NUMBER OF LINES: 999 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2$************************* 04 NOV 91 ************************************** 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 11/04/91 20:26 Msg:6780 Call:38252 Lines:8 20 Life's a pudding full of plums; 21 Care's a canker tha benumbs; 22 Wherefore waste our elocution 23 On impossible solution? 24 Life's a pleasant institution; 25 Let's take it as it comes! 26 - Sir William Gilbert 27 ******************************** 003=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 11/04/91 20:39 Msg:6781 Call:38253 Lines:18 28 ooooooOOOooo, Julie+Jeff's (and Father Faust) has you convinced, huh CM? And 29 WHO the @_(*^# is Sir William??? 30 31 ********* And Where the @#*&^$% is HERCULES when you need him? .... 32 33 This Kansan is sick of the @_#)(&$^ Hydra. I suppose CM is referring to 34 Barb's visit with the "public." I think the Portland contingent musta been 35 led by Banker Bob and I think she's taken lessons on how to conduct an open 36 public forum from Favorite Son Father Faust ... does he take kickbacks or 37 what??? The only John Q. Public on Father's Sunday "City Hall" program was 38 cut off pronto . I guess the Governor's open forum was closed tight, though. All 40 news crews were kicked out of the REAL "discussion" and were only allowed to 41 hear her speech. So is OPB gonna broadcast this "open forum" for us or are 42 we just gonna accept all propaganda issued? 43 44 **************************************** Will the BS EVER end??? 45 004=Usr:131 THE VISION 11/06/91 00:35 Msg:6782 Call:38275 Lines:4 46 ________________________________________________The Vision Lurks_______ 47 ____________________________________And, Finding Nothing of Interest... 48 ________________________________________________The Vision Leaves______ 49 005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/06/91 09:18 Msg:6783 Call:38282 Lines:7 50 &*&*&*&*'s 51 TV, try 254xxxx if you want to get ahold of me. My alias there is the same 52 as it was on my board. 53 54 An Astral Dreamer 55 &*&*&*&*'s 56 006=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/08/91 10:15 Msg:6789 Call:38400 Lines:6 57 &*&*&*&*'s 58 Why do people always take, and never give? 59 60 An Astral Dreamer 61 &*&*&*&*'s (Living life, more or less. Mostly less.) 62 007=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/09/91 15:09 Msg:6793 Call:38420 Lines:9 63 64 Speaking from personal experience, AD, I took it for too @$&)#$^ long. Now I 65 plan on giving some of it back ... and hope others will do the same. We've 66 all taken it for too long. 67 68 We sure are active lately. Did we scare everybody away??? Maybe I could 69 finish my slapdash Pat North story ... since it goes right along with 70 prevent attitudes in some current events. 71 008=Usr:549 alan kennedy 11/10/91 14:18 Msg:6794 Call:38440 Lines:1 72 lurk 009=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 11/10/91 16:42 Msg:6795 Call:38444 Lines:77 73 ************************************************************************ 74 75 CLEAN CUT KID 76 77 Everybody wants to know why he couldn't adjust 78 Adjust to what, a dream that bust? 79 80 He was a clean-cut kid 81 But they made a killer out of him. 82 That's what they did 83 84 They said what's up is down, they said what isn't is 85 They put ideas in his head he thought were his 86 87 He was a clean-cut kid 88 But they made a killer out of him. 89 That's what they did 90 91 He was on the basebell team, he was in the marching band 92 When he was 10 years old he had a watermelon stand 93 94 He was a clean-cut kid 95 But they made a killer out of him. 96 That's what they did 97 98 They said, "Listen boy, you're just a pup." 99 They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up 100 101 They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills. 102 A jeep to drive, blood to spill 103 104 They said, "Congratulations you got what it takes." 105 They sent him back into the rat-race without any brakes 106 107 He was a clean-cut kid 108 But they made a killer out of him 109 That's what they did 110 111 He bought the American dream but it put him in debt 112 The only game he could play was Russan Roulette 113 114 He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread, 115 Ate Burger Kings, he was well fed 116 117 He went to Hollywood to see Peter O'Toole 118 He stole a Rolls Royce and drove it in a swimming pool 119 120 They took a clean-cut kid 121 And they made a killer out of him 122 That's what they did 123 124 He could've sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar 125 Could've been accountant or a tennis star 126 127 He was wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day 128 Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay 129 130 His mama walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans 131 They gotta sleep together in a home they don't own 132 133 They took a clean-cut kid 134 And they made a killer out of him. 135 That's what they did 136 137 Well, everbody's asking why he couldn't adjust 138 All he ever wanted was somebody to trust 139 140 They took his head and turned it inside out 141 He never did know what it was all about 142 143 He had a steady job, he joined the choir 144 He never did plan to walk the high wire 145 146 They took a clean-cut kid 147 And they made a killer out of him. 148 That's what they did. 149 010=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/11/91 13:51 Msg:6797 Call:38455 Lines:2 150 --By Bob Dylan (I'm sure he wouldn't mind) 151 011=Usr:576 Robert Doherty 11/11/91 21:04 Msg:6806 Call:38467 Lines:2 152 153 012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/12/91 22:17 Msg:6811 Call:38482 Lines:30 154 &*&*&*&*'s 155 Its been awhile since I logged in. Hmm, heres a short poem/song I've written. 156 157 Carl lived up on the hill 158 he could see the valley below 159 watched it change, the forrests go 160 the rivers turned to stone. 161 162 He'd made his living getting by 163 He'd never had someone 164 To tell him what to do you see 165 that wouldn't have been right 166 167 But as his world grew near its end 168 he saw his world colapse 169 and so he went to live inside 170 his world view had been snapped 171 172 They buried him in a cardboard box 173 no name upon his grave 174 and if you look were he used to live 175 well, you'll find a condo there. 