1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 15 DEC 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 %*$#%*#$% At the last bottom, and now at this top. How did L'homme do that? Hmmmmm. %$% L'homme sans Parity %$%#%#$% 21 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\maybe he cheated\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Hmmmm...\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 22 Now how did I do that? Anyway, as I was sezzing, It is starting to move a bit. DV. 23 |||||||||||| Lurking... |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME ||| 24 ______________________________JD 2446414.7655______________________________ 25 26 ______________________________JD 2446414.7665______________________________ 27 O+O+O+O+O+O+ Getting closer O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ 28 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 29 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 30 hey john, that was a pretty wild story you put up on the other side. wicked. 31 systop mikey: where did you get such a handle? 32 in and out jim 33 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 35 My Quote for the week: If I didn't complain, I'd go stark raving sane. 36 PorSFiS 'Old-Timers': I'd like to see a large congregation again. The 28th? 37 Sounds good. I suggest the Cheerful T. afterwards, I always did like that 38 one. 39 Only my finals left for this term, then I shall be able to enter again. 40 That is, er, if I don't celebrate with my newly-returned f-friends-from-other- 41 colleges too much. One gets party-depraved in Estacada. 42 +++++++++++++++++ Milchar, 15 Dec 85, at 10:01pm +++++++++ be 'dangerous' +++ 43 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 44 To: Ian MacHinery 45 From: UNDERGROUND NEXUS 46 Subject: What, me worry? 47 Yes, Ian, but what happens if I change keys? How about 'dissimilitude' and 48 'lugubrious' for keywords? How about two prime-length >13 character words? 49 Worst of all, two unequal-length random strings? 50 Steps have been taken. NEXUS out. 51 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[Y[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 52 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 53 One does not have to even know that there is an Estacada to get party-deprav 54 ed after finals week;traditions notwithstanding, Milc(as in church)ar. 55 Soliloquy ain't bad. Sanctimonious is better than insidious, and tenuous 56 beats soifeggio, but to be (can't find my thesaurus) kresselran(t)chen 57 I have to admit that munificent krabbelbaches Ban roll on. I'm sure you 58 already knew that... 59 For 'keywords' try das Tannenhauser mit Wagners frau habbensie das 'hundt 60 ist loose, und wass will Ich sprechen wenn Parsifal kommens nocking at 61 mein door? Not only that, but das 'NET' framistat has blown the proverbial 62 gasket, and will soon be desperate for a technical expert, und der ist 63 but one. Sorry, NET spoofelgangers, but McKane has kranzetis the raffail 64 cremenis(c)hens. 65 Regards, Papa Pietro. Out. 66 YOU WANT TO RUN THAT BY ME AGAIN? 67 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 68 The piper had not noticed the innkeeper place the extra drink by his 69 elbow, but the soft word caught his, rather muzzy, attention. Looking 70 down, the piper saw the small statuette, perfect in every detail, from 71 the soft feathers ringing the fetlocks to the graceful sweep of t 72 wings. Memories assulted his mind, the sweet smell of morning winds 73 sweeping into his face, the warm breath of the pegasus when she nuzzled 74 him awake on a far-distant adventure. His face gave no sign of the stab 75 of pain that filled his heart, the pain that grew nearly beyond endurance. 76 The words were soft, automatic. He did not even notice himself thanking 77 the innkeeper, as his eyes caressed the statuette. His only feelings were 78 pain, pain and the deep sense of loss of the two things that in his 79 turbulent life he had cared deeply for. 80 The extra drink was welcome, wrapping the pain away from direct contact 81 as it were. He rose and left the table, making his way out into the cold 82 and blustery night, avoiding the person hammering boards into the hole 83 in the floor, ignoring the blast of icy air that swept into the inn to 84 set the candle flames adance and puffing smoke from the hearth blaze into 85 the already smoky atmosphere. Braced against the beating of the wind, 86 he passed the lonely rowan tree and turned the corner of the heavy, 87 low-set building, away from the yellow lamplight that illuminated the 88 heavy oak door. The crescent of the new moon gave but little light to 89 the shadows, the fingers of the wind sent icy chills up his legs under 90 the warm woolen folds of his kilt. The relative warmth and calm of the 91 stables was welcome. In the calm he kindled the small lantern and went 92 to the empty stall that had held the pegasus, ignoring the movement and 93 whickering of other steeds in the stable. 