1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 17 SEP 86 ********************** 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 top !!! 21 ____09/17/86__________________JD 2446691.5231_________17:33:19_PDT_________ 22 YET SECOUND IN LINE 23 I AM ALSO THE LAST.. 24 the KEEPER. 25 26 `,`,`,`As close as always`,`,`,`,` 27 -------------------------------------- 28 Welcome All story Writers! 29 30 If you got a good story and would 31 like see it on The Underground Crue! 32 BBS, Call 659-xxxx, and leave me 33 [F]eedback! Only the best story's 34 well be on this system! Different 35 story's every week! 36 ------------------------------------- 37 Dear Crue Sysop: Maybe I'll believe in the calibre of the stories on your board when I am convinced that there are more 38 boards on it than just e-mail and feedback. 39 ********3333****333**3 ******* 40 41 PARROT VICE RULES!! 42 43 CHECK OUT THE ACTION ON THE BLUE PARROT 44 (253-xxxx) 45 46 IT'S AS HOT AS THE STREET AND AS COOL AS THE NIGHT> 47 48 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 49 50 51 ******** C.P. $001$ C.P. ************* 52 /////////////////////////////////////////////////// 53 Dear Crue Sysop: I'll believe you are a good judge 54 of story after you learn to pluralize it. And what 55 is this about "If you got..." 56 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 57 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) 58 It is obvious that the first few hundred lines of this disk were placed 59 by people who enjoy perverting an otherwise friendly and nice place. I, 60 for one, am indignant about this. Gratuitous death and intimacy are 61 obnoxious. Pranks are just stupid. In both cases, they were rude. 62 Why did they place those things here? The Story Teller has put another 63 story up here. One in which the Cistop and a friend are murdered. He, or 64 she, used their names as characters, and then had them slaughtered. 65 Whoever it is that placed those two stories up, nurtures a hatred for this 66 system. Causing me to wonder why the Story Teller has stayed around for 67 these months. 68 The lines following that story were filled with congratulations for the 69 Story Teller, and a prank about the Piper. Understanding these lines is a 70 difficult task. Either the Story Teller wrote hundreds of lines of 71 commentary, or a central terminal was left open for using BackWater. At a 72 gathering of sorts. 73 Whatever the case, one thing is clear. The one way these people are 74 going to be found out, is the one way they can enjoy themselves. By 75 entering more lines. Leaving unwipable, very tracible clues. Which they 76 will do, over the space of time. 77 It's something to think about. Then again, it might be something you 78 want to completely forget. 79 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) 80 ____09/18/86__________________JD 2446692.5886_________19:07:56_PDT_________ 81 Look! Down on the ground! Is it a car? Is it a baleen? No, its 82 The Flash! -DCC 83 84 85 86 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 87 So I'm filling the catsup bottles at the end of the night, and I'm 88 listening to the radio Mike has stuck up on top of the movable panel in the 89 ceiling, when the door opens and one of them walks in. I know right away it's 90 one of them - no chance to make a mistake about that - even though it's got on 91 a nice-cut suit and a brim hat like Humphrey Bogart used to wear in 92 Casablanca. But there's nobody with it, no professor from the college or 93 government men like on the TV show from the college or even any students. 94 It's all alone. And we're a long way out on the highway from the college. 95 It stands in the doorway, blinking a little, with rain dripping off its 96 hat. Kathy, who's supposed to be cleaning the coffee machine behind the 97 counter freezes and stares with one hand still holding the used filter up in 98 the air like she's never going to move again. Just then Mike calls out from 99 the kitchen, "Hey, Kathy, you ask anybody who won the trifecta?" and she 100 doesn't even answer him. Just goes on staring with her mouth open like she's 101 thinking of screaming but forgot how. And the old couple in the corner booth, 102 the only ones left from the crowd after the movie got out, stop chewing their 103 chocolate cream pie and stare, too. Kathy closes her mouth and opens it 104 again, and a noise comes out like "Uh-errrgh. . . ." 105 Well, that made me annoyed. Maybe she tried to say "ugh" and maybe she 106 didn't, but here it is standing in the doorway with rain falling around it in 107 little drops and we're staring like it's a clothes dummy and not a customer. 