NUMBER OF LINES: 999 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2$************************* INSTALLED: 18 FEB 89 *************************** 3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator 4$************************************************************************** 5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately 8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general 9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the 10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all 11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the 12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data 13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out 14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering 15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to 16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up. 17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18$************************************************************************** 19$ 002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 02/18/89 09:44 Msg:3174 Call:18620 Lines:3 20 Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, 21 but they labor in it because they excel. -- William Hazlitt 22 ******************************************************************** 003=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/18/89 10:17 Msg:3175 Call:18621 Lines:4 23 I'm at the top. The Harvest is a moment in a chain of events that brings 24 forth the coda that directs the song back to some previose passage for 25 repeating. 26 004=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/18/89 11:37 Msg:3176 Call:18623 Lines:7 27 &*&*&*&*'s 28 I'm second. Just lurking right now. Be back later when everybody has entered a 29 few hundred lines of really interesting stuff. 30 31 An Astral Dreamer 32 &*&*&*&*' 33 005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/18/89 15:40 Msg:3177 Call:18628 Lines:2 34 Where is everybody? 35 006=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/18/89 17:49 Msg:3178 Call:18631 Lines:2 36 There is in here a void I fear. It is filled with that which saps good chear. 37 007=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/18/89 18:13 Msg:3179 Call:18632 Lines:6 38 -----========-=-===========---------=-======-===============-=-----------=-= 39 Eeerg. 40 41 LB\__/ 42 oo 43 -=-=--{=====-=---------=-======-=--------------==-======-=---------=-=-=-==- 008=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/18/89 18:23 Msg:3180 Call:18633 Lines:2 44 45 Well, Lord Beaker, you sure sound happy. 009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/18/89 23:38 Msg:3181 Call:18639 Lines:13 46 &*&*&*&*'s 47 48 Well the action here sure isn't what it has been. Maybe it's the 3 day weekend. 49 50 Hope you're all having a good life and such. Just got back from the Overworked 51 Dragon BBS get together. 52 53 Had a decently good time. 54 55 That's all for now. 56 An Astral Dreamer 57 &*&*&*&*'s 58 010=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/19/89 01:01 Msg:3182 Call:18643 Lines:6 59 The format of life is in the day to day living of each of us. The room we live 60 in intersects with many others. It is not unusual that some coflict should a 61 rise in the proper arangment of doors. Unfortunetly many people believe that 62 it is right and correct to place doors sideways,upside downt and on the 63 ceiling. Most archatects would tell you that this is a bad idea. 64 011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/19/89 09:42 Msg:3183 Call:18648 Lines:9 65 &*&*&*&*'s 66 In the last two days only a few entries other then my own have been put in. 67 This is very boring. 68 69 At least put in a lurk notice if you call. 70 71 An Astral Dreamer 72 &*&*&*&*'s 73 012=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/19/89 10:38 Msg:3184 Call:18649 Lines:1 74 Lurk notice. 013=Usr:322 Stray Cat 02/19/89 11:29 Msg:3185 Call:18650 Lines:6 75 @#)(^$@# 76 77 Lurk notice, II 78 79 @%!$@%#$@_)& 80 014=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/19/89 12:07 Msg:3186 Call:18651 Lines:2 81 Alas meerly another lurk. Philosophy is sophestry. 82 015=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/19/89 12:49 Msg:3187 Call:18654 Lines:1 83 Lurk notice, III 016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/19/89 13:30 Msg:3188 Call:18656 Lines:11 84 85 &*&*&*&*'s 86 87 I am betting that there is some severe lurking going on. Gee, there are even 88 lurk notices above. I wonder why people don't enter stuff when they call. 89 90 Oh well, lurks are better then nothing. 91 92 An Astral Dreamer (Now the only one here with a border and handle.) 93 &*&*&*&*'s 94 017=Usr:3 Ramek 02/19/89 15:15 Msg:3189 Call:18659 Lines:4 95 I lurk, therefore I am. 96 RrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrR 97 So tell me, has anyone else used the STAT command? 98 ................................................... 018=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/19/89 16:18 Msg:3190 Call:18661 Lines:2 99 Used the STAT command.....but don't understand it. 100 Lurk notice, IV 019=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/19/89 16:41 Msg:3191 Call:18662 Lines:3 101 102 If you type help stat I believe it will be explained. 103 020=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/19/89 17:24 Msg:3192 Call:18666 Lines:7 104 &*&*&*&*'s 105 The void has come and eaten everybody else. Alas I seem to be the last one 106 left. Although I do hear these voices occasionally. 107 108 An Astral Dreamer 109 &*&*&*&*'s 110 021=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/19/89 17:40 Msg:3193 Call:18667 Lines:14 111 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________ 112 Alas, AD, you are not the only one left. I am back. Well, it is certainly 113 quiet around here....except for occasional Lurk notices.......Well I've 114 got not much to say. I went and saw "The 'Burbs" last night, and it was 115 really stupid. I expected a really funny, really great comedy, but instead 116 it had ok photog. and good special effects but was really boring and slow 117 and stupid and unfunny especially for a Tom Hanks movie. A 100% percent 118 dissappointment. Enough reviews for now......bye and enter something if 119 you call in anyone!! Later ADreamer. 