176 177 (Thats it. The second part of the third verse sort of bothers me, but I guess 178 it works. The first verse is probably my favorite right now. If I could 179 right entire songs like that, I could probably make a living at music.) 180 181 An Astral Dreamer 182 &*&*&*&*'s (Pretentious? Me?) 183 013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/13/91 11:10 Msg:6812 Call:38491 Lines:13 184 185 186 People, People, People. I'm really starting to wonder if it is worth 187 calling, let alone contributing here anymore. How tough is it to post 188 once every few days? If you have the time to login, you have the time 189 to make an entry. Has TV addled you all to the point were an 190 interactive medium is just beyond your abilities? If the cream of the 191 crop can't contribute, then we are all in a whole lot of trouble. 192 193 Its really really sad to see what has happened to BW. 194 195 (Guess who?) 196 014=Usr:610 Peace 11/13/91 19:11 Msg:6813 Call:38499 Lines:6 197 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 198 199 Wow. Linda Forsyth (see user file) is getting married next May. What a 200 long strange trip it's been... 201 202 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ peace $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 015=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 11/20/91 20:23 Msg:6814 Call:38509 Lines:5 203 Sorry about all the bussy signals for the last week or so, the phone line 204 has been down. Everything should be ok now. 205 The phone company has repaired the problem. Apparently they switched it to 206 another set of wires. 207 ************************************ CM ************************************ 016=Usr:576 Robert Doherty 11/20/91 21:52 Msg:6815 Call:38513 Lines:54 208 The Blue Capsule 209 I'll admit it, I wasn't the best kid when I was growing 210 up. My parents suspected the worst from me and my friends 211 most of the time. The were afraid that I would start 212 shooting marijuana and murder them in the night in a drug 213 induced rage. It's funny how people can distort reality 214 without doing drugs. 215 John and I were little brats in our early teens and the 216 late summer boredom was hitting us pretty hard one Sunday. 217 We were laying around on my parents bed watching the t.v., 218 when in walked my father who said he had a job for us to do. 219 Grumbling, the way teenagers do when parents use the "j" 220 word, we confronted the task that was put to us. It seems 221 that the toilet in my parents bathroom was leaking and the 222 valve was turning on and off two or three times every hour. 223 My dad gave us a new ballcock and flapper ball to replace 224 the old worn parts. 225 For those of you that have not repaired a toilet this 226 is not a difficult job. But, for two teenagers it was a 227 monumental task. After laying all the parts out on the bed 228 we finally figured it out and finished the job with no 229 problems. 230 It was about an hour or two later that my older sister 231 came running out of the bedroom ranting and raving to my 232 parents that she had found a blue capsule on the bed were 233 John and I had been laying. By this time my mother was 234 hysterical and my father well, he was not in the best mood I 235 had ever seen him in. John and I were summoned to the 236 family tribunal gathered in our living room. 237 "Where did this come from?" my father asked holding 238 the capsule between his thumb and index finger. John looked 239 at me, and I at him. "I don't Know" we both said in unison. 240 For a teenager, it is hard not to look guilty even when your 241 not. "I am going to ask you again, where did this come 242 from?" "It's not mine" John said with a frightened look. 243 My father looked at me, I quickly denied any knowledge of 244 the capsule. We weren't pleading our case very well as it 245 was a case of guilt by proximity and the judge and jury had 246 already decided the verdict. 247 In the meantime, my sister, the worldly woman she 248 was,(she had moved out of the house for all of a couple of 249 months) had taken the capsule and pulled it apart to inspect 250 the bright blue powder inside. You know how on T.V. crime- 251 drama shows, when the cops bust a drug ring, they take out 252 their pocket knife poke a little hole in one of the bags of 253 suspected drugs then with their little finger they take a 254 taste. This is what my sister did (As if she would even 255 know what drugs would taste like; it could have been cow 256 shit for all she knew!). It immediately made her tongue 257 bright blue. 258 As the questioning became more heated, John offered 259 that the "pill" was a dental capsule that he had to use to 260 show the plaque on his teeth. This excuse was verified over 261 the phone with John's mother, but was quickly dispelled when 017=Usr:576 Robert Doherty 11/20/91 22:12 Msg:6816 Call:38514 Lines:30 262 she said that the dental aid in question was not a capsule 263 but in fact a chewable tablet. Now we were in more trouble 264 as John was now accused of lying. By this time John's 265 parents were on the way over to the house to inspect the 266 blue capsule for themselves. 267 John had made a mistake, it was now believed that the 268 pill was his, since he had lied. I was still not off the 269 hook though, for instead of proximity it was association 270 that made me guilty. Soon his parents would show up and the 271 full court would convene. I had truly no idea where the 272 pill had come from and was beginning to think that it was 273 John's. 274 With the arrival of John's parents, the facts and 275 evidence were brought out and an inspection of the bed only 276 revealed the empty package and instructions of the toilet 277 hardware. My father suddenly started to laugh, he was 278 reading the instructions. Everyone was looking at him, 279 John's parents especially, since they did not see anything 280 funny about this at all. He began to read out loud "step 281 sixteen: to make sure the flapper ball is installed properly 282 take blue capsule and sprinkle in toilet tank, if blue dye 283 appears in toilet bowl reseat flapper ball." 284 We were all howling, all except my sister whose tongue 285 stayed blue for two days. John and I lived like kings for 286 the next few days. And I will always remember the story of 287 the blue capsule. 