108 So I think that's not right and maybe we're even making it feel a little bad. 109 I wouldn't like Kathy staring at me like that, and I dry my hands on my towel 110 and go over. 111 "Yes, sir, can I help you?" I say. 112 "Table for one," it says, like Mike's was some nice steak house in town. 113 But I suppose that's the kind of place the govenment people mostly take them 114 to. And besides, its voice is polite and easy to understand, with a sort of 115 accent but not as bad as some we get from the college. I can tell what it's 116 saying. I lead him to a booth in the corner opposite the old couple, who come 117 in every Friday night and haven't left a tip yet. 118 He sits down slowly. I notice he keeps his hands on his lap, but I can't 119 tell if that's because he doesn't know what to do with them or because he 120 thinks I won't want to see them. But I've seen the closeups on TV - they 121 don't looks so weird to me like they do to some. Mike says they make his 122 stomach turn, but I can't see it. You'd think he'd of seen worse meat in 123 Vietnam. He talks enough like he did, on and on, and sometimes we even 124 believe him. 125 I say, "Coffee, sir?" 126 He makes a sort of movement with his eyes. I can't tell what the 127 movement means, but he says in that polite voice, "No, thank you. I am unable 128 to drink coffee," and I think that's a good thing, because I suddenly remember 129 that Kathy's got the filter out. But then he says, "May I have a green salad, 130 please? With no dressing, please." 131 132 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} 160 LoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLove 161 Your love is like a butterfly, dancing across the leaden skies of my heart. 162 You have to but grace me with your presence, and my world gleams with the love I 163 feel for you. My life can find no other suited to me, and you are who I am. 164 165 Butterfly, dancing on the winds of whim and fancy, won't you light on my shoulder 166 and make my life complete? I need your light, and all things pale in comparison. 167 Yours is the truth and touch of gold that makes my heart sing when you are near 168 and cry for you when away. Won't you see what you do to me, and let it be? 169 170 I cry for want of you, and all I would do is exist in your warmth. You are the 171 differance between all things, and I need you. 172 173 Lovelorn 174 175 LoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLove 176 ____09/19/86__________________JD 2446693.6795_________21:18:53_PDT_________ 177 ____09/19/86__________________JD 2446693.6800_________21:19:16_PDT_________ 178 179 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 180 BEEM... 181 182 6060606...... ....g.g.gd..g.d.4r.6... 183 184 L" Your love is like a butterfly, dancing across the leaden skies of my heart?^ 185 sounds like a line from a country western song. I won't subject you to my 186 opinions about country western songs. Lovelorn: try to tone the cliches. Love 187 is overrated and talked about entirely too much as it is. Let's not perpetuate 188 this ridiculous mystique about the fulfillment of basic human lust. There is no 189 real love but self love, need for security, or lust. Humans are selfish 190 creatures. Love is giving. Contradictions Ahoy! 191 192 NK... LOVED! the beginning. Post more. 193 194 the Lunatic 195 ::::::;:::::;:::::;:::::;::::;:::; 196 .-.-.-.-.happily.married.-.-.-.-.honeymoon?.-.I.Wish!!.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 197 And lunatics are so full of self-serving contradictory rhetoric that I find 198 it very difficult to keep my cookies. Humans are selfish creatures? When seen 199 through your eyes they are. Fortunately for the rest of us creatures, these 200 feelings of persecution and self-doubt you wear on your shoulder are not 201 shared. How dare you make such accusations. Your own moniker indicates a 202 lack of understanding and the absence of reality from your world. But does 203 that stop you from making gross generalizations of psycho-babble examinations 204 regarding human emotions. 205 A famous author once wrote, through the words of a great hero, 'There is no 206 such thing as a contradiction. If you find yourself in such a situation, check 207 your premises.' 208 I suggest, dear Lunatic, that you do so. 209 -------------------------------> Dagney <-------------------------------------- 210 {+|+} <210> 860920^1332 211 212 Woodie-Moscow!!!! 213 214 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 215 EXPLOITED: PUNKS NOT DEAD!!! 216 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 217 218 219 Dok so ida telema di ick Woodie Moscow! 