120 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__ 121 122 Later..................................................at (5:48pm 2/19/89) 123 124 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__ 022=Usr:322 Stray Cat 02/19/89 18:14 Msg:3194 Call:18668 Lines:7 125 @)(#&$ 126 127 Lurk IIa 128 129 @^@#$+_)^&#$)@(* 130 131 023=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 02/19/89 19:02 Msg:3195 Call:18669 Lines:1 132 Lurk IIaT 024=Usr:245 Doug King 02/19/89 19:39 Msg:3196 Call:18670 Lines:4 133 134 Vision, are you Siskel or that Ebert guy? 135 136 025=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/19/89 22:25 Msg:3197 Call:18672 Lines:10 137 _____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________ 138 Well, actually I'm neither of those guys....I hate both of them...I think 139 they can shove their thumbs up their ass! Who wrote that anyway? I hope you 140 didn't mean it as an isult because I'm just crushed! Jeez, I am gonna start 141 to cry.....boo hoo someone thought I was a movie critic......boo hoo hoo. 142 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 143 144 Later.................................at (10:32pm 2/19/89) 145 146 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__ 026=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/20/89 01:48 Msg:3198 Call:18677 Lines:10 147 &*&*&*&*'s 148 It's 1:51am on 2-20-89. Welcome back vision. Looks like we are the power users 149 here. (Just kidding.) 150 151 I'll try to work on my story when I get up today. Hope it's not my writting 152 that is scaring everyone away. 153 154 An Astral Dreamer 155 &*&*&*&*'s 156 027=Usr:322 Stray Cat 02/20/89 02:27 Msg:3199 Call:18679 Lines:5 157 158 We LOVE your writing AD We also miss 159 Kurfur, wish Hagbard would write more and the Muse too. Wish we could get 160 some of the OLD stuff too ... like on a disk C . 161 028=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/20/89 14:21 Msg:3200 Call:18691 Lines:7 162 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__ 163 Lurking @2:27pm 2/20/89 164 Hmm not much action 165 around here anymore. 166 AD, hope you're having 167 a good 3-day weekend! 168 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__ 029=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/20/89 14:48 Msg:3201 Call:18692 Lines:9 169 170 &*&*&*&*'s 171 172 I'm having an OK time. To whomever, thanks for the complament. I am the one 173 with the chipped tooth, though I did get it plistified a couple of weeks ago. 174 175 An Astral Dreamer 176 &*&*&*&*'s 177 030=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/20/89 15:51 Msg:3202 Call:18697 Lines:1 178 L U R K N O T I C E 031=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/20/89 16:43 Msg:3203 Call:18700 Lines:3 179 180 Seems to be a whole lot of lurking going on... 181 032=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/20/89 18:00 Msg:3204 Call:18702 Lines:8 182 &*&*&*&*'s 183 This is it, I'm on strike Other then vision nobody seems to care about 184 backwater. So, untill I start seeing some action here other then mine and 185 his I'm not entering anything. Talk to you all whenever. 186 187 An Astral Dreamer 188 &*&*&*&*'s 189 033=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/20/89 18:20 Msg:3205 Call:18703 Lines:15 190 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________ 191 192 AD, you're right...now I'm mad too and: 193 194 I A M O N S T R I K E ! ! ! 195 I think that Muse and the others (Hagbard, Talos, etc.) will be back 196 after the 3-day weekend and I'm sure this board will rool 197 with it again.......until then I'm on strike 198 with ADreamer...... 199 200 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 201 202 Later...............................................at (6:27pm 2/20/89) 203 204 __T_H_E__A_N_N_O_Y_E_D__O_N__S_T_R_I_K_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__ 034=Usr:201 Robert Armstrong 02/20/89 19:11 Msg:3206 Call:18706 Lines:33 205 Okay, we all took a vacation. Now we are back... 206 and by the way, it wasn't the Three day weekend (are you guys in school?) 207 some of us had the flue....... 208 209 -------------------------========================>>>>>>>> T.R. 210 and looking around I saw, nothing. It's hard to describe, but try to 211 picture a light blue nothing... well, anyway, that's where I found 212 my self. Smack dab in the middle of light blue nothing. 213 Now pull your self together Trevor, I tell my self. 214 just because the whole world is a light blue and there isn't anything to see 215 but blue. No shadows or anything. It isn't like the end of the world.. 216 Well, maybe a little... 217 So I started looking around for something, anything, anything at all... 218 After some time, hard to tell how long, I found something. 219 of all things, a light switch? okay, here goes everything. 220 'click' 221 and the world was sort of there. I was in a room of some large size with 222 at least one wall nearbye and light coming from somewhere above. 223 So, I set out along the wall to see if I could find a door. 224 225 And after what had to be a mile of wall I found a 'door'. At least that'S 226 what I called it. A large triangle of metal set into the wall. 227 I tried to find some sort of latch or handle or ..... anything to open the 228 door with. Okay, I told myself, It's a door, so how do doors open. 229 Ever felt like an idiot because you left your head on the night stand? 230 I did right then. 231 The door pushed open and I looked out on a grassy field with animals and 232 birds and everything a spring day should have. 233 234 Spader Tage, 235 236 T.R. 237 <<<<<<<<<<=================-------------------- 035=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/20/89 19:36 Msg:3207 Call:18710 Lines:8 238 239 Polish off the old ideas. They are just the same as the new ideas. If you 240 look you will see the reflection of the future in them. Imagine that all 241 things are part of somthing else. If this is the case then what are you 242 or I. While this may seem like a silly question it does have a meaning. 243 244 . 245 036=Usr:245 Doug King 02/20/89 20:19 Msg:3208 Call:18714 Lines:3 246 EN 247 248 037=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/21/89 00:21 Msg:3209 Call:18718 Lines:3 249 L U R K N O T I C E of severe lurking......... 