288 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@BOBD@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@-------------- 289 >11/7/91 290 291 018=Usr:131 THE VISION 11/21/91 01:11 Msg:6818 Call:38515 Lines:7 292 293 To guess who - were you referring to me as causing everybody on 294 the board not to post anything? Well that was not my intention and 295 those were some rude comments. I think you shouldn't waste your time 296 calling here anymore because you have nothing worthwhile to contribute. 297 -The Vision 298 019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/21/91 07:42 Msg:6819 Call:38521 Lines:18 299 300 To The Vision. 301 302@No 303 I was not accusing you of anything of the sort. The intent of the message was 304 to goad the callers of this board to start contributing. The lack of activity 305 was not blamed on you or anybody else directly. 306 307 The simple fact is that a dozen or so people call this board, while only two 308 or three contribute. From time to time one of the dozen enter a message 309 saying how its just not like the old days. Of course its not like the old 310 days. First of all, nothing ever is. Second of all, a house is only as 311 good as the people who build it and contribute to its upkeep. There are too 312 many people who live in this house without contributing to its upkeep. 313 I do not count you as being amoung these. 314 315 (Guess wh) 316 020=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 11/21/91 09:38 Msg:6820 Call:38523 Lines:6 317 *$#@*$_)@#*%_)#*_)(%_$#^_)*%#(%)$(_)(#_)*%@_%^*_)*~$*_)%&_)*!$()!$(!_$_%*_)*!_ 318 Blue Capsule Story: That was a great funny story! Isn't it amazing how a little 319 thing can grow out of proportion like that??? Thanks for sharing it. 320 Mikey: What is the "speed" rating of your machine in MHz? 321 &*%$#@*_%*_)$_@#%&*_)*_)%@# L'homme sans Parity *$#*$!)#$)*$@#%&*#%&)_$*!@$*!$ 322 021=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 11/21/91 19:24 Msg:6821 Call:38537 Lines:3 323 L'homme: Norton SI says '101'. RealSI says 21.4xAT. 324 Landmark says 149Mhz then crash and burns. 325 ************************** CM ******************************* 022=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/21/91 19:33 Msg:6822 Call:38538 Lines:7 326 XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO 327 328 QW: Input from the 2% contingent might be more healthy fatwise. I'm 329 afraid the "cream" are too mainlined. 330 331 xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo 332 023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/21/91 21:20 Msg:6823 Call:38540 Lines:30 333 &*&*&*&*'s 334 Heres a verse I wrote. 335 336 Carl lived up on the hill 337 He could see the valley below 338 Watched it change 339 The forests go 340 The rivers turned to stone 341 342 The last line is really about southern california. As far as I know, there 343 are just about no natural rivers or creeks anywhere near the cities. They 344 are all contained by big cement sewers, just like the ones you see 345 in terminator II and other movies. 346 347 I remember playing in them as a kid. One day I even talked some friends into 348 crawling down one of the side pipes. I was about 12 at the time. It was 349 something of an adventure. We took water, and flashlights, and away we went. 350 351 We got about a querter mile in, before we gave up. We'de ran into 352 our first manhole cover, and the tunnel became smaller beyond that point. 353 I was all for going on, but everyone else had tired of the expedition. 354 Things had been dry up till then. 355 356 When I look back on it, it sill surprises me that we didn't run into any rats 357 or mice. The only living thing we did run into was one very lost lizard 358 near the entrance. 359 360 An Astral Dreamer 361 &*&*&*&*'s (Just thought of a better story. Oh well.) 362 024=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/22/91 09:32 Msg:6825 Call:38552 Lines:7 363@{}{}{}{}{}{}}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} 364@ 365@Geesh, is it finally OVER ... that two-week free ad campaign by our local gas 366@company. How many electric hot water heaters did we see wheeled out??? On 367@the other hand, how many kids has PGE gotten PPS return home and needle their 368@parents about their power-usage vices??? 369@ 025=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/24/91 13:31 Msg:6827 Call:38581 Lines:18 370 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And the GOLDEN Fleece Continues <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 371 372 So the BigO can call that " 373 Cream of the Crop" Royalty of Portland's Patriarchal Power Platoon Stingy 374 Skinflints huh? Just because They're no supporting "the arts" so the likes 375 of that Truly Offensive and Ever-Insufferable PJ and his ilk can pushily 376 brown-nose their way onto the resulting limelighted hero worship scenes that 377 most Billionaires attend to display their "cultures"? And, even worse, 378 when The MultiBillionaires DO bestow their strings-attached meager donations, 379 they must SUFFER shameful slights and indecent indignities regarding having 380 their Names in Neon ... which, of course, They'd never in a billion years 381 Suggest but is, more cruelly, FORCED on Them by Insensitive Charity Monger 382 Coporations. Well, I think We should Form a Committee to discuss the prob- 383 able need for sending a major portion of Our highly-taxed hoards of spare 384 cash (and winning lottery tickets) to these Blessed Beneficent Benefactors, 385 just to show we're not the idiot Ingrates The Media seems to make us out to 386 be. Might help us to set some Priorities, too ... you know??? 387 026=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/24/91 14:11 Msg:6828 Call:38582 Lines:2 388 >>>>>>>>> And Who the T^*)@$#$* is *MARGE* Kafoury, anyway??? ............ 389 027=Usr:131 THE VISION 11/24/91 20:10 Msg:6829 Call:38589 Lines:9 390 391 To Guess Who: 392 Ok thanks :) Yeah things here have changed, I have noticed 393 that as well. But everything goes through change, and you always 394 come back to the basics.... 395 -The Vision 396 397 To AD: Keep it up man! Great stuff :) 398 028=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/25/91 02:39 Msg:6830 Call:38594 Lines:12 399 400 /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 401 402 And what WAS that stuff on last week's (or week previous) 60 MINUTES about 403 local emperor/god Phil Knight? He goes on TV to say he's one of few CEOs 404 to receive ONLY $600,000 per year & the interviewer says "YEAH BUT you also 405 OWN the place." So does the abundantly-w/healthy Mr. K OWN Beaverton's 406 Taj Mahal??? And did he ever PAY those subcontracts that had to go out of 407 because He wouldn't/didn't? 408 409 /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 410 029=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/25/91 09:14 Msg:6831 Call:38596 Lines:26 411 &*&*&*&*'s 412 TV, thanks. 