94 Searching the mouldering straw, he found three feathers, overlooked 95 long before. The tears traced icy trails down his cheeks as he leaned 96 on the stall partitions, mind filled with the graceful curve of great 97 wings bending into the wind, the soft curve of a beloved cheek outlined 98 against a grey cowl, the exhilaration of a swift descent, and th 99 gleam of steel as it bit into her bared breast. 100 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 101 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 102 way to go, (pseudo)Innkeeper - now you've gone and made him even more 103 depressed. 104 105 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 106 107 Franklin Pervis through down the contents of the packet and looked up at Nick Young. Young just stared back at the 108 small man, noticing the large beads of sweat that were forming on his pudgy forehead. 109 "Well Mr. Young," said Pervis, interupting Young's examination of him. "I guess that's it. There's too much at stake 110 for me. You can investigate on your own if you want, but I'm out." 111 Young began to protest, but Pervis was out of his chair, ushering him out the door as he spoke. "I can't risk my life 112 over an expose' such as this. There are plenty of other Delta V's out there, and I can't pretend that exposing one 113 would really make the world that much better." As he spoke the final words he nudged Young in the back and slammed the 114 door behind him. 115 116 He walked back to his desk, wiping his brow and shaking his head. Gathering up the letter, photograph and keys, he 117 shoved them into a new manila envelope, addressed it to his friend at Scotland Yard, and placed it in his outgoing 118 pile. He knew the contents would be self-explanatory, and he hoped that they might somehow be of help to his friends 119 there. 120 121 Jim Youngston was the editor of the "Daily Ditto," and was also the closest friend Franklin Pervis had in the world. 122 He was deeply concerned by his friend standing in front of him, chain smoking and sweating even more profusely than he 123 normally did. 124 125 "Jim, you've got to understand. My reports will be coming in the mail to you from now on. I'm going underground." 126 127 Youngston tried to protest, but Pervis rushed on. "I want you to go to my house and get a few things. Here, I've made 128 a list" Pervis through a small white note on the editor's desk. "This Delta V is good, but he's not perfect. He knows 129 a lot about me, but not everything." 130 131 "You mean-?" 132 133 "Right. That's why I kept their deaths secret from all but a few friends. You knew my wife and daughter had died in 134 that car crash, so I can trust you. Delta V didn't, and he's using them as a threat against me. But now that they're 135 gone, I have nothing to lose." 136 137 "But why, Franklin, why do you want him so bad? Why risk your life like this?" 138 139 Frankling Pervis took a long draw on his cigarette, and exhaled slowly. His glistening blue eyes stared directly into 140 his bosses, and his voice spoke with a steady sureness that belied Pervis' looks. 141 142 "He killed my son." 143 144 The next day, the Daily Ditto ran a feature article on the front page. 145 146 RUTHLESS KILLER LOOSE IN NEW YORK CITY 147 By Franklin Pervis 148 149 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 150 151 through/threw, through/threw... mental block?? 152 (((*)))(((*))) 153 L'Homme : Well I didn't get your message until today. I will try to 154 give you a call from work tonight. 155 (((*)))(((*)))((( ripple ))) 156 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 157 Nick Young stared at the blank wall that stood adjacent from the 158 office of Franklin Pervis. He had been ushered out of there in an 159 unseemly fasion, and without much explination. 160 Pervis had said that he was going to hide, to try to escape fro 161 any wrath he may have incurred of Delta V, saying that he was off 162 this case. But Nick didn't believe him. 163 Pervis was too much of a reporter for to long to let a lead, 164 however frail, go untangled. 165 Nick knew, he had been following Pervis's writings for a 166 long time; that's why he came here in the first place. 167 Well, if Pervis was giving him the brush-off for his own 168 safety, then Pervis was highly out-of-character. If instead he was 169 generally afraid of Delta V or any of his cohorts, then he was down 170 right crazy. 