Because our terms for peace included the 353 acquiescence of the emperor, which the Japanese regard as a direct desendant 354 of God, they were unexceptable without such brutal flagrantes of our power. 355 In my opinion, what we needed at the time, rather than a new weapon, was some 356 small understanding of the Japanese people. 357 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] 358 ***************************************************************************** 359 To new user who wanted to drop bomb on followers of the Bagwan. You are as 360 bad a communist to suggest such a thing. Don't interfere with a individuals 361 religious preference, it's in the constitution I think. Also you would be so 362 stupid to concider dropping the bomb in Oregon? boy are you dumb. Your making 363 a great impression on me as a new user. Live and let live. 364 *****************************************************************kathyd******** 365 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 366 to the person surprised at the length of my entry: 367 Yes, indeed, I have in the past entered fairly lengthy bits of prose. 368 This usually takes place in some story or another when a break would cause 369 it to become less comprehensible. I've been accused of that enough anyway. 370 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 371 Floors, enven well-padded and carpentered floors are objects to be 372 approached with caution and a reasonable speed. A deficiency of the first 373 and excess of the other sometimes has rather uncomfortable consequences. 374 Upon regaining what passed for conciousness in states like these, the piper 375 became thouroughly convinced that someone had played more than one dirty 376 trick on him in his helpless condition. 377 "Grrmph" he articulated clearly. "Mffgrakkk. Uuhhooorghhh!" 378 Rolling over, he began to pry himself towards a vertical position, at 379 the same time attempting to open his stuck eyelids. Those overworked orbs 380 flinched mightely upon once more being exposed to light, but saved the 381 piper the painful fate of literally sticking his nose into someone's 382 (rather realistically carved) business. Pulling back slightly, he found 383 himself staring at the finely crafted scene. 384 "I'd heard of that, but didn't think it possible... " he muttered 385 under his breath. 386 "So that's the way..." 387 "Oh, my!! But to be that limber..." 388 Voices from the control board of the machine penetrated the piper's 389 concentration and interrupted his study of anatomical conjunctions just 390 as his mind was beginning to reel under possibilities that he had never 391 considered before. A fading instinct for self-preservation dragged him 392 to the control panels to hear the last of the exchange between the 393 Bard and Trainor. 394 "So what do we do?" mumbled the piper, looking at the meaningless 395 gagues and readouts. 396 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 397 ///////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 398 The Soviet Union has nothing to fear from a country whose educational system 399 is in so poor of shape as to produce the writers I read on this system. Behind 400 every bomb is a brain, and it is up to those brains to launch those bombs. 401 Our loveable President only decides when to shoot, he doesn't do the actual 402 shooting. If a cross section of our populace is shown in the users of this 403 system, I would estimate that only 1 out of 5 seem to demonstrate any real 404 knowledge of grammer and semantics. Arguments about 'nucleur' weapons and 405 dropping the bomb on 'hiroshma' are as bloody pitiful as those who seem 406 destined to enter them. 407 ////////////////////////////////////SAM\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 408 Hello all, 409 I'm new at this. I've left a few short messages here in the past few days 410 and haven't been able to type a boarder. I mean after I typed my message, 411 TO ANYONE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP ME GET A MESSAGE ON HERE WITHOUT 412 LOSING IT OR GETTING AN AWFULL BEEPING SOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE. 413 IT HAPPENED AGAIN *********** WHAT AM I DOING WRONG************ 414 ************************S********C********O******T********T******* 415 416 END 417 *********************************************************************** 418 I THINK I GOT IT. ALL BUT THAT HORRIBLE BEEP. MAYBE I WAS JUST LUCKY 419 IT PROBABLY WONT HAPPEN AGAIN. 420 ************S***************C****************O************T*************T 421 422 END 423 EXIT 424 ????????????????????????? THE WIZ ????????????????????????????????????????? 425 YES I AM BACK BUT I WILL BE NICE 426 THOSE STORYS HAD ALOT OF DEPTH AND I AM NOT SURE I QUITE GOT THE WHOLE 427 MEANING I GUESS I WOULD UNDERSTAND MORE IF I WHERE OLDER. 428 SO HERE GOES A STORY READ IF YOU LIKE BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO. 429 THE DOG 430 ONE NIGHT A FAR LONG TIME AGO A 431 MAN TOOK HIS DOG FOR A LONG WALK ALONG THE STREET. 432 THEN ALONG CAME A CAR AND SQUISHED WAS THE DOG THE MAN CRIED AND WEPT 433 IN SORROW THEN CAME A BUS GOODBYE MAN GOODBYE DOG THIS IS THE END OF MY TALE 434 FOR THE DOG HAS NO MORE TAIL TO TELL ABOUT. 435 THE END 436 AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE- 437 THE END IS NEAR 438 SHE AWOKE SCREAMING "DADDY, DADDY!" 439 440 IN CAME HER FATHER WORRIED THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPEND TO KATIE AS HAD 441 HAPPEND TO HIS DEAR WIFE MANY A YEAR AGO. IT WAS ON THE 442 NEWS, IT WAS ON THE RADIO AND IT WAS IN THE PAPERS DAVID WAS GOING 443 TO BE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING AND RAPING A YOUNG LADY. KATIE HAD 444 SEEN IT ALL, SHE SAW HER MOTHER BEING BEATEN, RAPED AND KILLED. 