413 414 Heres another short verse. 415 416 You got the money, you have it all. 417 You don't have your freedom 418 But that price is small 419 420 Traped inside 421 Life deride 422 does it matter? 423 You bet it does 424 425 Town of small minds, and you know them. 426 They don't have their freedom 427 But thats their problem 428 429 Many minds 430 life reminds 431 does it matter? 432 You bet it does 433 434 An Astral Dreamer 435 &*&*&*&*&*'s (Variation. sunsantiation. Monostation. revurberation.) 436 030=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/26/91 05:37 Msg:6832 Call:38606 Lines:25 437 438 X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>XX>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X>X 439 440 And the missing link in the Phil Morford scandal ... seems like Earl the 441 Pearl was just doing his "ex" a favor huh??? Ms. Shelly is also a friend 442 of one of those hardt-type libbers I had to deal with, wo had a long history 443 of tyrrany with underlings ... which the union never did anything about. 444 445 446 Also, after a long year and a half, I've finally gotten The Word (in writing) 447 from one of the Esteemed PPS board members. Looks to me like the Board's no 448 longer willing to "rubberstamp" personnel matters (as my Union so rightly put 449 it). I guess after they had to publicly rescind one of these actions (in the 450 same set of minutes I appeared it), they decided it was too much of a problem 451 for them to deal with. After submitting a 200-pg defense I received a 6-liner 452 stating not only this was a "Personnel"/administrataive problem (as I was 453 TRYING to point out to THEM) with which they no longer wanted to deal, but 454 they They'd also lost the material I'd submitted. (Before he'd said he 455 thought it was "lying" around the Board/PUBLIC INFORMATION office somewhere 456 ... is there no end to this kind of respect/regard???) When I'd called 457 Another member regarding receipt of ay type of written Word, he said he 458 couldn't "talk about it. Period. End of Conversation." Click. 459 460 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX< 461 031=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 11/26/91 06:48 Msg:6833 Call:38607 Lines:2 462 463 How much INFILL could an "IN" Phil Fill when an "in" Phil CAN FILL in??? 032=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 11/26/91 07:04 Msg:6834 Call:38609 Lines:1 464 (*EXCEPT* in Little Berzerkly/Alameda, OF COURSE ... where They all live.) 033=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 11/27/91 23:58 Msg:6835 Call:38637 Lines:9 465 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 466 467 "Do you know what the secret to life is???" 468 "No. 469 "It's one thing -- just one thing." 470 "Yeah, what's that???" 471 "That's what you'll have to figure out!!!" 472 ................. 473 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 034=Usr:352 Katie Kolbet 11/28/91 09:26 Msg:6836 Call:38641 Lines:12 474 475 476 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 477 Hidey ho and many hellos! 478 Just thought since I was home for Thanksgiving that I would pop onto the board 479 to say hi! (So I have!) Hey Vision, I haven't heard from you in ages! 480 Astral Dreamer, many hellos. You guys got some interesting stuff going on this 481 board. When I come up with a story to top your childhood memories, I'll 482 add it to the collection. Give me a day or two. Anyway, I'll pop back on 483 again before this month (November) ends! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!! 484 485 ---Kaitlyn---- 035=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 11/28/91 12:19 Msg:6837 Call:38644 Lines:5 486 *_#*%_)@#*%_)*!_)*%$)&^_)*%_)$(!)$(@%)*(_)(!$*!@#%)&_)~&$_)*%%&@)&^_)*!$_)!*($_ 487 AD: Have you recorded any songs in your new "studio?" Also, could you send me 488 a copy of that VGA speed tester? 489 *%_@#)*%_)@#$(_)!@(#_)$%*_)*$!$* L'homme sans Parity *$!)*$!@)*$_)!@$*)_!@*_)* 490 036=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/29/91 11:24 Msg:6838 Call:38654 Lines:68 491 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$% THE AT AT THE TOP/COPs CREAM OF THE CROP $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$% 492 493 Besides Neil, another thing I don't like about Vera is Arlene. Not jut be- 494 cause She MADE Them name a major DT landmark after Her, but I think I once 495 interviewed for a "secretarial" job at one of Her corporations when I was 496 much younger and stupider (yes, it IS possible). The Office was a profuse 497 plantation-type brick estate down the street from MLC and this matronly- 498 looking interrogater harshly grilled me on whether I thought I was able to 499 "keep secrets" and it I'd be willing to "travel." <-??? I'd already de- 500 plored the manor milieu, but Her manner also gave me the creeps. May it 501 somehow reminded me of the unforgettable week I'd spent as a "live-in" at 502 the Helzer Estate. 503 504 I was like a sophomore or junior in high school and my mom'd begun her 505 usual fet about my summer "supervision" while she was at work. Besides I 506 think she was of the opnion we always at odds only because I was a 507 "spoiled brat" and need to experience the Real World of Work so I might 508 would "appreciate" home a little more. And since when she was growing up 509 she'd worked summers as a live-in (mainly to escape the Christian tyrrany 510 of a cruel older sister), she thought THAT would be a wonderful alternative 511 to my usual attendance at summer school. So I went to the employment 512 division and they found me this summer live-in "babysitting" assignment 513 offering "room and board" and a whopping 50 smackers a month! 