171 Nick decided it was time to do some digging of his own... 172 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 173 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\28 174 James snapped out of his funk when the door opened again and Tariya peeked in. He put his personal problems away 175 for the moment and invited her in. 176 She wasn't wearing that old robe anymore. She had traded it for outfit of some blue material with white trim. A 177 waist-length cape was draped over the right shoulder with a silver connecting chain that ran under the other arm. 178 Unlike her robe, this outfit was rather close fitting and she filled it out very nicely indeed. "Whoa!" James gasped. 179 "You're beautiful." 180 She blushed a little and smiled shyly. "Thanks. But what was I before?" 181 James grinned, "By now you should know better than to hand me a straight line like that. C'mon over and have a seat 182 and a few last words with a dying man." 183 "You're not dying." She said as she sat on the edge of the bed. 184 A lot you know, he thought. "I heard you had a pretty rough time of it yourself. How are you feeling?" 185 "Fine. They released me days ago. I've been staying in a spare room at Willy's apartment." 186 "So I hear." James said sourly. "Been enjoying yourself?" 187 "Yes! This city is magnificent! Does it really cover the entire planet?" 188 "That wasn't what I meant but yeah, it does. It's a dimensional Junction. Dangerous place, though. I think you'd 189 wanna be careful." 190 "You sound like you still care." She said quietly. "I don't know why, after all the trouble I've been." 191 "I don't either. You've been a royal pain in the ass since I picked you up." He regretted the words as soon as they 192 came out. Why did he have to say that? 193 Her voice was tight, barely controlled. "Well, I don't think I'll cause you any more problems. I'm staying 194 here." 195 James felt his heart lurch. Way to go, stupid. He needed his mouth punched. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like 196 that." 197 After a long, sullen silence, she finally said, "I think you mean more than you know." After another long moment, 198 she started laughing. "But you're right." and they both broke up laughing. After regaining her composure, she turned a 199 little more solemn. "And that's why I'm staying. I'm too much of a liability." 200 He was going to argue the point, but later. He really wasn't up to it right now. Instead, he said, "How about 201 answering me a question?" 202 "Depends on the question." 203 "Nothing too personal, I hope. I just wondered if you'd tell me who you are?" 204 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 205 206 Subject: FREE CP/M80 Board by PCPI 207 Attention: All Apple 2,2+,2E and Apple clone owners 208 209 FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE 210 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 211 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\CP/M80 Board For Your APPLE///////////////////////// 212 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>6MHz Board with 64KB<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 213 WHEN 214 You Purchase 215 *****************************WordStar for 98.00******************************* 216 Call Today only 10 remain 217 Call William: 503-292-xxxx. 218 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 219 Merry Christmas 220 | 221 / \ 222 // \\ 223 /// \\\ 224 */// \\\* 225 #//// \\\\# 226 @///// \\\\\@ 227 ||||||||||| 228 _______|_|____ 229 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ 230 Cubbards full of potato chips and pop for big Philosophy final tomorrow. 231 Now where did that book go? 232 Anyway, back to studying... 233 Oh, by the way. 234 GOOD LUCK ON FINALS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS! 235 12-16-85 3:38 pm 236 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ 237 238 __________________________________________________________________ 239 Scotland Yard Internal Memo 240 Fm : Intelligence Team 241 To : Internal Affairs 242 243 Due to our involvement with the Delta V case as per the request 244 for services from M5, we have been required to request additional 245 help on the case. The I.T. has deemed fit to notify NET (refer prev 246 memo) on this matter, due to their prior experience with Delta 247 class agents. Last week NET responded to our request by allocating 248 two field agents to the case. The agents are due to arrive in London 249 in the next two days. Their flight is being kept a secret as a 250 security precaution. I.A. will coordinate plan DESPOIL DELTA with 251 the two NET agents on their arrival. I.T. has had two S.Y. men 252 in Delta V's general location since last week. It should be noted 253 that a tabloid newspaper has become embroiled in the Delta V affair, 254 but I.T. sees no adverse affects from the publicity yet. Rupert 255 Murdock has been informed that given word from us he can buy out 256 the paper and in effect strangle the story. 