NUMBER OF LINES: 997 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2$************************* 26 DEC 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 12/26/91 21:45 Msg:6991 Call:39185 Lines:3 20 They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. 21 - Edmund Burke 22 ***************************************************************** 003=Usr:658 Justin Klein 12/27/91 03:20 Msg:6992 Call:39188 Lines:38 23 --------------------------=Justin the Blue=------------------------------ 24 At last, at the top! HAHAHAHAH! I dood it. 25 26 It's way too late to be up, but I have the chance and am enjoying it. 27 It gave me the opportunity to listen to KGO's Ray Taliaferro. KGO is 28 a San Francisco AM radio station, so the only way one can listen is 29 at night, very late and toward the early morning, on the old E-layer 30 skip signal. It's very interesting. 31 32 I don't think "Liberals" are any more connected to the truth than the 33 "Conservatives". Ray is considered by many to be a "Liberal", but somehow 34 I trust what he says more than I trust some idiot rod like Rush Limbaugh 35 or (remember) Peter Weissbach. 36 37 Maybe it's because the radio talk conservatives seems to put themselves 38 up on a White Horse (tm) and Go To Bat For You (tm) while making money 39 off you. Ray seems to exhort me to think for myself. 40 41 I am much more likely to give an ear to someone who says "This is the 42 truth as I can find it...but if you want to think what you think already, 43 go ahead. It's your life" than someone who says "I'm gonna save you from 44 the <_____fill in blank______>". 45 46 To the Limbaughs and the Weissbachs of the world: Sure, I appreciate 47 you a-gettin up on your White Arab Charger (tm) and Fighting For Me (tm 48 applied for). 49 50 But who asked you? 51 52 Weissbach always began his show with his oft-repeated slogan, how he'd 53 "prick the pretensions". I got the overwhelming impression that he'd 54 been listening to so much of his own press, he had some pretensions that 55 needed pricking himself. 56 57 -----------------------------=Justin the Blue=--------------------------- 58 I can think for myself. When I need the Self-appointed White Knight Brigade 59 to come to the rescue, I'll call on ya, thanx, though. 60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 004=Usr:131 THE VISION 12/28/91 01:03 Msg:6993 Call:39201 Lines:3 61 62 get a life!!! 63 005=Usr:322 Stray Cat 12/28/91 09:24 Msg:6994 Call:39207 Lines:17 64 <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><< OOooooOOo, a NEW dind new lines for the 65 StrayUnfortunately the holidays di't do me in. I HAVE been stor- 66 ing some amount of venom though, which I'd just LOVE to share .... 67 68 Took a drive through Johns Landing area. Whamess. The row houses 69 are proliferating like mad and changing the whole character of that once- 70 nice neighborhood. I thinEarl and Mike and Gretched are out to eliminate 71 ALL lower-income housing ... the type of housing USED to be inhabited by 72 at least 5 people who formed collective households. It's funny because 73 Macadawas almost inadequate 25 years ago and now they wa strictly 74 auto-oriented isolationist overpopulation in there.It would be interest- 75 ing to know how developers obtain the property in the first place and how 76 they got their permits for that type of housing. Too bad they're not 77 following the prototypes of Portland Center or Mt. Park. At least THEY 78 were required to provide some AMENITIES. I for one will be very angry 79 when it comes time to pay for another FREE way thru there. 80 006=Usr:322 Stray Cat 12/28/91 09:50 Msg:6995 Call:39208 Lines:6 81 82 And NOW they wanna invade the Corbett area and evidently, there aint 83 nothing nobody can do because all seem to be snoozing and don't 84 give a damn. Meanwhile, these guys are making Billions developing 85 the slums of tomorrow. 86 007=Usr:322 Stray Cat 12/28/91 14:19 Msg:6996 Call:39213 Lines:5 87 88 Of course, Gretchen, Mike & Earl all live in Irvington/Little Berekeley 89 (don't they???) and they CERTAINLY don't want any such travesty in THEIR 90 neighborhood. 91 008=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 12/28/91 15:24 Msg:6997 Call:39215 Lines:13 92 *%_)*#@%)_(_)@($_)(%_)$#*_)%$*&_)*^#$_)(_)#@%(+_@#$)#_@(%_)#^(*_)#$%*^_)*^_^_)( 93 94@Mikey: Got your message re 95 Mikey: got your message re: the disks. Perhaps I can drive over there 96 tomorrow and pick them up (tomorrow being Sunday)? 