514 515 The Helzer estate was an entire block in Alameda and they had one Kid I 516 hardly ever saw. They also had a "Cook" and we both lived in slave cells 517 over the garage. The Cook was an older woman and I seem to recall she had 518 a heavy accent and something wrong with her foot. It was all wrapped up in 519 bandages which made her limp. Evidently, the Cook had the sae loose range 520 of on-call "duties" I did because I remember Mrs. Helzer calling Down on 521 her intercom one morning (I think we were doing the breakfast dishes) 522 ordering her to the basement to Fetch the Kid's socks, which she was to 523 deliver to His Upstairs bedroom. I offered to do it for her because of 524 her age and foot and all those stairs and all, but she declined. I think 525 her reason was I wouldn't be able to find them or some such thing, which 526 led me to think she knw because she probably musta DID their stupid laundry 527 too. 528 529 As it ended up, the only tme I "Babysat" was for maybe two hours on the 530 second or third day when She dropped me and the kid off at Grant for an 531 athletic program he was attending. I was ordered to sit outside on the 532 grass and retrive him after class. I think that was the same day she 533 mentioned something about wanting me to wear a Uniform for the duration 534 of my endentureship. 535 536 The rest of my time there I was a stupid, "cheap" teenage domestic, work- 537 ing for a fraction of what they would've had to pay for the Real Thing, 538 plus they probably thought I was just young and dumb enough to feel I 539 should Do anything they asked. As it turned out, after helping the cook 540 ad "serving" the Family their meals (for which, I was told, I'd need 541 LESSONS), my main duty was not only the upkeep of Mr. Helzer's somewhat 542 isolated living quarters (including steriklizing his bathroom/walk-in 543 8-head shower room [<-we'd better get the PGE police over there] AND a 544 daily change of sheets) but I was soon informed I'd be buzzed in my 545 cell in the evening to take a glass of prune joice of his nightstand 546 each night. I think this was the same day I was also ordered to make 547 sure their 30-piece silver service display was kept polished. I'm pretty 548 sure I did take the juice up but maybe I just freaked out at the thought, 549 but I called my MUCH OLDER sister <-grin (and second mother) and she had 550 me outta there in a FLASH. She toldl 'em off real good too. 551 552 I ended up living with my sister and her girlfriend the rest of te 553 summer and they got me a Decent job "serving meals" to Decent folk at 554 the neighborhood restaurant they both worked at weekends. I didn't 555 have to wear a uniform and earned triple the money too! 556 557 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%%$ We've come such a LONG way, haven't we "Babe"?? 558 037=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/30/91 15:21 Msg:6839 Call:38664 Lines:12 559 &*&*&*&*'s 560 L'homme, I've recorded quite a bit of stuff over the last several months. 561 Some of it may even be decent. Right now, I'm working on getting a group 562 of people together. I want to work out enough songs to put together 563 an album on the cheap next year. Don't know if it'll happen, but I'm 564 putting a lot of effort into it, so I have hopes. 565 566 (I'll see i I have the tester.) 567 568 An Astral Dreamer 569 &*&*&*&*'s (I really need to learn how to drive.) 570 038=Usr:54 George Freemont 11/30/91 22:57 Msg:6840 Call:38668 Lines:9 571 ______________---------------______________________ 572 Just wanted to say that I believe the administrators of the Portland 573 Public Schools are doing a *wonderful* job. I just can't see what 574 all the hullabaloo is all about. Could it be that someone has a 575 private agenda? 576 ______________Just Curious--_______________________ 577 578 P.S. I guess I'd better duck and cover now. 579 ______________--------------______________________- 039=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 12/01/91 00:20 Msg:6841 Call:38671 Lines:43 580 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 581 582 'Smells like teen spirit...true to the music...hasta be NIRVANA!!!!!!!!! 583 A rippling, smashing, spine-tingling plethera of body-slappin', giftwrappin', 584 body-baggin' bozos from the inner-bowles of YOUR local city hall. HA -- 585 586 'Tis the season...foChristmas givin'...so, go out and buy me a gun!!! 587 I lost my j; my wife's with Bob; and, the cat got hit by a truck. HA -- 588 589 Show me, blow me, stiff me, slap me...give me a kiss on the cheek....... 590 All I want for Xmas is my two front teeth! 591 592 Ode to the boy down the street...for delivering my groceries 5x a week... 593 He's such a BIG boy, too! HA -- 594 595 "Squire!" he shouted, "Squire--where are my shoes???" 596 "With your wife, O Gracious One." he replied. 597 "Well, where in the hell is S???" 598 "With your brothe Gracious One" 599 "That's funny," the King said to himself, "I distinctly remember my brother 600 wearing a ten-and-a-half!!!" HA -- 601 602 I read the news today, OH BOY! 603 The English army had just won the war... 604 -- j.l. HA -- 605 606 Give me half an inch, 607 and I'll take your foot!!! HA -- 608 609 Turn your head and -- CAUGH -- HHH HHH AAAAAAAAA 610 HHH HHH AAA AAA 611 HHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAA --- --- 612 HHH HHH AAA AAA 613 HHH HHH AAA AAA 614 615 616 ..............................................Doctor Duran Duran 617 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 618 .. 619 .. 620 .. 621 .. 622 ....................................................................... 040=Usr:186 Wesley Smith 12/01/91 08:17 Msg:6843 Call:38673 Lines:2 623 I would like to take this time to wish one and all a safe and happy holiday 624 holiday season. I hope every one had a happy Thanksgiving, and didn"t eat to 041=Usr:609 Doctor Duran Dur 12/01/91 22:03 Msg:6844 Call:38687 Lines:91 625 .. 626 .. 627 .. 628 .. 629 ....................................................................... 630 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 631 632 'Twas the night before Xmas, 633 Clause had nothin' to spare - 634 Just enough for a taxi, 635 And a 2-zone bus fair... 636 637 Deliverin' them toys, 638 To those girls and boyz - 639 Whether they're naughty or nice, 640 Or even on ice... 641 642 He didn't care, 643 Can you blame him? 644 He had nothin' to spare - 645 For a night of famine... 646 647 He landed 'bout twelve, 648 With the help of his elves - 649 Cause he got a DUI 650 With a sparkle in his eye... 651 652 A drink of Rum, 653 With a little kid and his drum - 654 'Like a fairy tale, 655 He actually drank ale.... 656 Pa rum, pa pum, pum.............. 657 658 Santa staggered here and there, 659 And met up with a queer - 660 Ho, ho, ho...and a bottle of rum, 661 Clause gave him a drink and a little toy drum... 662 663 Right just then, Frost appeared, 664 Santa, dazed awhile, 665 Gave Jack a smile, 666 Then, ran away with the wind in his beard... 