257 Memo next: Arrival of NET agents. 258 __________________________________________________________________ 259 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 260 ______________________________JD 2446415.9306____________________________ 261 |||||||||||||| Lines deleted? How can this be! ||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME | 262 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 263 NWOeohama 264 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 265 Alone, in the void from conscienceness. Watching people live without thought, wast 266 ing their time and lives away. People living as if they were computers; Get up, 267 go downstairs, Take shower. Not a care for anything that happens. They might 268 seem to be sad about something but that's only part of the program. Display 269 sadness; It's hard to see so many prople 270 like this. GOTO1. Maybe someday we'll learn to think again. 271 Later, 272 Neo. 273 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 274 Neohama 275 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 276 The sounds of early morning in the city awakened him. Garbage trucks making their rackety rounds, divers blowing horns 277 for whatever reasons...No birds chirping, he reflected. Time to get going. He turned on the model 100 and pressed a function 278 key. It was still connected. No one had disturbed the thin wires snaking down the hall of the cheap hotel, to the B box, where 279 he had tied into the managers private line. The manager was dead drunk, no doubt, at 5:30 AM, and it was tea time in London. 280 He punched in the numbers, and in a few seconds, the screen read "carrier detected, enter Delta code". He typed in the numbers 281 and his message, and then dialed a local number, and left another message. One not likely to appear on the front page of the 282 Daily Ditto. He had left Switzerland in too much of a hurry to withdraw funds from the CreditSuisseBanke, and was down to 283 $7000.00 cash. He cleaned the Walther, and slipped out onto the street. Breakfast at McDonalds on 144th. He fit in with the 284 crowd. Finishing his fare, he double checked his list- Reversible jacket,five pound hammer,firecrackers,package of unfiltered 285 cigarettes in crushproof box,brown wrapping paper, stamps,masking tape, and two cans of aerosal packaging foam. 286 He caught the subway at 132nd, and got off in downtown Manhattan.He rented a postoffice box, and made enquiries at the 287 tax assesors office and New York County registrars office, and then caught the #85 bus to 59th street, and walked across the 288 bridge to Brooklyn, where he looked up an old friend... 289 Walking back across the 59th Street bridge, he reflected upon something from "The Manual"-something that had been drummed 290 into his head at Quantico:"when an experienced agent goes underground, the chances of finding him are precious little". 291 Delta Five was ready. 292 D DDD DDDVDD293 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*))) 294 L'homme : Tried to call but the line was busy why don't you give me a 295 call in the morning around 9 or 10. 296 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 297 The publisher of the Daily Ditto was distraught. He couldn't believe it. And without notice! The best 298 editorial writer in the newspapers 143 year history. Just up and 'retired'. He barely glanced 299 at the Telex that was laid on his desk by the always so damned efficient secretary, "Ms." J. 300 Smith. He didn't know what it meant;how it affected him. LONDON (UPI) American Airlines flight 133 301 from New York reported missing....." 302 303 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (pardons) 304 Keep in mind: Although things may seem so very low, 305 there is nowhere to go but up. True, I often comment when 306 such may not be desired, I do try to make apparent the 307 silver lining to some of those around me. (As if our dear 308 piper actually needed reminding...) 309 Hmmm, with friends like me, who needs......... 310 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->one who remembers 351:05 311 312 'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r' rica 'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r 313 314 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 315 'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c' costa 'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c'c 316 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 317 =:=:=:=;=;=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:= 318 "costa"? I thought it was "Kosta"... 