250 Hmm a good story entry by T.R. -=- I liked it... 251 -=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/-=-/ 038=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/21/89 12:12 Msg:3210 Call:18731 Lines:5 252 253 Lurk Notice II of serious lurking...... 254 Hmm I wish the MUSE would come back and aMUSE me and do more of her 255 great story! And Talos, Hagbard, ADreamer, LBeaker, KRedlig, etc.... 256 I wish they would come back too! 039=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/21/89 17:25 Msg:3211 Call:18735 Lines:2 257 258 J E E Z!! This is getting a bit ridiculous!!! No-one on all day!! 040=Usr:322 Stray Cat 02/21/89 18:37 Msg:3212 Call:18736 Lines:3 259 260 ... *** AND *** T.N. --> LIKED YOUR STORY ALOT 261 041=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/21/89 20:02 Msg:3213 Call:18738 Lines:25 262 263 The wind may blow the sun may set and yet the imagry can't be met. 264 265 I look out and see across the clearing 266 a once beutifull inn that is now slowly falling into disuse. Where once there 267 were many happy voices now there is only the echo of years that have passed. 268 269 A man sits outside staring up at the sky. It is the innkeeper. A man who has 270 seen many wonderfull things in his day. He has went through changes, always 271 with the air of one who knew that werever he was the world would be alive and 272 wonderfull. 273 274 But now, he wonders what has happened. His friends no longer come and he has 275 seen only shadows for the longest time. Occasionally he thinks he hears the 276 voices of men and women from the past who have told many great tales. But 277 then as he listens closer they fade away and are gone. 278 279 He looks up to the sky and wonders what could have happened to so many good 280 people. 281 282 I drift away saddened, only time will tell wether this is a phase or a 283 passing away. 284 285 . 286 042=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/21/89 20:19 Msg:3214 Call:18739 Lines:2 287 288 Lurking.......nice story/poem who wrote it?? 043=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/21/89 22:26 Msg:3215 Call:18742 Lines:3 289 I did. It is a chapter in the Backwater story. It is my hope that it is not 290 the last. All good things must pass I suppose. 291 044=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/22/89 00:29 Msg:3216 Call:18747 Lines:19 292 293 The fortune of the sky and rain and birds and flies and bees and things, 294 can't approach the things that I have glimpsed beyond the walls that hold 295 me in. 296 297 Alas I am a mortal who remains inside my frame. A picture withoug motion, 298 Or color that makes life. 299 300 I feel so small and yet I know there will be no parking place for compact 301 soles, and so mine must grow. 302 303 I must fly for like the dying leaves of trees there is a trip that I must 304 make. 305 306 Tommorow is another day and be that as it may I'll open my eyes and hope to 307 see the wings to make the flight. 308 309 . 310 045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/22/89 09:42 Msg:3217 Call:18752 Lines:4 311 312 When will this strike end. I suppose its up to those striking. Things don't 313 look good. 314 046=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/22/89 15:08 Msg:3218 Call:18757 Lines:2 315 OK..._T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N_ is no longer on strike. 316 I just wish that something would happen around here. 047=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/22/89 15:30 Msg:3219 Call:18758 Lines:5 317 318 Nothing to say now. 319 320 . 321 048=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/22/89 16:41 Msg:3220 Call:18760 Lines:23 322 ------=-=========-=--------=-=========-=---------=-=========-=--------=-==== 323 324 Master: It is time now young one. 325 326 Aprentice: I have learned all the powers of a Master old one. What more 327 is there to see. 328 329 Master: You have not learned the difference...the paths. 330 331 Aprentice: Then tell me. 332 333 Master: You must learn! I leave you to the void now. Return not, until 334 you know. 335 336 Aprentice: As you wish. LET THERE BE LIGHT. 337 338 And there was light... 339 340 LB\__/ 341 oo 342 343 Sorry about the mispelings. I tried to keep 'em consistent. 344 -=-=--{-==-------=-=========-=---------======-=--------=-========----=-===== 049=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/22/89 20:34 Msg:3221 Call:18765 Lines:7 345 &*&*&*&*'s 346 347 Ok, I'm back. I hate being nearly alone here. 348 349 An Astral Dreamer 350 &*&*&*&*'s 351 050=Usr:245 Doug King 02/22/89 21:04 Msg:3222 Call:18767 Lines:4 352 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 353 / / 354@ 355@ 051=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/22/89 22:13 Msg:3223 Call:18768 Lines:13 356 357 . 358 The fortune that was mine was found as if by chance, and now I know at last 359 the movement of the machine. 360 361 I see the gears and circetry and no there is little hope, of understanding 362 everything. The forest for the trees. 363 364 How much of this that I can see is meerly my own mind?, How little is the 365 understanding and is it only mine? 366 367 . 368 052=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/23/89 13:34 Msg:3224 Call:18778 Lines:8 369 &*&*&*&*'s 370 Look, I'm not on strike, but I am sick of logging on day after day just to 371 find that barely anything is happening. 372 373 An Astral Dreamer. 374 Selfish but fair. 375 &*&*&*&*'s 376 053=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/23/89 15:58 Msg:3225 Call:18780 Lines:9 377 --=-====-=----------========-=----------=-===========-=--------=-========-=- 378 Is it fair, is it truly fair. Or is it part of the problem. Not writing 379 is I believe the problem. By stopping you expect to solve it? By stopping 380 I believe you will aid many in there descion to not call the board. Why 381 bother if not even the regulars are writing. 382 383 LB\__/ 384 oo 385 --===-=--{==-=========-=========-=--------=-=======-=------=-=======-=---=-= 054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/23/89 19:05 Msg:3226 Call:18786 Lines:9 386 387 &*&*&*&*'s 388 This is perhaps true. But I get a bit tired of pouring out a good deal of my 389 time and (Remember, to me this is the reward.) seeing other people put 390 in so little. 