667 668 Ho, ho , ho, give me a drink! 669 That big fat man needed a shrink - 670 Merry Xmas to all...ha, ha, ha, 671 As that merry bum cocked him in the jaw... 672 673 Knocked out cold, 674 With presents in his bag - 675 Everyone laughed, 676 And thought it was a gag... 677 678 Then, the police were on the scene, 679 'Lookin' mighty mean, 680 Breakin' up the crowd, 681 Knowin' the fat man was plowed... 682 683 They took him away, 684 Thinkin' he was a stray - 685 His elves were really stressed, 686 Because they were shamely dressed... 687 688 They wounded up bookin' Clause, 689 For no reason, or cause - 690 Now, he's in the slammer, 691 With MC HAMMER... 692 693 Xmas that year, 694 Sucked very dear, 695 For Santa and his wife - 696 'Cause he lost his job, 697 And screwed up his life.... 698 699 'Now he's a bum 700 Drinkin' a bottle of rum, 701 With Rudolph the Red-Nosed Raindeer - 702 Givin' blow jobs for fun, 703 'Til his mouth feels like dung, 704 Ho, ho, ho...he's now considered a queer!!!!! 705 706 707 This Christmas Fairy Tale was brought to you by a special grant from 708 Smith's Home Furnishings -- 'cause nobody cares like Smith's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 709 710 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 711 .. 712 ... 713 .. 714 .... 715 .................................................................... 042=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 12/02/91 13:33 Msg:6845 Call:38699 Lines:57 716 XVXVXVXVXVXVXVXXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVX 717 718 I sure hope the case against Al Brown is more substantial than he one Tigard's 719 Finest had against me and my friend. It was one of the few times I'd coerced 720 a whole day's yardwork outta my roommate, and since we'd toiled from dawn 721 until dusk that fine spring day, we were too tired and hungry by nightfall 722 to even THINK about fixing dinner. So we'd decided to use the mailed coupon 723 for Godfather's Pizza that'd jut opened right down the street. As it hap- 724 pened, we were the only customers there until a carlod of obnoxiously drunk 725 bowlers made their presence known and scared me halfto death with their 726 menacing-sounding rowdiness toward the order taker. I finished quickly and 727 left, noting Tigard's finfest parked in the lot next dorr -- I'd thought 728 there were ethere because they'd been following the drunks or that the lone 729 pizza worker had been scared of 'em too and had called for assistance. But 730 NooOOoOO, for some reason we soon notice they wee following **US** ... 731 clear up past Fred Meyer, where they finally turned on their light and 732 motioned for us to pull into the isolated parking lot just past Burger King 733 on Barbur ... way up and off the road. No sooner had they pulled out their 734 2' mettal flashlight/bill clubs to shine steadily in our eyes than we 735 noticed, 3, 4, 5 other Tigard patrolcars pulling in (evidently it was a SLOW 736 night or something). Unfortunately I asked something that mighta sounded a 737 little smartassed about why they were shining their clubs in my eyes and 738 they immediately had my friend's door open and ordered him outta the car. 739 THey took him over and bent him over their patrol car to search him, hand- 740 cuffed his hands way up behind his back then told him to "get up (off the 741 patrol car) LIKE A MAN", after which they threw him to the ground to remove 742 his shoes. 743 744 By THAT time, my dog (a MEAN samoyed-poodle who'd come along foro the ride) 745 and I were practically hysterical. She was running around barking at the 746 circle of "reserves" that'd surrounded us and I was complaining (possibly 747 rather loudly) that the whole thing seemed like a ridiculous third-rate 748 60s anti-eveything movie coe true, which WOULD be funny if it wasn't. As 749 it ended up my friend was dragged off to Hillsboro, charged with "resist- 750 ing arrest" <-???, this stemming from an original charge of "running the 751 red" back at Godfathers (it IS/WAS confusing down there ... by the Tigard 752 drivein ... that weird loop that is landscaped/fenced). And they also 753 threatened me I was "that far" away (thumb/forefinger almost touching) from 754 being arrested myself. 755 756 Since I didn't drive and was told I'd have to remove the car from the mid- 757 dle of the parking lot, I went to the restaurant across the street to call 758 my neighbor to ask him to come drive the car home. When I returned to the 759 "scene of the crime" I found they'd all simply abandoned me ... leaving me 760 alone in that dark, sisolated parking lot at 11:00 PM or so just a few days 761 after the first woman was found murdered out here. I filed a complaint 762 about the whole thing with the police department and I DID hear from them 763 some months later. Another 6-liner (only because of the 2" margins) stating 764 the City had looked into the matter and there was no wrongdoing on their 765 part. Period. So my friend remains to be tagged a vicious "criminal" for 766 life. 767 768 And Meantime, all this while we've been sitting ducks out here for all the 769 REAL criminals they've never seemed to do anything about ... including the 770 vicious and possibly even MORE TREACHEROUS criminal pursuits of the "white 771 collar" types. 772 043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/02/91 18:39 Msg:6846 Call:38703 Lines:20 773 &*&*&*&*'s 774 Ah, the joys of recording music. Recorded the song _on the run_ yesterday 775 on my little 4 track. (I've posted lyrics and chords for this one here 776 before.) My brother wrote a bass part for it that sounds fairly good, 777 and a friend of mine wrote a guitar part that fits in really well. All 778 in all it sounds good. 779 780 The downside was me recording the vocal about 15 times. I just couldn't seem 781 to please myself. In the end I just decided to live with something less 782 then perfection. 783 784 Its sort of wierd how we soun differant to others. Has to do with the 785 tubes that lead from the throat to the inner ear I guess. Tends to distort 786 our speach a little. My biggest problem is dealing with the fact that 787 I don't sound the same on tape as I do to myself. Oh well, I'll learn to 788 live with it. 789 790 An Astral Dreamer 791 &*&*&*&*'s (...) 