319 =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:miranda:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:= 320 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 321 ++++++++++++++++++++++00000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 322 OVERNIGHT, THE COLD HAD SANK DEEPLY INTO THE HEAVY BLOCK OF THE FUEL CELLS, 323 OF THE MOTOR. THE CAR WAS EFFECTIVLY GROUNDED. 324 JERRY, COMING OUT OF THE LOW DOORWAY OF THE EARTH HUT, SWORE AS HE SAW 325 THE SNOW COVERING HIS CAR. IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR TO GET THE 326 PIECE OF JUNK TURNED OVER, AND THAT LONG BEFORE THE HEATER OF THE CAR WARMED 327 UP THE INTERIOR. OH WELL, HE HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. IT'S JUST THE 328 BOTHER OF STANDING OUT IN THE COLD, AND MESSING WITH THE CHEMICALS IN THE CELL 329 THAT GOT TO HIM. HE WISHED THE EARTH HUT HAD A GARAGE THAT HE COULD STORE HIS 330 CAR IN, THEN IT WOULD BE ALWAYS READY WHENEVER HE FELT LIKE MAKING A 331 SCAVENGING RUN. 332 HE BRUSHED THE SNOW OFF THE TRUNK LID, AND OPENED IT. FLIPPING THE SEALED 333 COVER OFF THE GENERATING COMPARTMENT, HE STARED DOWN AT THE TOPS OF THE CELLS. 334 THE THERMOMETER IN THE COMPARTMENT READ IN THE GREEN, SO THEORETICALY THEY 335 STILL COULD POWER THE CAR. SLAMMING SHUT THE HATCHES, HE WENT AROUND TO THE 336 DRIVERS SEAT AND SAT DOWN, BEGINNING THE START UP SEQUENCE. THE ELECTROLITE IN 337 THE REGULATING COMPUTER HAD FROZEN, SO HE SWITCHED ON THE MAIN CELL OUTPUT 338 MANUALLY, AND BROUGHT UP THE BANK OUTPUT BY FEEL. FINALLY, THE COMPUTER CAME 339 ON AND TOOK OVER THE PROCESS. A MINUTE LATER, THE MOTOR WOUND UP, AND HE 340 SMILED AND BACKED THE CAR INTO THE STREET. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 341 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 342 ++ RIPPLE, IF YOU SEE THIS BEFORE THE OTHER SIDE COMES UP, WE CAN CONTINUE OUR 343 CONVERSATION ON CBBS(646-xxxxOR771-xxxx+++++++++++++00000001TED+++++++++++++++ 344 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^: Yes there are those who remember and those who care and those 345 who wish things were better all the way around. Those worry and fret because 346 those don't know what troubles the mind of others. Those hope things get 347 better and those wish they could in some small way help. Those wish to repay 348 the help and cheer and good advice that you have given in the past, and will 349 continue to give in the future. Those should be contacting you soon. Please 350 give those a chance to help. 351 _____________________________________________________those____________________ 352 %*#@)_%*@#_)*@#)_^*@#)_^*#$)_*&$)%_&*$%)_*&$_)*#)_*^&)_#$*&_$)*&$_#%)*&_)#$@%*&_$%)*&_$)&*_$%)&*$_%)& 353 Ripple: Sorry 'about the phone, important conversations burning up the lines and making busy signals for 354 everyone else. 355 Miss Nomer: Where art thou? Starlit nights can't light the sky with half the luster of your golden pen. 356 *%)_$*%_)_*%#$_%@_)#*%@#_)*^_@#)^* L'homme sans Parity *%#_@)%*@_#)*)_^&*#)_^*#_$)^*#_^*^*#_^*#_^*#_@ 357 Serif 358 Merci 359 Culotte 360 krit? 361 """"""""""""""""""A slow day I guess... SOLI... 362 ______________________________JD 2446416.9140______________________________ 363 Chain Rule: 364 dy=dy du 365 -- -- -- 366 dx du dx 367 ||||||||||||||||||| Slow indeed... ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME | 368 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 369 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 370 HELP!! 371 Tonight I discovered that I had suffered a disk crash some time ago, damaging several writing files. These files 372 had not been backed up, and I didn't discover the damage until I belatedly attempted to back up the files. I used a 373 disk repair program and found that the damaged files had been partially written over, making the data totally 374 unretrievable by any mortal means. Among these files was the first half of the story "Phantom 429". Chapters 3,4,5, and 375 6 are lost to me forever. Hopefully this isn't completely true. 376 It is my understanding that a number of you out there archive the writings on this board. If anybody has copies of 377 the missing chapters on disk as transferrable text files and would be willing to upload them to me I would be 378 infinitely grateful. As I live with my parents I cannot give out my phone number but if someone is willing to help me 379 they can reach me through private mail on the following boards: Noname, Cary Grant, Project Rubicon, Computer Widowers, 380 The Bullet, Saigon, and Shotgun Fido. I check these boards daily. 381 I really hope someone is willing to help as I cannot recreate these chapters verbatim. Granted, they need 382 rewriting anyway, but I still want to have them for my personal archives. 