391 392 An Astral Dreamer 393 &*&*&*&*'s 394 055=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/23/89 20:41 Msg:3227 Call:18789 Lines:13 395 -----==-=--------=-=========-=----------=-========--------=-=========-=-==== 396 Perhaps so. I suppose it is only fair to wish for something in return. 397 If only one person gives there is often only onesided joy(if any). 398 399 I see also this is amazingly slow. Two people shouldn't be able to have 400 a conversation without haveing to adress the other person. 401 402 One wounders how many people realy read this. 403 404 LB\__/ 405 oo 406 --=====-=--{=====-=---------=-========-=------=-======-====-=-------=-====== 407@off 056=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/23/89 21:27 Msg:3228 Call:18791 Lines:17 408 _______________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N________________________ 409 Anyone mind if I enter the little conversation? Hi LB. I read this...I 410 read everything on this board. However, since I have very little when 411 it comes to stories to contruibute I just read only, and put in my 1cent 412 every once-in-a-while when absolutely un-necessary. Hello AD. Looks like 413 we have moved our main conversations to the Dragon...but I still like 414 this BBS better...it's just been a little bit slow lately huh? Well, if 415 the following represents a face if you look sideways like I learned on 416 another board, this is the way I feel right now. 417 418 :-( 419 420 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 421 422 Later.......at (9:39pm 2/23/89)...................................WOW!!!! 423 424 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__ 057=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/24/89 01:42 Msg:3229 Call:18796 Lines:8 425 &*&*&*&*'s 426 Things are definetly grim around here. I'll try to work on my story and make 427 another entry somtime soon. 428 429 It's 1:49am 2/24/89 430 An Astral Dreamer 431 &*&*&*&*'s 432 058=Usr:245 Doug King 02/24/89 08:46 Msg:3230 Call:18799 Lines:10 433 434 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 435 / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ 436 437 BARTENDER SLUG LURKED HERE. 438 439 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 440 / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ 441 442@ 059=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/24/89 12:59 Msg:3231 Call:18801 Lines:4 443 The western mind is not prepared to see things as they really are. If you 444 could glimpse the world without all the baggage that was put upon all of us 445 in youth you would see a much different place then we are all aware of. 446 060=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/24/89 14:37 Msg:3232 Call:18805 Lines:5 447 ---=-======-=---------=-========-=--------=-=========-=-----------=-======== 448 Panic Zone - - - - 449 7"abernacky LB\__/ 450 oo 451 --=-=--{-==-=-------=-========-=-------------=-=========-=--------=-===-=--- 061=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/24/89 15:28 Msg:3233 Call:18806 Lines:10 452 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___ 453 VISION lurked here. 454 LB, what does: 455 7"abernacky mean?? 456 And what about the Panic 457 Zone - - - - ?? 458 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__ 459 461 Hi AD! 062=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/24/89 18:21 Msg:3234 Call:18810 Lines:10 462 -------=-=========-=----------==-========-=--======-=--------=-=------=-==== 463 7"abernacky is (pronounced: Tab'ernaki) an all powereful being uv sorts. That 464 won't leagaly exist until July 3 2086. 465 466 I just felt like writing panic zone. I don't know. It seemed more exciting 467 than a 'lurky'. 468 469 LB\__/ 470 oo 471 ---=-===-{==-=---------=-=============-=---------=========-=--------=-====== 063=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/24/89 18:33 Msg:3235 Call:18811 Lines:15 472 &*&*&*&*'s 473 Well, it looks like the three of us are the only ones left. Excrpt for those 474 strange voices that occasionally rear themselves from the chaos that surronds 475 this place. 476 477 So you might be asking, what about the story? Well ok, I'll really do some 478 more writting this weekend and upload some stuff. 479 480 The saddest thing about backwater right now is that the whole mythos seems to 481 have died. The Inn, and all that surronded it are so hazy that they almost 482 no longer seem to exist. 483 484 An Astral Dreamer 485 &*&*&*&*'s 486 064=Usr:201 Robert Armstrong 02/24/89 20:34 Msg:3236 Call:18814 Lines:38 487 ---------------------==================>>>>>>>>>>>>>>T.R. 488 489 I once had many friend here. 490 They have all since gone, 491 Each to their own path, 492 493 But still I remain, here pondering 494 If this path I have chosen to call my own, 495 Does it really have a heart? 496 497 498 Appologies for the delay, 499 However, I spread my time thin 500 for I try to please every-one in my world 501 Including my self. so if you kind folks will 502 put up with my eccentric orbit. I will be here 503 Every Mon. and Fri. just as the moons phase changes 504 Please excuse the Muse but the flu bit and she is now 505 Sleeping off the after effects. 506 507 My friends, Saint, Talos, The Muse, The Philosopher 508 , and many more. those on just before this place 509 was rebuilt. Many of them now reside outside of 510 the area, or are without modem. But others? where 511 did the rest go. I was gone for some time but this 512 is frightening. My home, my place at the bar, all dust 513 and emptyness. Is this what comes of a weakening of the 514 faith? My friends, we need to revive this Inn!!!!!!!!!! 515 I'll bring the fresh paint and rollers, And the pizza, 516 Just name the place to meet... 517 518 Whew..... never new I was that verbose..... 519 Well, My lights are dimming again------- 520 I must faid into tomorrow------------- 521 522 Until later my friends, 523 The Time Rider. 