792 044=Usr:322 Stray Cat 12/02/91 19:39 Msg:6847 Call:38709 Lines:7 793 794 Geesh, of ALL the nerve. Now somebody actually wants EVERY grocery store 795 in the state to have the same privileges Stroheckers has ALWAYS had, namely 796 being able to sell hard liquor on the premises. I bet you don't even have 797 to show a rent receipt up there either, but maybe THAT only applies to 798 certain stores Downtown, huh??? And that aint even hard. 799 045=Usr:322 Stray Cat 12/03/91 07:58 Msg:6848 Call:38712 Lines:42 800 MVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMV 801 802 I guess I really SHOULD start asking other people what THEY know and think 803 about the Al Brown allegations, because in my heart I never believed the 804 first convictions. There's a whole bunch of weird people out here that all 805 hung out down at the General Store and the Wright guy they arrested this 806 month lived right near there too. Then there's the ones who DIDN'T hang 807 out down there who are equally as weird who might have their OWN reasons 808 for wanting Brown to take the rap instead of the REAL perpetrator(s). I 809 think a history of this whole area is in order. 810 811 I will say that the senior Al Brown was an exemplary citizen in this area. 812 For years he'd till my neighbors' and "my" backlots for less than it probably 813 cost him to drive his tractor up the street and he's help the other widows 814 in the neighborhood with odd jobs they were unable to do too. He always 815 kept his house and yard neat as apin and always had his two back lots in 816 vegetables. The same cannot be said for the house diagonally across from 817 him whose family had a neighborhood "history." One of the older women who 818 got a call had Mr. Brown as a pallbearer at her husband's funeral too. Mr. 819 Browon got cancer shortly after the first convictions and has since died. 820 That house and the house across the street from it stood empty for I don't 821 know how long. The weird place across from them was just tilled under last 822 summer and the who empty houses finally sold. When I told a neighbor that 823 has moved outta the neighborhood, she said I'd better check on down the 824 street because the it appears the offender simply moved down the street. 825 When she described the house, I knew it right away because I'd noticed it 826 looked "deathly" years ago. 827 828 One of the things I resent about the whole thing is the all the hype sur- 829 rounding it. It seems like the case is already built against him before 830 there's even been a trial. And I think part of the problem is that the 831 neighborhod ... no the entire sw area ... has been preprimed through those 832 questionable neighborhood associations who seem to be the only outlet for 833 area crime information anymore (which makes me begin to wonder about these 834 new c 835 "community policing" policies too). There's ALWAYS been weird corruption 836 out here and I've always felt it was more of a "cause and effect" situation. 837 I always kinda think when you've got alot of "legal"-type corruption thru 838 city bureaus and government officials, you're gonna have a backlash or what 839 is is commonly called "criminal" activity even though they're both the same. 840 Too bad we can't just call a truce, huh? But there's money to be made ... 841 046=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 12/03/91 19:20 Msg:6849 Call:38715 Lines:4 842 """""""""""""" Wouldn't it be nice if all those banks & S&L's took Father 843 Faust/Bruce Williams' advice and all worked three times as hard as the 844 next guy to pay back their debts? We'd all be millionaires. 845 047=Usr:576 Robert Doherty 12/03/91 20:44 Msg:6850 Call:38716 Lines:3 846 MY MY MY MY MY MY MY.......NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE CHEERFUL PROSE AND CONVERSAT- 847 ION TO BRIGHTEN UP THE HOLIDAYS! 848 ____________________________BD_________________________________________________ 048=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 12/03/91 23:42 Msg:6851 Call:38719 Lines:49 849 850 851 {+}{+}{+}{+} 852 853 Jesus, all this snivelling about non-posting. Ok, ok...how's 854 this........... 855 856 Last Train to Jamaica 857 858 I'm walking along the beach near Negril, seven miles of 859 white sand spread out in a crescent before me as I squint 860 into the morning sun. Not another soul on the beach as far as 861 I can see, not another sound in the air other than the {entle 862 lapping of the turquoise waves on the white shore and the 863 stray calls of brightly colored birds in the lush rustling 864 vegetation. 865 I come upon a set of railroad tracks that rise up out of 866 the water, sever the small beach and disappear into the 867 brush. No way. Could a storm have washed them up? Nobody 868 builds railroad tracks into the sea. I touch a steel rail 869 with my bare foot. It's hot from the sun. And it's vibrating. 870 I leap back as the sea suddenly explodes. Out of boiling 871 white foam a black steel smokestack emerges like Godzilla, 872 billowing a great plume of grey smoke into the morning air. A 873 giant steam locomotive engine, just like in the Westerns, 874 rises out of the frothy Caribbean and roars past me as I 875 stand dumbstruck in the sand--pistons furiously pumping, 876 giant iron wheels spinning over the tracks, seawater 877 evaporating off the hot churning black machinery. Car after 878 car thundering past me, old wooden passenger cars, windows 879 sparkling wet in the tropical sunshine. I can see inside. 880 There are people in there Ladies in bonnets, gentlemen in 881 top hats smoking big cigars. I'm rooted to the spot where I 882 stand, frozen in raw shock and awe. As the caboose disappears 883 into the jungle and the man standing on the platform waves to 884 me, I wave back. A reflex. 885 Finally, I pull my feet back out of the sand where 886 they've sunk. I touch the rail again with my foot. No 887 vibration. I follow the tracks into the green foliage. After 888 about fifty yards, the wooden ties begin to sink 889 progressively deeper into the ground, until the steel rails 890 themselves disappear into the sandy undergrowth. 891 892 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+- 893 Melts In Your Mind, Not Your Bloodstream 894 895 896 {+}{+}{+}{+} 897 049=Usr:604 Chemo Sabe 12/05/91 12:06 Msg:6853 Call:38743 Lines:41 898 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV 899 900 MICHAEL Brown, huh? Bet he's that too good to be true/Blonde Troy Donohue 901 type who tilled our bac lots that one year ... 