383 Thank you in advance for any help. 384 385 John Silverman 386 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 387 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 388 The cold air was clearing the piper's head. The comparitive warmth of the 389 stable had delayed the process, whil the activity of searching the empty 390 stall had hastened it. He was approaching sobriety, took a good look at 391 himself, and was disgusted at what he saw. 392 A maudlin drunk, wallowing in self-pity! "OK, fella," he thought. 393 "You've lost everything, huh? So what makes you so special?" 394 A slight draught chilled the trails of the tears that had run down his 395 cheeks, tracing icy lines that seemed to etch the bones with cold. 396 "You've lost Aedem? You never had more than a brief time with her. 397 You never told her how you felt. You love her? You should be happy; 398 she's going home -- back to her children, back to her ..." 399 The thought of her --husband -- was like a knife turning in the piper's 400 heart. He slammed one fist into the rough-sawn board of the stall top, 401 driving splinters deep into the split knuckes, counteracting the emotional 402 pain with physical pain. 403 No! He thrust the thought of that slim, grey-robed form that his arms 404 ached to hold, being embraced by another. He should be concerned only for 405 her happiness, her welfare. But, DAMMIT, it hurt! Fresh tears trailed 406 fire down the ice trails marking his cheeks. 407 He blew out the lamp and walked out into the clearness of the icy night 408 and looked up at the audience of stars who gazed back with twinkling 409 unconcern. Ignoring the cold wind he looked into infinity, wondering 410 where she was now, how her quest progressed. 411 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 412 Jeeminy Christmas JohnSilverman, you'd think you'd have something better to 413 do than modem with all those boards! What about fresh air! Football! Soccer! 414 Wild women! Go mountain climbing or 415 something. Your eyes will change to permanent VDT green pretty soon. 416 You too Pen Name, always popping in, leaving your traces like some mutt peeing 417 on someone elses lawn. 418 419 Oh,well, gotta run... I have another three boards to call now... 420 421 opopopopopopopopopopopopopopopo too pooped to pop popopopopopopopopopopopopopopo 422 423 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 424 TARY CONFINEMENT 425 BRASH TRUMPETS, pounding drums, flourishing flags, yelping hounds and the city 426 all aglow. Into this melodramatic whirlpool of sight and sound Ralph Hunkstone 427 fell. He{_a 428 429 SOLI (abv) Shit On Log Inadequate. As in, 'Your performance is SOLI.' Slang 430 Old English 1587. 431 ___________________________________________________________________________ 432 'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r' rica 'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r' 433 I just wanted to leave a simple boarder to remind myself where I had 434 been... Thoughless jests are the most cruel. So many without any names 435 step carefully into our Inn and slash at the foundations of those they do 436 not know. Tears shall not come to my eyes for the jests taken against me 437 for I have hardened from the pranks I have been subjected to earlier, by 438 others that cared not to leave mention of their names. Besides, this is 439 not the time for tears. 440 I had intended to start a story here. I heard this was the place to 441 do such things. We shall see... 442 'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r' rica 'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r' 443 444 445 ............. ............. ............. ............. 446 Someone call me? I didn't think so... Better get back to sleep then... 447 ............. ............. ............. ............. 448 449 RAP[E _EDZA PDSFP TDFPD MARRX SE[\D _\XJA DIARC UDSFR RDRXE AHBFL PAJAE 450 JP[\D _CLID IXL[E _PDYA DRCPA DMXJD PTADY FZD\A APFLZ HBSFP TDYFZ DZGU[ 451 \D_IX L[E_P DSCLP DPXDZ APDTF \D\N[ C_FJF PCPAI [LHB_ TAD\F ZTPDY RXSDC 452 D\N[C _MGEA [\\\D _ZXID TARVD GEDFM DTADI XAE[M HBHB_ IXL[E _PDUX GDSFE 453 TDFPD SXGRI DELXS DCZCF L[YD_ FDRG^ DELXS [M 454 ............. ............. ............. ............. 455 456 13 Dec. My Dearest Harold, Oh thank you darling for such a lovely gift. It will fit perfectly in 457 the corner where the rubber plant was. The bird was delicious!. I can't wait till you return from your 458 sales trip, you yummikins man. All my love,Michelle. 459 14 Dec. My dearest Harold, Oh you shouldn't have. They're lovely,and I just adore their cooing sounds. 