220 Del int calfic dishi nam? Ich frax ible? 221 Ibble nine.....Woodie Moscow. 222 223 224 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 225 Oh, now I'm really scared! But anyway, 555: if you are going to continue to 226 make yourself look like a fool then do it someplace else. I tire of this 227 game. Move it to Parrot and I might reply again, otherwise I have lost 228 interest in getting your blood all over my hands. And what is thius "we" 229 stuff all about?? Too scared to come alone? That's the only possibility that 230 that I can see. It's hard to believe that someone that is supposed to be 231 so "tough" is afraid of someone he's never met.... Rather amusing to me. 232 ENOUGH 233 Topic dropped. 234 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 235 236 Well, I have been watching this thing all along and I find it funny that Darbon 237 Makes a big deal out of dropping the subject but then what does he do? He has to 238 get in his parting 'Tough guy' shots at this triple five jerk. If you are going 239 to drop it Farbon, drop it, don't capitulate the overwhelming diopsis of your 240 obviously subversive nature. 241 242 Everybody: What is the number of the Blue Parrot? 243 244 Lurking 245 246 .............. 9-20-86 ........ 16:33 ........ 245-2T ............. 247 Blue Parrot :253-xxxx 248 ____09/20/86__________Leonard_JD 2446694.5737_________18:46:08_PDT_________ 249 I know you're seven Eddie. I know you're seven. But you'll be a seven year old 250 walkin' the dog no house..... 251 252 253 ...Tis' not nice to plagiarise, even from Eddie Murphy. Think 'yall'r 254 tough tough 'cause you can talk about violence? Why take that to ANY board? 255 Who do you know who wants that crap on their board??? This is a STORY board, 256 rem 257 258 oops... Remember??? I hope so. Get back on track... 259 260 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * 261 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * 262 : Darbon, those of us normal Backwater users understand. It is not a loss of 263 face to go to the Parrot for this. Prowess, physical, doesn't matter to 264 most of us. It can all be forgotten in a few days. For one, I wish it was 265 forgotten now. Imperion - WC Wasp Bybee - The Trader Prince : 266 267 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) 268 A consultant got a desparate call from a large company which develops dog 269 food. "Help. Our dogs are getting fat." he is told. It turns out they run a 270 large kennel with automatic feeding stations run by a Vax and the Vax was 271 regularly crashing for reasons DEC couldn't figure out. 272 Sure enough, he showed up the first time just in the middle of a crash. 273 Pandemonium reigned as technicians ran around trying to reboot the system and 274 the dogs were going wild because whenever the system crashed, all the food 275 servers dumped the food. 276 Since they had had a PDP-11 recently with no problems, and they upgraded 277 the power to handle the Vax, he started looking around at the power system. 278 Sure enough, the cable went through one smart dog's cage. It had a broken 279 sheath, so some simple Pavlovian conditioning had taught this dog that 280 whenever he relieved himself on that one spot, he was fed. 281 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) 282 283 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 284 VOYEUR: Message starting at 558 on drive B is not mine. Hence, no Shatterday 285 connection. After all, I do live out-of-state, a point overlooked 286 by an otherwise expert mimic. 287 288 ALL: What?!? No comment on my entery on B?? I am saddened... 289 290 PEN NAME 291 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 292 p.s. For all you know I could really be the expert mimic and that other guy 293 on line 558 is the real PEN NAME. These border wars get tiring and confusing. 294 One last point is that Backwater was never created to be a writer's board. 295 Writers have just seemed to flock to it. Personally, I have no gripes. 296 (the real?) PEN NAME 297 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 298 299 300 What is going on here? 301 302 303 304 WHO CARES? 305 306 307 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 308 I care, that's who. Do you find yourself not caring on a regular basis? 309 I find that a hot bowl of lemon fat often helps. 