902 903 I'm still wondering who it was, though, that I wated for the bus with one 904 day about 6-8 yrs before this whole mess started who insisted on giving me 905 a ride to town instead of my hitchhiking when it appeared the bus wasn't 906 coming. Had his car parked right across the street, too. Now the story 907 on this car, he'd said, was that he'd gotten it from the guy who used to 908 own "the gas station" right there on Barbur (there were 3 if you counted 909 the old one that WAS the bus stop). I think he said he'd gotten it instead 910 of backwages when the station was sold. Said the car'd belonged to the 911 guy's son, who'd worked there too, along with alot of other neighborhood 912 boys. Said the passenger seat HAD been wired and door handles removed on 913 the passenger side. He cautioned me NEVER to hitchhike, but if I DID never 914 to get in a car with the doorhandles removed. (After I'd gotten a ride 915 from an old man handing out those weird religious tracts that looked like 916 they were produced by perverts, I DID quit BTW). 917 918 Now I never DID know who this guy was ... or his son, but when I told this 919 story to a neighbor whose brother attended school with this son, she said 920 "oh yeaer" in a way you knew was weird. I don't think too much about it 921 UNTIL one day when we were driving down the freeway in rush hour traffic 922 right next to this guy who was towing this pickup with a woman (probably 923 his sister) in the truck steering. Evidently the truck had no brakes and 924 they weren't using a towbar, only a rope. Somehow the pickup rammed into 925 the towed truck sending the tow car into the guardrail, breaking the rope 926 and setting the truck free ... without brakes. The chick ended up bailing 927 out of the moving truck onto the road divered between the freeway and Bar- 928 bur and her truck continued through the red light and down Barbur into a 929 gas station jut past what was then Denny's Restaurant. As it turned out, 930 the car closest to the "accident" 931 ended up as a witness down at the gas station and I heard him say he was 932 the son of the guy who'd owned the station up te street. He seemed almost 933 silly or giddy or maybe "ON something" (as Tigard's Finest are fond to say). 934 If I remember correctly, I think he had a bald spot with stringy long hair. 935 And when I've thought about it lately, in my own mind, HE seeme more the 936 type to be continually harrassing people in the neighborhood by such pranks 937 as turning all the outdoor water spigots in the yard in the middle of the 938 night. 050=Usr:657 Shrew kate 12/05/91 12:24 Msg:6854 Call:38744 Lines:22 939 940 Unrelated but also interesting too, last summer while I was out sunbathing 941 I heard some strange noises, like branches breaking. Since we'd had a rash 942 of this type of vandalism for the past couple of years, I went to investi- 943 gate and found this "hippy"-looking lady with long bkack frizzy hair and 944 her teenage son standing in the yard of the empty house that was "secretly" 945 up for sale (the house across for THAT was empty too and up for sale). I 946 explained my Mission and ended up talking to her for half an hour or so 947 (the neighborhood Overlord was overseeing the operation too). Anyway she 948 said she was the wife of the ex-chief of police from Sherwood ... that 949 they'd lived in California for ahile (San Diego or Sacramento, can't remem- 950 ber), but had returned some time ago and had rented the Brown's house up 951 the street, so was Familiar with the neighorhood. Shortly after that, 952 the weird house across the street from the Browns mysteriously "disappeared" 953 (amost overnight) and the 10-year collection of old metal, refrigerators, 954 cars and whatever was removed from the yard too. Seems to me 10 years ago 955 there was only a gargantuan old boat sitting around in that yard. They'd 956 also had fire there some time back .... maybe like the one this last fall. 957 958 VVVVVVVVV Perhaps they should question some of the OLDER neighbors that 959 USED to live up there ... the ones in the same business maybe. 960 051=Usr:657 Shrew kate 12/05/91 20:53 Msg:6856 Call:38761 Lines:9 961 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 962 963 I don't know WHAT it is about this neighborhood, but before the deluge, 964 a guy right up the street was convicted of the shooting at Zack's in SE 965 Portland. I'd noticed at the time a damaged car parked on the lawn of 966 that house with the driver-side window smashed where his head probably 967 hit ... 968 969 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Where'd they all come from ... and WHY? 052=Usr:658 Justin Klein 12/05/91 22:56 Msg:6857 Call:38768 Lines:11 970 ------------------------------Justin the Blue--------------------------------- 971 Who is back. I be back from the hinterlands, Corvallis and Albany, and 972 I am gainfully employed. Doing well, for once in my life. 973 974 I got a good job, which makes me feel two ways; 1, glad as hell, and 2, 975 guilty for all those who lightning like this doesn't strike. 976 977 If It can happen to me, believe me, it can happen to you. Don't 978 give up. 979 980 -------------------------------I'll be back.---------------------------------- 053=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 12/06/91 07:00 Msg:6858 Call:38772 Lines:5 981 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 982 Justin- 983 Long time no talk to, how ya been? Congratulations on the pleasant turn 984 your life is taking. Great news! 985 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 054=Usr:657 Shrew kate 12/06/91 13:15 Msg:6860 Call:38775 Lines:6 986 <<@>><<@>><<@>><<@>><<@>><<@>><<@>><<@>> Aint it amazing how quickly 987 988 they REACT when you're a druggist who happens to live in a mini-mansion 989 in the hills??? That musta been record time. Wonder if it was Just his 990 wife shot if we'da seen that kinda speed. 991 055=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/06/91 17:16 Msg:6861 Call:38776 Lines:8 992 &*&*&*&*'s 993 Does it sometimes seem as if certain people on this board have lost touch 994 with reality? I've read everything, and I'm still unable to figure out what 995 that last post was about. 996 997 Welcome back Justin. 998 An Astral Dreamer