524 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<======================------------------------ 065=Usr:211 kathwren doherty 02/24/89 21:56 Msg:3237 Call:18815 Lines:1 525 *******kathyD********* 066=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/24/89 22:32 Msg:3238 Call:18817 Lines:5 526 527 Lurking.... 528 Who's KathyD? 529 530 Who cares? 067=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 02/24/89 23:21 Msg:3239 Call:18819 Lines:3 531 -------------------------------------------- 532 Hi Kathy! Nice to see you around again! 533 --------------------------------------- 068=Usr:13 voyeur 02/24/89 23:25 Msg:3240 Call:18820 Lines:6 534 >Who's KathyD 535 >Who cares? 536 KathyD is one of those 'old timers' you people have been crying for. 537 You can't have it both ways, VISION. 538 Kathy - to echo the greeting after the 'who cares?', Nice to See your name 539 again. :::::::::voyeur::::::: 069=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/25/89 01:37 Msg:3241 Call:18823 Lines:21 540 &*&*&*&*'s 541 Ah Action! I love it. Now for a short speach. I hope that enough of you will 542 find the time to be here every couple of days so that the Inn may once again 543 live. 544 545 I myself only arived last summer and thus know little of the lore. I cannot 546 revive it though I would be glad to learn. (Milchar has told me some, but 547 hearing is not seeing.) 548 549 So it's up to all of you. I can't hope to make this board what it once was 550 though I really would love to. 551 552 I willnot be responsible for entering 1/3 to 1/2 of each disk. So (And no 553 doubt some will celebrate.) You will be hearing less from me here. 554 555 But on to more positive things. Let us see the fire lit and the Ale brought 556 out! 557 558 An Astral Dreamer 559 &*&*&*&*'s 560 070=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/25/89 12:06 Msg:3242 Call:18828 Lines:8 561 -=-======-=---------=-===========-=--------=-=========-=---------=-======-=- 562 Ah. At long last. 563 564 Have someone throw a pig on the brbq ther'l be hungry travlers aryving sune. 565 566 LB\__/ 567 oo 568 --=--{=-=-----------=-=========-=----------=-========-======-=-------=-===== 071=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/25/89 14:46 Msg:3243 Call:18832 Lines:3 569 Lurking.... 570 Sorry KathyD, didn't know you were an 'old timer' 571 Glad to see you then..... 072=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/25/89 17:33 Msg:3244 Call:18837 Lines:26 572 &*&*&*&*'s 573 Here I am a day later and still wishing for more direction. 574 575 The beuty of the sunrise was nothing compared to the beuty of the lake. It 576 radiated a magic that only the most cynical could miss. There was about 577 it a very deep green grass that no doubt contained rabits and gofers and 578 other furry creatures of the ground. 579 580 The surface rippled in a slow and gentle motion, causing the water flowers 581 to gengtly wave back and forth. A fish jumped and a unlucky insect became 582 dinner. 583 584 The soft glow at night was strange but not frightening and in the light of 585 day manifested itself as a silvery sheen that made the water seem clearer 586 then even the clearest glass. 587 588 On the western side of the field that surronded the lake was a large Inn. 589 Beside the Inn was a large old tree that seemed to speak out stories with 590 its branches. 591 592 Out of the chimney came faint whisps of smoke and the sounds of conversation 593 could be heard inside. 594 595 An Astral Dreamer 596 &*&*&*&*'s 597 073=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/25/89 18:54 Msg:3245 Call:18839 Lines:30 598 . 599 I sit in the Inn and listen. There is somthing of an air to the place. I could 600 feel a certain somthing in the walls. 601 602 The woodwork was not all that outstanding, but it had a gritiness to it that 603 made one feel. The past/future disonated through me and I saw/felt a name 604 in the air. It floated for a moment and then was gone, into the mist that 605 had spewed it out. 606 607 I did/do what I must and have/will taken the risks. Things cleared and the 608 moments become one. It is now and I know that I am here in the present. 609 610 I continue to sit at the corner table, the sound of guitars and even lutes 611 play in the air. 612 613 The link crackles by my ear and I feel the pull that will means I must 614 return. 615 616 A pull and I am back in my seat. I pull out the plug and look bleary eyed at 617 the dump that is my home in the normal world. The door buzzer continus to 618 attack me and I am forced to rise. I look at the viewer and see a face. 619 620 "Hey man, it's bleary. Let me in, I think theres a cp after me!" 621 622 I press the buttons and let the fool in. "You A**h*ole, I told you this 623 would happen." I tell him as I secure the door. 624 625 "Yeah well these things just happen somtimes." was all he could say. 626 627 . 074=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/25/89 21:04 Msg:3246 Call:18843 Lines:1 628 075=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/25/89 21:06 Msg:3247 Call:18844 Lines:3 629 Blah de Blah de Blah. Life moves to slowly. I'm really begining to hate 630 Weekends. 631 076=Usr:4 Milchar 02/25/89 21:42 Msg:3248 Call:18846 Lines:46 632 ######################################################################### 633 Hum a tune. Repeat it. Do this until boredom rears its ugly 634 head, but do not relent; continue for eight hours a day, not stopping 635 during meals, either. Pretty soon you're humming it whether you want to 636 or not. That's what they wanted, of course. 637 My first month of training in Magick passed like this; a different 638 tune every day, the first thirty Basic Spells. Nothing else is taught for 639 the first month- there is a lot of silly worrying about uncontrolled Power. 640 On the first day of the second month, all of the new 'prentices 641 were allowed to pick a musical instrument, a focusing device for conjuring. 642 It is a weighy problem- you want something small and easy to carry, but if 643 you already have a talent for an instrument, you should choose that. Our 644 choices weren't limited to the instruments of our dimension, fortunately; 645 but familiar ones such as the harp and the lute had the advantage of being 646 less intimidating. My choice was already made, weeks ago. The pan flute. 647 Not of my dimension, but it had a haunting quality that touched me deeply. 