97 Mohammad: So, WRT your Beach hotel message: Yowza! Just when you 98 think life is going downhill, something like that happens! AT least 99 you don't have ethernet cards failing right and left... Hmmm... 100 AD: Your connection is down again, just in case you don't know. Also, 101 get me the $%^& phone number for the eval link. It is down too and 102 the email is piling up! 103 *%)_#$*@%)_#$*%_)#$*%)_#*% L'homme sans Parity *%)_#@*%#)%*)_@#%*)_@#%*_@&_)$*^ 104 009=Usr:658 Justin Klein 12/28/91 23:26 Msg:6998 Call:39222 Lines:29 105 -------------------------=Justin the Blue=------------------------------ 106 107 I'm very curious how anyone without a chip on thier shoulder can even 108 come close to imagining Irvington as a Little Berkeley (with all that the 109 tag of Berkeley implies). Anyone who spends any time in Irvington would 110 know better than to say something silly like that. 111 I lived in the Irvington area for a while. Little Berkeley it is not. 112 113 BTW, would the person who left the message surrounding the "Little Berkeley" 114 comment please figure out some way to upload the message so that clumps 115 of characters AREN'T dropped off. The rest of it was utter gibberish 116 ...I got the upshot, but it gets tiresome trying to decode the thing to get 117 the nuances to discuss it intelligibly. 118 119 I saw the rowhouses in Corbett Ave. area too. I don't think the named 120 city councilors are making as much as one would believe...as a matter of 121 fact, I'd be surprised if they were in on the deal at all. 122 123 One should be careful when laying blame at people's doorstep. If done 124 incautiously or in rage, it makes one's comments look like blathering 125 and renders it invalid. If they really offended or hurt people, there 126 would have been some sort of objection. And since there weren't...what 127 the hell are we supposed to do about it? There are every number of people 128 saying we should get upset about something, but the thinking person needs 129 to know why, and how...and why haven't YOU done something about it yourself? 130 Otherwise, it's just rally the natives and give 'em torches, and march on 131 the castle. 132 133 -----------------------------=Justin the Blue=------------------------------- 010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/29/91 17:07 Msg:7000 Call:39234 Lines:16 134 &*&*&*&*'s 135 Been gone since last tuesday. Just got back. Home was fun. Got to hang 136 out with some people I havn't seen much of in the last several years. Its 137 sort of strange how the people you knew in your youth seem differant from 138 the people you meet later on/ 139 140 Not better, just differant. Theys something about coming on age with 141 smebody that just seems to give them a special place. 142 143 Le Homme, My link is back up. The problem with getting the eval number 144 is that only Gage seems to know it, and he's on vacation... I'll 145 put it back up as soon as I get in tommorow. 146 147 An Astral Dreamer 148 &*&*&*&*`s (We must grow, or die.) 149 011=Usr:674 KEEPER OF SOULS 12/29/91 18:20 Msg:7001 Call:39237 Lines:6 150 The Keeper of Souls has returned 151 let those who remember me be warned 152 I am still a poisoned thorn 153 154 KEEPER OF SOULS......... 155 012=Usr:658 Justin Klein 12/29/91 21:43 Msg:7003 Call:39239 Lines:33 156 ------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]------- 157 Just experimenting with new looks. Name off-center, still embedded 158 in the line-o-hyphens, brackets instead of the ='s. I like it. Rather 159 _tres_jolie_, if I do say so myself. 160 161 Yah, I know. Who cares. Pleases me, anyway. 162 163 I got a little radio for Xmas. It's just a little AM/FM stereo unit, 164 pocket size, earphones, good reception. Here's a spiffy thing: it`s 165 case is clear plastic. You can see all the coils, the tuning stages, 166 the IC chip (Toshiba...go Japan! Yeek.) that replace the howevermany 167 transistors that it used, and the little tiny squirrel that power it. 168 It's fun to look at. 169 170 Short shameful confession: I am a talk radio addict. I like to listen 171 to just about anything; I am a talk radio gourmand, more accurately. 172 I miss the KGW talk format. Getting KINK on AM is really just of benefit 173 to those downstate and who don't own FM recievers (remember such a time)? 174 Even though Wessbach got on my nerves, I enjoyed him; I liked Uris even 175 though he got a little tweedy at times; my favorite was Rick Miller. 176 Remember him? As my mom would say: so dumb, he's funny. 177 178 The subtraction of KGW talk radio from the scene leaves a big void 179 locally. KXL has a lot, but it's a national network at night. KGW 180 let a lot of local loonies and clear=thinking folx talk at length about 181 what they thought affected them and it was always entertaining. 182 183 Even Norman, from a phone booth in Southeast. 184 185 Besides, I won a prize in Rick Miller's cheezy game show once. A KGW 186 imprinted pen and pencil (flair-type pen and wood pencil). Just think. 187 Instant collectors items. 