445 KATIE WAS NOW 11 YEARS OLD REACHING HER 12TH BIRTHDAY. 446 SCHOOL WAS OVER AND SHE WAS HOME WATCHING FRED 447 FLINTSTONES WHEN THE SERVANTS HAD TO LEAVE. KATIE TOLD THEM THAT SHE WOULD 448 BE FINE FOR THE HALF AN HOUR UNTIL HER DAD'S GIRLFRIEND WOULD BE HOME. SO 449 THE SERVANTS LEFT AND KATIE WAS HOME ALONE. SHE THEN DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME 450 TO FEED HER CAT 451 AFTER SHE FED THE CAT SHE HEARD A NOISE UPSTAIRS AND STARTED TO GET SCARED 452 JUST THEN A MAN CAME UP AND GRABBED KATIE FROM THE BACK! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" 453 KATIE SCREAMED. THEN THE GUY KILLED HER AND THAT IS THE END OF THIS TOTALY 454 FREAKY STORY 455 JIM HART 456 457 458 ************************************************************************** 459 ________________________________________this is kind of fun,for the first time 460 I guess I leave a print on the screen 461 462 well so much for a word or two GOOD-BYE!!!!!!!!!! 463 ________________________________________ 464 I have to tell you how I feel 465 and also show my love is real 466 We play pretend so much it seems 467 that when we really find our dreams 468 we trip and fall on every line 469 and sound so silly half the time 470 I've searched, explored each avenue 471 in hopes a perfect girl like you 472 would show up seeking the same things 473 which I hold true and know that bring 474 respect and joy, that lovers need 475 to grow and learn and help and feed 476 from one another every day 477 on to our children every way 478 We must take hold of what is true 479 and care for it and nuture too 480 and not get lost in all our wants 481 to let go by a love that haunts 482 us day and night and then some more 483 to let it just walk out the do 484 door 485 You might be thinking "What a fool 486 to use a poem as a tool" 487 But love, my dear, is shown in ways 488 that people have forgot these days 489 I've often thought in days gone by 490 that love was lost, the well"s gone dry 491 But thanks to you, a spark, a flame 492 Hey, maybe you do feel the same 493 And when I'm making love to you 494 I nknow you'll feel the same way too 495 end 496 exit 497 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 498 To the above person talking about the 499 beeping in the middle of their lines: 500 the beeping is caused by trying to add 501 text after reaching the right hand 502 margin setting. To change the setting 503 of the margin, enter "MA " and any 504 number from 7-127. The number is how 505 many chars you can type on a single 506 line. Hope this is of some help. If 507 not, at least I tried... 508 509 Max... 510 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 511 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 512 Thanks, Max 513 |||||||||||||S||||||||||C||||||||||O 514 \=-\=- 515 This is getting sad! 516 Drop a bomb on Oregon? What a dumb idea! A nuclear bomb just doesn't blow 517 up, destroy a bunch of stuff, then go up in a cloud of smoke and be done with. 518 People really don't worry about that part of it. It's the fallout that we're 519 scared of. A nice wind and one explosion could effect the whole state and maybe 520 another one also. Poeple who weren't in the town of rashneesh would be dying 521 from radiation. The winds (if going north) would carry the radioactive 522 particles which would cantaminate our food, we would be eating out of cans for 523 months, years. - That was just a briliant idea! 524 By the way, who appointed you as God? 525 \=-\=- 526 If nuclear war is going to break out it will not be between the Soviet Union 527 or the United States, it will be because of some trird world country that 528 has a couple terrorists with a bomb. South Africa has the technology and the 529 radioactive metials to biuld a nuclear missle/bomb, it's there that our concern 530 should be! 531 \=-\=- 532 By the way, our government isn't to great either. Like the CIA, they are doing 533 a fine job of keeping the world in total disorder, sticking their noses in 534 other coutries business, our own business! No doubt they would be just the 535 ones to send Terrorists the plans for a Mx or two. 536 ----------------\=-\=-inmo 537 ----------- AND DON'T YOU FORGET THE MAD ISRAELIS TOO. THEY'VE STOLEN SO MUCH 538 PLUTONIUM THAT EVERYONE OF THEM GLOW GREEN IN THE DARK ----------------------- 539 ^^^ 24 TUBES WARMING..... 540 541 542 --- "...somebody sharing the same view?..." You told me to bite 543 --- my tounge, I did. Now what? And would you please stop laughing? 544 545 ************************************************************************* 546 wow, still room at the bottom of the disK? I really suprized noone chewed 547 me out for defending against a nuclear bomb in oregon. thanks everyoe! 548 i better no speak too soon, im off to read drive a now. 549 ****************************************************kathyd****************** 550 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 551 A friend, more than a friend, much more. And yet she's a stranger. I reach out 552 to her, and grasp nothing but air. A shadow, a ghost of a woman. Is it to be 553 nothing more? Only a ghost for a friend? Only a shadow of love? Never to know 554 more? Why do I continue? Why do I bother? There is so little that is offered, 555 so little. At times I feel like a favorite hat that is put on only when desired 556 and then put back in the closet until next time there is a desire. Why do I 557 continue this madness? Why must love be so cruel? I'm a fool. 558 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 558