648 Not to mention the coincedence of names. 649 After the choosing, my friend Merryl proudly displayed his choice. 650 "It's a Har-mohn-ik-ah," said he. It certainly was small, and the 651 noise it produced resembled a tortured version of the intense humming of 652 last month. 653 "What have you chosen, Pan?" 654 "A flute of another world." I let him read the label. 655 "Pan's flute, indeed!" He laughed. "An omen of some sort, I am 656 certain. How is your skill with it?" 657 I showed him. I surprised myself, actually; the flute seemed made 658 for me. A few dozen notes clove the air and I felt, for the first time 659 since I went into training, the internal SNAP of my Power coming to life. 660 The dormitory Merryl and I stood in grew indistinct. I was a minstrel 661 before a mage "discovered" my talent and brought me to Dunbarrah for 662 training- and this showed. I continued with my improvised song, enthralled 663 with my sudden proficency. 664 "Pan!" Merryl sounded panicked. 665 I looked up. The dormitory wasn't visible; Merryl and I were alone 666 in a milky haze. Shocked, I stopped playing. The world snapped back into 667 view. 668 Merryl and I stood between spires of stone and glass, on a street of 669 brick. A thunder assaulted my ears. I spun to face a demon mounted on wheels, 670 spraying saliva and chewing upon the bricks, about to make a meal of us... 671 ### Pan #################################################### 02/25/89 ### 672 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 673 kathyD: Welcome back! I do hope you will visit more often. I myself have 674 been guilty of a lot of lurking, but I could accuse others of being downright 675 silent (Hi there, Mikey!). I'm writing different stories nowadays, leaving 676 Grann, and the Doctor alone for a while and exporing other characters. 677 ++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++ 02/25/89 +++++++++++++++++++++ 077=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/25/89 22:39 Msg:3249 Call:18848 Lines:14 678 &*&*&*&*'s 679 Ah, Milchar Excellent story. I wish I had your talent. 680 681 I'm afraid I'm not going to continue the story I started. I feel that the 682 whole thing was flawed. But I'm going to make a promise, and that is that 683 I will think through the next story I write and hopefully have a good 684 portion of it written before I enter it here. 685 686 Please bear with me, I know it is frustrating to never see the end of a story. 687 Perhaps in awhile I will return to it with a new perspective. 688 689 An Astral Dreamer 690 &*&*&*&*'s 691 078=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/26/89 00:16 Msg:3250 Call:18851 Lines:28 692 . 693 "So what did you do to get the cp's on you?" 694 695 "Oh hell, just having a bit of fun Kit. Man you know how it is." 696 697 "Yeah sure I do. Your going to get your ass killed and mine along with it." 698 699 "Ain't a cp been born yet that can catch a good net jokey." 700 701 "Sure, thats what we all say. You remember Tad though don't you? And Lauri? 702 You telling me they wern't good jokeys?" 703 704 "**ck if I know. Guess their time was up." 705 706 "Well mine isn't. You better not have led them here." 707 708 "Sh*t, give me some credit. I said they were after me, I didn't say they were 709 on to me. There's a world of difference you know." 710 711 "Fine, I've got work to do. You keep out of my way and don't disturb me. If 712 I get burned because of you There will be hell to pay." 713 714 "Great, I can take a hint. Go ahead and plug in. I'll be as silent as can 715 be." 716 717 "Good." 718 . 719 079=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/26/89 09:45 Msg:3251 Call:18854 Lines:3 720 Lurking...... 721 There is some excellent story writing going on here. 722 Good work! 080=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/26/89 10:27 Msg:3252 Call:18857 Lines:3 723@ 724 _+_++_+++_++++ 725 081=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/26/89 13:08 Msg:3253 Call:18860 Lines:82 726 &*&*&*&*'s 727 Here's the first part of my next story. I'm going to try the upload route. 728 729 Patrick looked out of his window at the backyard. It was not large in 730 reallity, but it held an imaginary world that was far larger then any phsical 731 boundry. It was squere and aproximetly fourty by twenty feet with the long 732 side towards the house. 733 In the far right hand corner was a small fountain. It trickled water 734 and was along its sides over grown with algy. In the far left hand corner 735 was a dog house. It had belonged to Cymry, a large german shepherd. Cymry 736 had dissapered just before Patrics 16th birthday a year earlier. It had 737 been nearly a year before that that his parents had dissapered. 738 Somthing bad always seemed to happen around his birthday. In the 739 center of the yard was a small cherry tree. It was surronded by a raised 740 patio on which several pieces of randomly placed lawn furniture lived. 741 The rest of the yard with the exception of the back deck and the path 742 to the cetral patio was thick green grass. That was the reallity. 743 In his mind Patrick saw the fountain as a beutifull waterfall, at the 744 base of which lived a group of the wee folk. Even now he imagined he saw them 745 darting about playfully. 746 The Tree was in fact a Treant. Who, would occasionally tell him long 747 meandering stories about the Earth. 748 The Dog House was a large friendly building from which he would 749 hear strange a beutifull music. 750 He sighed and turned from the window. 751 is Grandmother had come to live with him After his parents had dissapered. 752 Things had been ok since then but he wished he knew were they were. Grandma 753 had told him once that they were probably dead. 754 He wasn't sure wether he believed that or not. Growing restless he 755 went to his desk and opened a drawer at random. There sat the disk with his 756 history report. What was that in the corner? Oh great! he thought pulling 757 out the small green orb his uncle had given him for christmas. 758 "Well, atleast I have the hardcopy!" He thought as he eyed the orb. It 759 had arrived in the mail just a few days before the previose christmas with 760 a note from his uncle saying it was a focus or somthing like that. He'd never 761 met his Uncle so the gift was a suprise. 