310 311 312 DOC 313 314 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 315 316 317 ____09/21/86__________________JD 2446695.3041_________12:18:10_PDT_________ 318 319 320 321 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 322 323 A man in a light brown trench coat slowly opened the wooden door to 324 the darkened room. Artificial light spilled in from the corridor behind 325 him forming a sharp silhouette about his figure. He was tall, six feet 326 four maybe. His coat collar was upturned and the fedora was at a downtilt 327 which hid his face in shadows. He stood immobile, waiting expectantly with 328 right sleeve ending in a large pocket on the outside of the coat. 329 The camera could see all this despite the dimness of the unlighted 330 room. A small man sat before a 6-inch screen and focused the camera on the 331 silhouette. He could not tell that the vague form was wearing a light 332 brown trench coat or even that the fedora was dark brown; nor did he care. 333 He only knew that this was his enemy. This was the one man who the small 334 man wished forever absent. This dark vague form was evil. Slowly he 335 followed the right sleeve down the side of the screen until he noticed a 336 slight bulge in the pocket where it ended. A weapon undoubtedly, only the 337 variety left him wondering. It may have been a pistol, explosive or some 338 other new gadget. It did not matter though. Nothing would save his enemy 339 now. 340 The small bald man deliberately looked away from the screen as he 341 ushed the glowing red button on the console in which the screen was inset. 342 All the vague form's expertise could not save him from the blinding flash 343 and thunderous sound that ensued and he was incinerated. The roar of the 344 explosion reached the small man's ears and he chuckled. 345 "It doesn't matter now, does it?" he spat. The figure had disappeared 346 from the small screen and was replaced with minute dancing white and black 347 images accompanied by the pleasing sound of static. 348 349 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^FEDORA^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 350 351 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 352 NEVER "TRIP" WHILE RUNNING ACROSS A COW PASTURE. 353 354 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * * 355 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * * 356 357 ...Got those Cilicybin blues, mama, everything's a ball... 358 359 It's okay to trip, so long as you don't step in the meadow muffins... 360 361 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * * 362 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * * 363 ** 364 MEADOW MUFFIN * * 365 ** 366 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 367 G2 STOP THIS WAR NOW !!!!! 368 369 These days Backwater seems like a house with all the children gone. *sigh* 370 371 372 373 374 375 You don't spend time with the dog Eddie. The dog's so stupid he doesn't even 376 know his name. 377 378 379 380 ******_____))))))((((((****&&&&^^^^^%%%%$$$$####@@@@QQQQQQ[[[[["""">>>>>>>> 381 gee......... how did you know??????????????? 382 >>>>>>>>>>""""""[[[[[[!!!!!@@@@####$$$$%%%^^^^&&&**((())____]]]]]]~~~~~~ 383 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * 384 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * 385 386 You're just jealous 'cause you can't spend time with the dog. It would 387 like you if you only quit making eyes at it... 555 quit your petty squabbles 388 and join the human race. At least you will retain some face that way... 389 390 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * 391 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * 392 ____09/22/86__________________JD 2446696.5492_________18:11:27_PDT_________ 393 WHO CARES? 394 ------------------------------->>>><<<<--------------------------------- 395 Hello, 396 Just moved to Portland and checking out the action 397 398 bye 399 JFK 400 ------------------------------->>>><<<<--------------------------------- 401 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * * 402 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * * 403 404 This is NOT my best, but I want to post, and everything's buzy, so if you don't 405 like it, then say what you will, but tell me how to get better... 406 407 The ocean tossed and rolled violently, mother nature's fury venting itself 408 at the bulk of mankind. With nothing to watch the awesome display, a typhoon 409 had whipped itself up in the pacific. Not ANY typhoon, this one evidenced 410 ite 411 itself only five minutes before it raged. From within the typhoon, the 412 swirling vortex of mist spun energies of vast and unchained proportions. Then, 413 the typhoon exploded in a displat of force and energy. From deep within the 414 planet, the sleeping god neptune rolled over... 415 416 Struggling for atmosphere, klyr paddled as best he could, the ocean a 417 vast empty tomb. Clawing at the surface to stay afloat, klyrpondered how he 418 arrived. There was a hole in space, pulling him in, and then he was here. It 419 does not matter, though. 