188 ------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]-------- 013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/31/91 14:48 Msg:7007 Call:39278 Lines:3 189 190 On each disk, there must be a calm. 191 014=Usr:131 THE VISION 12/31/91 23:33 Msg:7008 Call:39285 Lines:2 192 193 And inside every calm is a storm..... 015=Usr:576 Robert Doherty 01/01/92 01:32 Msg:7009 Call:39287 Lines:4 194 Just stopped by to say Hi and Happy New Year to all the BW gang!!! 195 Hey Hommey still thinking about fun on the high seas? 196 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^BD^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^ 197 016=Usr:675 RANDALL ALAIMO 01/01/92 10:53 Msg:7010 Call:39293 Lines:7 198 ATTENTION CECIL B DEMILE FANS: 199 Does'nt the bible have exciting stories? So why does'nt anybody make a 200 biblical ega\vga adventure game ?? I just finished one. The game is called 201 KING JAMES QUEST ! Yes, you can be Moses, Joshua, and Jesus, and more! 202 Be there at the most important event in all history. The resurrection! 203 As of 1-1-92 available at the genius lab bbs, in a file called kjq.zip. 204 Is it good, or is it blasphemy !! Find out ! your friend, Randall Alaimo 017=Usr:677 Jumpin' Josh 01/01/92 19:35 Msg:7011 Call:39298 Lines:7 205 Hello all you crazy people. 206 I've just entered you realm of things to find only a few out there with what I 207 search for. I am in need of some help. I am looking for someone who has 208 "BITNET" 209 I would like to connect and use such a net system. If anyone has knowledge of 210 a person with such talents, I would appreciate it if they would direct the 211 information my way. Thanks Jumpin' Josh. 018=Usr:660 Rick Young 01/01/92 20:45 Msg:7012 Call:39299 Lines:22 212 /+-{]`#O=+ RORSCHACH +=O#'[}-+\ 213 214 1-1-92 215 216 Hospitals make me ill. Doctors and nurses have no sense of humor. "You cant 217 leave" they would say. That's what the men said in the alley the night before 218 I was admitted there. 219 220 Police want to know how many were there when I first noticed them. I dont tell 221 them. I dont think I can really recall. There were the two who I stopped, and 222 then the three who put me in the hospital. The rest were just part of the 223 crowd, like the rest of the world. 224 225 I'd like to thank the man who called the police after the boys took my wallet 226 and boots, but it was an anonymous call. Perhaps he's hoping I'll go by there 227 again for his entertainment. Or perhaps he's next on the admissions list. 228 229 This city is dying. Perhaps I should put it out of it's misery? But then I'd 230 only be stopped by the "law". Still it would be a great ride. 231 232 /+-{]`#O=+ RORSCHACH +=O#'[}-+\ 233 019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/03/92 08:38 Msg:7014 Call:39321 Lines:8 234 &*&*&*&*'s 235 Constipation remover. 236 237 (A new sort of lurk.) 238 239 An Astral Dreamer 240 &*&*&*&*'s (Pictures in the mind, help me pass the time.) 241 020=Usr:658 Justin Klein 01/04/92 00:48 Msg:7016 Call:39332 Lines:64 242 ------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]--------- 243 Rohrshach, dear boy, if you were to "put the city out of its misery", 244 the "Law" wouldn't be the only folx who would be just a little unhappy 245 with you. 246 You write well. Your style shows mastery and potential. Your 247 perceptions show depth. Your attitude is lousy, and your point of view 248 is just wrong. 249 250 (Now into a general mode), I've often wondered what goes on in the 251 minds of folx who seem to be so anxious to see the dark side of everything 252 that they see the bright side of nothing. 253 254 Am I saying that we should all delude ourselves into believeing that 255 Life[tm] is Wonderful[tm]? Hell, no. There is pity and degradation 256 and rot all round us, but there's no need to wallow in it. It must 257 be paid heed, however. The attitude the the negative must be 258 hyperemphasized and hyperexhibited is just as bad as the attitude that 259 anyone who shows concern in hints of bad fortune is unAmerican. 260 261 Take a look at a coin. Ever notice it has two sides? Ever notice 262 how nothing seems to have less than two sides, and frequently more? 263 Not only are there folx on thier last legs and dying of poverty in pdx, 264 but there are also those who are doing obscenely well. More importantly, 265 there are those who are working to make the bad in this town not so bad, 266 or at least to give those who are on the negative side the chance to change 267 thier lot if they wish to, those who are trying to rescue those unfortunate 268 to be thrown to the winds of chance against thier will. 269 270 Remember those unfortunate good people at Colvera Villa, who were going 271 to get tossed out on thier ear at Christmastime? Most of them made it out. 272 Three units are still occupied by good people unfortunate enough to have 273 no way out, and they are going to wait out the eviction process. Meanwhile, 274 the trust fund set up by Conant and Conant Booksellers, which got wide press 275 and many promises, is all the way up to $200 or so! After only a month! 