762 So far the only thing he had found it usefull for was erasing floppy 763 disks and warping the picture on the tv. "I think I'd better find some 764 place safe to put this thing." He said. 765 He walked over to his closet and pulled on his jaket and took out his 766 mini backpack, placing the orb inside it. It was a saterday and he had 767 finished his homework the night before. 768 "It's about time I checked out that strange building." He thought walking 769 from his bedroom, through the hallway into the livingroom and from there 770 into the kitchen. He opened the cupboard and pulled out some peanut butter, 771 bread and jam. The making of the two sandwhiches was a sort of ritual. Never 772 go on an expadition without suplies. 773 Next he went to the fridge and pulled out a can of pepsi and two 774 oranges. Looking around the cool interior he spoted some muffins and took 775 two of them out as well. He wrapped everything up and inserted the items 776 one by one into his backpack. 777 Outside the glass door to his left was the pourch and the gateway to 778 the other places. 779 He shouldered his pack and walked the few steps neccesary and opened 780 the door. Steping outside he looked around. The yard was empty but bright 781 with the light of early morning. The air was chill with the last tendrills 782 of winter were in the air. 783 He walked over to the raised bridge that was the path to the treant 784 and crossed. 785 As he approached the tree it began to move slowly as if coming out 786 of a deep sleep. "Treant, do you wish to speak to me?" He asked walking up 787 to it. 788 "YYYYEEEESSS, YYYOOOUUU AARRE GOINg on a long journey." It said 789 coming slowly up to humen spead. 790 "No, a short one, I'd imagine that I'll be back by this afternoon." 791 "Perhaps, but my roots tell me otherwise. The soil does not lie 792 young one." 793 Patric looked disturbed. "How long a trip?" 794 "Oh, that is hard to say. Time is so different for the two of us. I 795 think that anytime is a long time for you." 796 Patrick sighed in relief. "That is so I suppose. I'll see you before the 797 next setting of the sun." 798 "Wait humen, I wish to give you a gift." This was followed by a crack 799 as a strangly straight and narrow stick about 6 feet long fell from above. 800 "What is this for?" Patric asked. 801 "YOUURRR TTTTRRRRRIIIIIPPPPP" Was all the tree said before subsiding. 802 Patrick shrugged and picked up the stick, grasping it tightly in his 803 right hand. 804 805 An Astral Dreamer 806 &*&*&*&*'s 807 082=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/26/89 15:39 Msg:3254 Call:18862 Lines:13 808 _______________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__________________________ 809 Very impressive storywriting going on here.... AD, your story is going 810 very well. It's okay that you went on to another story, if you didn't like 811 the other one too much then it would be better to move on because when 812 you don't like what you are writing it usually will turn out bad . Continue the one that you started today, 814 however, I would like to see where it goes... Hmm, well then I guess that 815 is it. Keep up the good work AD! 816 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_:O*_:O*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 817 818 Later.................................................at (3:52 2/26/89) 819 820 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__ 083=Usr:322 Stray Cat 02/26/89 16:06 Msg:32550Call*18863 Lines:4 821 822 Good work you guys!!! 823 824 084=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/26/89 16:22 Msg:3256 Call:18864 Lines:60 825 . 826 I moved in slowly on the synthetic reallity that was the net. Blearys 827 problem ran through my mi~d. Being tagged by the cp's was no laughing 828 mater. I'd almost been caught and tagged a time or two myself. Taging 829 is not real high on my list of things to experience. In fact it's right 830 after castration. 831 832 I decided I'd betteb0chesk things out to see just how bad they were. 833 834 I started to skate over the icy blue surface of the net. Enjoying the 835 feel of the Electrons as they speed by beneth my feet. In the distance 836 I could see several towers. One of them was0dhe0Central data-base. I 837 prepared myself for the coming assault. 838 839 My first action was to activate my personaly written code generator. 840 "What you want Kit?" It asked me as it came on line. 841 842 "We're going to be doing a littlu breaking of the central Data-Base 843 pal." 844 845 "Oh, that easy. You don't need me Kit." 846 847 "Sure I do. It's easy for a reason. We're going after the real stuff, not 848 the stuff they leave lying around on the surface." 849 850 "Oh,0deep probe. Why did you not say so in the first place? It will be fun!" 851 852 "Sure dude, just try to contain your enthusiasm and concentrate on the task 853 at hand." 854 855 "Sorry Kit." 856 857 "Oh hell, thats ok. Didn't mean to be so tough n you." 858 859 "It's Ok, I understand." 860 861 I went to sub surface travel and felt my body moving down a stream of 862 pulsing electrons. Now I was a Fish moving towards my destination. 863 864 I found a silent circuit and started to0gork on it. 865 866 "I want you to be ready to jump in Kit." 867 868 "Ok." 869 870 The reality reformed and I was in a room that was looked like somthing 871 out of one of those you see in movies about the 60's. There were 872 posters on the0gallc and all that stuff, as well as the faint smell 873 of drugs. 874 875 There was only one door out and I walked across and broke it down. Beyond 876 it was another room similer to the first. The only difference being the 877 large Cop with the ~ight Stick. I quickly activated my Mark five 878 fighter program and ducked to the side. 879 880 The two of them went at each other and locked in mortal combat. I found 881 it momentarily humerose to see a large hippy and a cop beating on each (82 other. The fight was short and grusome for the guard program. I deactivated 883 the Mark five and continued on. 884 085=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/26/89 20:22 Msg:3257 Call:18868 Lines:8 885 886 And more good work!! 887 This is some of thu besd storywriting I've seen since I've been on here! 888 889 Quote of the day: 890 891 " The only time Success comes before Work is in the dictionary. " 892 - THE VISION 086=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/26/89 21:04 Msg:3258 Call:18871 Lines:12 89# &*&*&*&*'s 894 Yes, things do seem to be going well. I'm glad you liked my story vision. 