14 hours later, the first intra-dimensional traveler 420 was not even floating... 421 422 423 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 424 425 Anybody know of local BBS's that have adventure games (especially for 426 the commodore 64 or 128). If not, how about games of any kind? 427 Leave a message for COBRA . 428 429 9/23/86 7:30 a.m. COBRA 430 431 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 432 433 : Mikey, I know it seems like a tough thing to do, but keep on with this. 434 We, you know us all, and who we are, appreciate your trouble. The time 435 you spend on that kind of crap. Feeling that someone has just taken 436 advantage of you in that way. Leaving messages like those that were above 437 this. Thanks for going to the trouble of operating the board. Please 438 remember how good it has been, and will be again. Trader Prince : 439 440 ok...ok...ok... 441 i'll trade you for a frog.... 442 ok...ok.... ok.... 443 WHO CARES? 444 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- 445 TO :COBRA 446 TRY 6560418/2816141/ANDTHIS HAS A BBS LIST/2398465 447 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=. 448 !"#$%&'()0{}|+-\ `~@*^[]=:;=<>?,./!"#$%&'(){}|+-\ `~@*^[]=:;=<>?,./!"#$$% 449 450 THE TYPEWRITER REVOLUTION 451 452 453 The typeriter is crating 454 A revlootion in poetry 455 Pishing back the frontears 456 And apening up fresf feels 457 Unherd of by Done or Bleak 458 459 Mine is a Swetish Maid 460 Called FACIT 461 Others are Olimpya or ARUSTOCART 462 R RAMINTONG or LOLITEVVI 463 464 TAB e or not TAB e 465 i.e. the ? 466 Tygirl tygirl burning bride 467 Y, this is L 468 Nor-my-outfit 469 Anywan can od it 470 U 2 can b a 471 Tepot 472 473 C! *** stares and /// strips 474 Cloaca nd +- 475 Farty-far keys to suckcess! 476 A banus of +% for all futre poets!! 477 LSD & $$$ 478 479 The trypewiter is cretin 480 a revultion in peotry 481 " "All nem r =" " 482 O how they # away 483 @ UNDERWORDS and ALLIWETTIS 484 without a . 485 486 FACIT cry I!! 487 D.J. ENRIGHT 488 489 490 Just thought I'd treat you to some real poetry. 491 492 !"#$%&'()0{}|+-\@*^ `~[]=:;=,./<>?!"#$%&'(){}|+-\@*^ `~[]=:;=/,.<>?!"#$%&' 493 ************ C.P. $002$ C.P. ********** 494 WHO CARES? 495 496 497 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 498 499 "In times of trouble... The best we can do is do our best." 500 Benjamin Disraeli 501 502 503 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 504 |:0.445 after launch, a plume of black smoke burst from the side of the | 505 | right-hand booster and was visible for about 12 seconds before | 506 | disappearing. It was near a joint sealed by a pair of rubber O-rings | 507 | intended to prevent hot gases from escaping from between two segments of 508 | the booster. | 509 |:58 seconds, smoke appeared on the side of the right-hand booster near a | 510 | strut that attached it to the external liquid fuel tank. | 511 |:59.249 seconds, an intense plume of flame appeared in this area, and the 512 | chamber pressure in the booster rocket started to fall. Because of the | 513 | pressure difference, the left-hand booster had more power and began | 514 | tugging the shuttle slightly off course. | 515 |:62.484 seconds, the shuttle's computers tried to compensate for the | 516 | difference by moving the right wing flap. Mizell said the flap was moved | 517 | so abruptly that it created a "spike" in radio data, indicating that the | 518 | flame must have broken through the right-hand booster in explosive fashion| 519 |:63.924 seconds and at 65.524 seconds, the computers directed first the | 520 | right-hand main engine nozzle and then the left-hand main engine nozzle to| 521 | swivel to try to compensate for the off-course motion. Mizell said this | 522 | subjected Challenger to an up-and-down motion "like a porpoise moving | 523 | through water." | 524 |:66.174 seconds, bright spots and then a large glow appeared on the side | 525 | of the right-hand booster. | 526 |:67.684 seconds, pressure dropped in the oxygen tank that fed the system | 527 | of small jet thrusters that steer the shuttle, indicating that one or more| 528 | of the jets were firing to try to keep Challenger on course. | 529 |:From 72.01 and 72.281 seconds, Challenger was rocked severely when the | 530 | two boosters began working against each other. One tried to move left and | 531 | the other right and then suddenly, one pitched slightly up and the other | 532 | down and the spacecraft moved sideways. Mizell said the crew probably felt| 533 | this but had no time to report it. | 534 |:73.175 seconds, a puzzling cloud, perhaps from the liquid hydrogen fuel | 535 | tank, appeared alongside the external tank. | 536 |:73.201 seconds, fire flashed between the shuttle and the external tank. | 537 |:73.226 seconds, the external tank exploded near the forward attachment | 538 | strut. | 539 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 540 541 In memorium of a brave crew, and a doomed mission. 