460 You wonderful man, hurry home!. All my love, Michelle. PS-the delivery man brought another tree 461 I guess I'll put it by the front door. 462 463 15 Dec. Dearest Harold, Oh you don't have to be so generous, you charmer, you. Mother and I had them 464 for dinner last night. Honey, the guy brought another tree, and more birds too, by mistake. 465 Hurry home! All my love, Michelle. 466 467 16 Dec. Dearest Harold, I think there might be a computer 'fowl' up, the guy brought 4 lovely 468 birds, they sing so sweet, but he's still bringing trees and more birds. Could you lok into this? 469 Mother says hi. All my love, Michelle. 470 471 17 Dec. My Darling Harold, Oh my God, they're beautiful. You must have made big sales to 472 afford such extravagant jewellery. Oh I love you, you wonderful man. By the way, that guy is still 473 bringing more trees and birds, and it's getting a little noisy. All my love, Michelle. 474 475 18 Dec. Dearest Harold, Please hurry home and take care of this problem, that delivery guy- he brought 476 another tree, more birds, and not 6 geese. The honking is making it hard to sleep, the birds are 477 starting to quarrel, and mother is getting very irritable. My love, Michelle. 478 479 19 Dec. Dearest Harold. Please come home. Now we have Swans. What do I want with swans? There's 480 no place for them to swim. I know it's not your fault, but it's getting a little wierd around 481 here 482 Love, Michelle. 483 484 20 Dec. Dear Harold. For god sake, come home. Now. This morning, a truck arrived, and now there are 485 486 all these cows in the back yard, and girls running around carrying buckets. The neighbore are giving 487 me dirty looks, mother is back on Valium again and I can't sleep at all. Love, Michelle. 488 489 21 Dec. Dear Harold. What am I going to do? There are these women prancing around in the front yard 490 491 the living room is full of bird cages, the back yard is littered with cow pies, and the Geese 492 are fighting with th Swans. The noise is really terible, the neighbore are complaining, and 493 the police have been driving by a lot. Mother has moved out, and I'm exhausted. Love, Michelle 494 495 22 Dec. Harold. This has got to stop,dammit. There are these guys in costumes in the front yard, and 496 they're more than a little friendly to the women who were dancing. Most of the birds got loose and 497 are flying all over the place. The carpet is 498 ruined, the cows are eating the neighbor's 499 grass,and they're threatening to shoot them. The police have told me to get rid of the cows, or 500 be arrested. Come home NOW. Michelle 501 502 23 Dec. Harold. Ok, you SOB, that's it. If it wasn't bad enough, now there are these wierdos in the 503 front yard, playing bagpipes, and the noise is deafening. The back yard is knee deep with cow 504 dung,and the house is a shambles. The health department has threatened to condemn it. 505 The maids, and the guys with the drums are fornicating everywhere and the dead Geese that 506 the cows stepped on are starting to stink. And you did it on purpose too, you bastard. I hate you. 507 Don't you ever come home.Michelle Warren. 508 509 24 Dec. Mr. Harold Warren, Warwick Hotel, Seattle. 510 Dear Nr. Warren, I have been retained to rep 511 resent Michelle Warren. A petition for restraining order is being filed in Circuit Court Monday. 512 I warn you, that any further harassement of my client will result in your being arrested. 513 Mrs Warren has, of course, filed for divorce. 514 J. Royce Swanson, attorney at law. 515 516 10 June. Dear Mr. Warren, this is to inform you that your ex-wife is to be released on a 517 convelesent leave, and will be living out of state.Any attempt to contact her could result in a 518 relapse, so please leave her alone. I remind you of the restraining order still in effect. 519 S.Dylan Stevenson, M.D. Superintendant, Snickering Sycamores Rest Home. 520 521 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DV [*=*] [*=*] 522 EU 523 J 524 A 525 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 526 Mikey: I have a 70 track micro-sci 527 disk drive that is having 528 problems. I was told that you 529 might be able to help me in 530 either determining what is 531 wrong, or helping in getting 532 the neccesary parts to get 533 it back on-line. If you can 534 help, please give me a call 535 or if you can offer information 536 on who can help. 775-xxxx. 537 (I bought the VTR's from ya) 538 539 Kevin. 540 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 541 g'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r' 542 r'r' rica 543 you sounded like Tanya 544 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 545 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 546 """""""""""""""""" 547 To the above: very funny. There is no such meaning of SOLI in Old English, 548 but you knew that. Why I bother to respond to this sort of thing I don't 549 know, but what can you expect from Someone Of Little Importance... 