895 I'll upload the next part tommorow. I have decided that in fairness to those 896 of you who take the time to read the stuff I write I will not be uploadinw (97 anything untill I have the part after the part I am uploading done. 898 899 I do wish Kurfer,Frier,Muse,Talos,Hagbard and all the rest would return. I 900 suppose we can make a new start though. 901 902 An Astral Dreamer 903 &*&*&*&*'s 9 4 087=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/26/89 22:20 Msg:3259 Call:18873 Lines:4 905 . 906 Remember, The Computer is your friend. The computer wants you! Paranoia. 907 . 908 088=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/27/89 15:43 Msg:3260 Call:18890 Lines:6 )090Lurking.... 910 AD, I sure did like it! 911 I wish all those would return too!! 912 Hmm, this is the slowest filling disk I've ever seen... 913 Atleast it's east on Mikey. 914 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___ 089=Usr:178 terri bates 02/27/89 19:00 0Msg:#261 Call:18895 Lines:6 915 ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * i'm back!!) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) 916 HI guys!!! The nasty flu is gone!! NOW I'm left with a stuffy nose, hacking 917 cough, and a case of eczema coupled with hives. Talk about having0your 918 skin crawl... 919 YO've all been doing some lovely work. I'm very proud of you, and 920 proud to have been your inspiration--that's what MUSEs are for, you know. 090=Usr:178 terri bates 02/27/89 19:04 Msg:3262 Call:18896 Lines:79 921 It's been a long week. Let me tell you now, tht if I go away for a while, 922 it doesn't mean I won't be back. I'm doing some very important scientific 923 research (seriously) and I occasionaly go away for the weekend, as well as 924 worki~g eyght hours a day. And I like to get my laundry done. And eat. 925 It's a hard life. But I loveyou all, And I promise that I'll always 926 come back. 927 NOw, Inn keeper, a tankard of your finest ale!! There's tales to be told. 928 ...............>... 929 She dreamed often of a house. It was an old house, on a lonely country 930 road overlooking a small stream. Dogwood trees kept its porch in cool 931 shade, and magnolia twisted and twined its way up the colums. It was 932 a very empty house< bet she knew that there was one room that was lit 933 and warm, even in the dead of winter. When she awoke she would have the 934 odd sensation of having been watched, and her heart would be racing. 935 She dreamed this same dream every night for mnths, until it became 936 a part of the night, as expected as starlight and owl calls. 937 On a late spring day she rode out of town to visit her sister 938 who lived a few furlongs to the west. It was a perfect day, and 939 sparrows heralded0her destriers every move. She decided to take 940 the old rode, which she had never ridden before. It winded through 941 the woods, the ancient woods which ages before were ancient home to 942 Elves; their ancestrial wakening place. But that was on|i story to be 943 told after the days work had been finished, when the children were ready 944 for bed. just as her grandfather had done. 945 These woods were silent. There was no sound of bird or beast. 946 It was the silence of sleep, the slee`0of q new born babe, or an 947 elderof the village. It was silent so that one could hear the 948 trees grow. almost percieve their subterranean conversation. 949 For hours she wandered in eldrich daze. The setting sun reminded 950 her of her oriwina| plans, and she found the road once again. 951 It finally emerged form the forest, overlooking a small stream. 952 Looking up, the suns dying rays fell on an old country house, with 953 magnolia entwined around its colums and dogwood sading the porch. 954 She rode up to the steps, dismounted, and slowly, quiently, stepped 955 up the porch steps to the house of these long months dreams. 956 In Silence, heart full of fears, and of questions she stood. How 957 could it be? Dreams cannot stant in front of the waking dreamer. 958 This was the place of nighttime, of moonbeams and fireflies, not of 959 daylight hours. Such thoughts raced through her mind, and she did not 960 see the fron door open, and the old woman step through. 961 "Come yn, shild. Though you will not find a great hospitality. 962 These old rooms once were filled with laughter and noise. Now they 963 are silent. But you must know that." 964 "But Why? What is this place? And why is it now empty?" 965 The womans fqce wrew distant, as she recalled times gone by. "An inn, 966 my dear. This once was an inn. In acient times it was the first 967 neutral territory between Men and Elves. In more recent times, it 968 has been a comfortable place to stay on a journey, or just as an 969 adventure in itself." 970 "and what has happened? Why does it now stand empty??" She nearly 971 cried, needing, but not wanting to know the answer. 972 "It has become haunted." 973 "By......." 974 "By YOU......" 9750............................ 976 and now you have had my meager offering. Another round, inn keeper!! 977 there will be much rejoicing this night!!! 978 ( * ( * ( * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ) * ( * ( * ) 979 Actually, guys, I'm rea|ly slose to the botom and I 980 kinda want to keep going till it's all gone. I guess I shouldn't have 981 done the bottom border, but I did. And I don't really 982 feell like goiing back an erasing it . 983 here are a few lines to a MUSE you while I finish up this disk. tee hee. 984 ,,,,,,,...............,,.,.,.,.,.,.,., 985 god isn't dead. 986 He just didn't leave 987 a forewarding 988 address. 989 ................. 990 If tomorrow never comes, 991 then why are there calendars?? 992 .................... 993 1968 994 PEACE, POT AND THE MICRODOT 995 996 1989 997 QUICH, POT AND THE BIRKENSTOCK. 998 999 SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.