542 543 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * * 544 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * * * * * 545 546 Interesting, I wonder where this information came from? Idelle? Hmm, 547 well, anyway Guess this disk has had it. Goodnight (Next disk... Heh heh) 548 *************** NOT QUITE..... *************************** 549 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 550 Hmm, doesn't look like the end to me..... Should I start posting like when 551 I originally started calling BW so long ago?? It would certainly be a change 552 from current entries, for better or worse I know not. Does anyone even know 553 what I used to enter?? Does anyone remember?? I'll wait, maybe sometime in 554 the near future I'll start again. 555 556 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 557 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * 558 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * 559 560 Hmmm. I guess you're right. Zounds, it smells as though editing hath 561 commenced. Wonder how much space we have now. I could fill it with garbage, 562 like some of the people around here do (666, a little hokey) but I'm not that 563 way. Ah well, not important. Hope the disk changes soon. I have some 564 interesting story lines to explore... 565 566 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * L t r * o * P o l * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * 567 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * a e * * n * e p e * * * * * * W * * * * * * 568 What does the president of South Africa have in common with a ballerina 569 with static cling? 570 A Tutu he can't control. 571 harharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharhar 572 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 573 Emu: My congratulations, as late as they are, are yours. Perhaps I shall see 574 you about in a week or so? 575 +++++++ 576 Busy, busy. Programming, The Commodore Show in LA, and travel arrangements 577 sadly have made me shift to lurkus modius infreqentus. Despite the fact that 578 "The Commodore Show" turned out more like "The Amiga Show" (my company has a 579 C64 product), I enjoyed myself. The view of the smog from the LAX Hilton is 580 impressive. 581 +++++++++++++++++++ September 23, 1986 at 11:55pm +++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++ 582 583 Ten minutes later, I called. 584 - Dweebe 585 586 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 587 588 WHO SENT SENT THE MESSAGE TO COBRA?? 589 590 I called those numbers, and I couldnt get access. It asked for my name 591 and after I entered it , it just sat there for awhile and then hung 592 up????? What am I doing wrong? 593 594 HHHEEELLLPPP!!!!!!! COBRA 595 596 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 597 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 598 TO:COBRA: 599 CALL282-xxxx AND I WILL HELP 600 THEY SHOULD HAVE LET YOU HAVE ACCESS I HAVE A LIST OF 210 BBS IN PORTLAND 601 I WILL TALK TO THE SYSOP'S OF THE BBS YOU CALLED AND SEE WHAT IS UP! 602 CALL FROM 10 AM TO 11PM TNX :|> 603 |PRINCE DRAGON| 604 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= 605 .................... 606 .................... 607 .................... 608 .................... 609 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 610 WHO CARES? 611 612 613 Were they really brave astronauts? Were they really the people we idolize them 614 as now that they are dead? 615 Who is to say that they were not up there just to get glory and publicity? Granted, they were 616 people and did not deserve to die, but we must remember that people are not always what they seem 617 to us after they are gone. Was the hipe too much? Who's fault was it? 618 Many more will die. They knew the risks. It was never a game, it was never 'safe' and it 619 never will be. The technological threshhold has been crossed. Whenever we butt up against this 620 limit with anything....we loose. DOC TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 620