276 Wow! What's next? $205 by the 15th? [heavy sarcasm here, everyone] RSVP 277 Management, the people who bought out the Colvera Villa, have pretty much 278 forgotten thier promise to donate money to this fund. These people need 279 help. 280 281 Does anybody out there really feel there's rot in our town. Here's a good 282 place to start. The folx I mentioned above are in as much trouble as anyone 283 can be, bereft even of the security that they will have a roof over thier heads 284 in less than a month. How about donating some cash to this fund? Instead of 285 contemplating one's navel over how bad it is, we can eliminate it...or at least 286 do our part. 287 288 Otherwise speculating on Whats Wrong With Everything is just a narcissistic 289 waste of time. 290 291 And, Rohrshach, no, you can't put this city out of its misery. I live 292 here too, and I happen to be fond of pdx...despite its warts and open wounds. 293 I lived on the North side a block from a drug house, and I saw what a block 294 full of neighbors who really give a damn can do to improve life...a group 295 of mild mannered neighbors went up against drug pushers and criminals, and 296 the criminals actually lost. The drug house went away. 297 298 Problems will continue. And we all will die. But using these as an 299 exuse for perfecting angst is really pretty poor. 300 301 And that's my offensive, opinionated opinion. If you don't care for 302 it, tough. I, for one, choose not to wallow in the misery. Not only is 303 there not as much around as people would say, but I will never surrender 304 without a fight. 305 ------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]------------- 021=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/04/92 11:01 Msg:7017 Call:39337 Lines:15 306 &*&*&*&*'s 307@Justin, some of us have a... inability to see the up side from ie 308@t time. Doesn't mean that it doesn't exist of course. Call it 309@color blindnss of the sou. 310 Justin, some of us have an inabiity to see the up side from time 311 to time. Den't mean that it doesn't exist of orse. Call it 312 colour blindness of the soul. 313 314 Just another filter on the lens thru which w observe the world. 315 Reality and perception. Nobody can tell them apart. Maybe 316 Thats why moral relativism is so popular. 317 318 An Astral Dreamer 319 &*&*&*&*'s ( posting I will go, a psig I will go. ) 320 022=Usr:658 Justin Klein 01/05/92 14:04 Msg:7018 Call:39350 Lines:50 321 ---------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]----- 322 Hi, AD. I suppose the reason I had trouble with R's musings is that 323 they are (from my own POV only) amounting to less and less over time. 324 At first I found them interesting for what they had to offer, but as 325 time went on there was nothing more. Johnny one-Note. And then as 326 (I mean when) it was topped off with the line about "putting the city 327 out of its misery", there was this narcissistic self-centeredness about 328 it that just set me off. 329 I'm not trying to be anyone's moralistic guardian of correctness. AS 330 a matter of fact, if anyone wants to have such a viewpoint, welcome to 331 it. More power to them. But if something like that goes to lengths 332 to offend, then I don't have to like that, and I'm bound to say so. 333 At this point, the question would be "Why am I so offended by it?" 334 I guess it's because the idea of arrogance and snobbery repulse me, 335 and statements such as that are loaded with it. I heartily resent 336 the attitude that puts any certain individual at the center AND BECAUSE 337 OF IT convinces them that thier pronouncments are Right, to the point 338 that they are qualified to throw out the baby with the bathwater, then 339 trash the tub. We are, each one, the center off all we know, but it's 340 important to realize that we are not only the center of something, but 341 the center of nothing. We share this real life world. An attitude other- 342 wise could be fatal to ones self, at least...and to others, if acted out. 343 But am I saying that just because we are, each one, the center of nothing 344 am I also saying that we are insignifcant? Not in the least! We are all 345 in the focus of our own lives, which we can decorate and beautify much 346 as we can. I think that a life spent developing one's gifts is the best 347 one to spend, and the only real way to return a favor to (choose one 348 congruent with your deitific philosphy, 1=the Universe which contributed to 349 your making, 2=the Creator who so endowed you). I would spend mine no 350 other way, and perhaps it is my own arrogance, but I think if folx spend 351 time developing themselves to a fullness, then the enlightenment shed