550 """"""""""""""""""SOLI 551 ______________________________JD 2446417.9547_____________________________ 552 553 554 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 555 Hi there guys!! I don't know if anyone around the Inn will remember me, 556 as I made a hasty escape into the wilds of Reno, NV six months ago to find 557 gainful employment and have only now gotten the financial stability to return 558 to our fair state and go back to Moo U. I see that a lot of the old voices 559 are silent, but a lot of new ones have found sanctuary here. I also notice 560 that a lot of people areleaving lines but no messages...is there a reason for 561 this? 562 One quick question... there was a nasty rumour in Reno that the BBC has 563 cancelled our Beloved Doctor Who, and as I was not in touch with any sources 564 down there, I was unable to find out the Truth. Is it all a load of poppy- 565 cock(insert your favorite adjective here), or is it (gasp) true???? If no 566 one knows, I'll have to go to powell's and get a copy of DW monthly... 567 M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S ! ! ! 568 (or Winter Solstice or whatever) 569 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/(thestoriesarestillgreat)/\/ 570 571 ||||||||||| Lurking... |||||||| Tracing? ||||||||||||||||||||||||| PEN NAME ||| 572 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 573 Things are getting slow -- this is the first time I've made three entries 574 on one disk in a looooong time. This will be the last for quite a while -- 575 I'm heading north for a while, into cold country. Looks like the piper is 576 heading out into the cold night without stopping back into the inn. 577 Sigh. I hadn't finished that last ale either... 578 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 579 if things are getting slow here........ why not call (503) 657-xxxx. open 24 580 hours a day, 7 days a week. see the difference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!just 581 suggestion 582 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 583 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 584 585 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 586 Mikey: Nevermind. I found the problem 587 with my drive. Thanks anyway.. 588 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 589 """"""""""""""""""A *very* slow day indeed... SOLI 590 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 591 never say never again 592 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 593 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 594 All: Too bad this is such a slow one, for this will be my last full entry. 595 I'm heading out of state for an indefinate period of time, and so 596 will be infrequent in checking in, if at all. Like to say it's been 597 fun, and it has, so I will. 598 If you're ever in Idaho, look for my board... 599 The real thing- PEN NAME 600 |||||||||| A tearfull fare-well to the Inn... ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 601 ______________________________JD 2446418.9869______________________________ 602 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 603 (Sigh) Everybody's leaving. Gonna get lonely around here. Oh, well. Goodbye, 604 Piper, Goodbye Pen Name. I hope you do well whereever you go and maybe we'll 605 meet again. At least I'm still gonna be around for the forseeable future 606 (big deal!)... 607 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J. D. SILVERMAN #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 608 ++++++0000001TED+++++++++ 609 OH, RIPPLE, WHERE ARE YOU? 'SIGH' IF YOU SEE ME HERE, CALL ME ON CBBS 646 5510++ 610 ++++++++++++++++T. MITTELSTAEDT++++++++++ 611 Of course it's getting slow you nits. It's Christmastime, and people are going 612 home to mama and papa, and are busy buying presents and seeing what it's like 613 outdoors! (Oh THAT'S what the sky looks like!). It's best, I think, for those going 614 away for a bit to have the board go slowly through the holidays. The new year 615 shall see a new resurgence, so those who get out of the habit in the next few 616 few few weeks just plain get in the habit next year! We'll see some more stories, 617 etc., so just hang in there! 618 619 *************************** Mr. Positive and Long-Time Lurker ***************** 620 621 SOLI: I like your name... Methinks you like yourself more than your name would 622 indicate, and that's good. But now, I have to wipe (out), 'cause I'm AT THE BOTTOM!! TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 622