by 352 all will go a long way toward cancelling out the darkness so many of us 353 seem to want to dwell on. 354 And above all that, realize that there are dark places in the world and 355 down the street, and realize them for what they are, not more than they are. 356 I wouldn't want to be a person for whom angst is a raison d'etre. Think 357 of the lesions upon society with the head AS WELL AS the heart. I thin 358 few people do this. 359 360 Disclaimer: should people follow what I say or do what I do? Prob'ly not. 361 What I can say wholeheartedly is that this philosopy of balance and 362 positiveness works for me and enables me to face my problems for what they 363 are and at the same time enables me to survive them or even best them. 364 And, all in all, if someone throws thier philosophy in my face and it offends 365 me then I'm bound to tell 'em so. And why. And throw my philsophy right 366 back at 'em. 367 368 So there. B-) 369 370 ----------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]------- 023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/05/92 15:39 Msg:7019 Call:39351 Lines:28 371 &*&*&*&*'s 372 Justin, thats fine with me. (Not that you need my permission of course.) 373 374 Constant angst does get old in short order. I have NO love for depression. 375 Its just something that is a part of me a good part of the time. It got old 376 a long time ago, but still it seems to stay. 377 378 It did have its upside at one time. It made me take a very thorough and 379 critical look at the world around me. Something a lot of people never do. 380 I feel that some aspects of my personality were greatly enhanced by 381 that experiance. Alas, others were severly stunted. Today, in my middle 382 20's, I'm just starting to learn some fairly fundamental things about 383 personal interaction. 384 385 Comeing to grips with the fact that I don't live in a perfect world, and 386 never will has helped me to deal with the depression, even if it hasn't 387 made it go away. 388 389 I really envy people who seldom feel the down side. Being blissfully ignorent 390 would be a gamble, but the price just might be worth it. I suspect that these 391 people are the rarest of all. Perhaps thats for the best. 392 393 We can not hope top be liked by others, when we don't even like ourselves. 394 Its a cliche', but that doesn't make it any less true. 395 396 An Astral Dreamer 397 &*&*&*&*'s (Which way to the in door?) 398 024=Usr:322 Stray Cat 01/05/92 15:59 Msg:7020 Call:39352 Lines:3 399 400 401 025=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/06/92 20:16 Msg:7021 Call:39363 Lines:24 402 &*&*&*&*'s 403 A while back a couple of friends and I started getting together to jam on 404 weekends. Didn't really get much done, but it was fun, and I was really 405 learning a lot of neat stuff about the guitar, as well as getting to 406 bounce ideas off of other people. 407 408 Now, its starting to grow. People want to 'join'. I'm somewhat ambivalent 409 about the whole process. I've got this thing for not repeating the mistakes 410 that others have made in the past, and I suspect I'm about to do so. Has 411 anyone on here gone thru the 'forming a band' game? 412 413 Some things feel right, and others don't in the process. I had this goal, 414 and its been fairly well obliterated. That may be a good thing, since it 415 was my goal, and really had nothing to do with the evolving group. But 416 still, I feel as though I've lost something. 417 418 Its not like I can go out and find other people to play with. I don't really 419 know any. I guess this is the point where I start to meet them. I've 420 always hated having to go thru the whole process though. Maybe thats 421 part of my problem. 422 423 An Astral Dreamer 424 &*&*&*&*'s (Dreams sneak up on you.) 425 026=Usr:165 Bart Simpson 01/08/92 02:42 Msg:7024 Call:39383 Lines:2 426 yeah 427 027=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 01/09/92 08:33 Msg:7026 Call:39395 Lines:5 428 *)_%*#@_)%*)@_)_!@$(_)%*)@_#^%*_%(_+)@#$_@#*%_)#%*_)(_))!@_$@#_)*$%#@_)*%#_)@*% 429 Mikey, I am going to call you today and hopefully come to pick up the 430 BW archive disks. TTYS... 431 *(%_)%*_)#$*_)#$*^)_$#*^)_#@(_)@% L'homm sans Parit *)$%_#@*$_@*%_)@#*%_)@%*_)% 432 028=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/11/92 21:34 Msg:7027 Call:39422 Lines:65 433 &*&*&*&*'s 434 Just cheaking in. We need some briteness and light around here. All the 435 negative karma is getting oppresive. I could write a story... I never do 436 seem to finish them alas. (Whoops, sliping into negative karma again.) 437 438 Oh well, I guess I'll give it a try anyway. 439 440 (This is based on a story I wrote here a couple of years ago called the 441 wizard in the window.) 442 443 I'd come to think of him as the statue mage. 8 inches tall, and full of far 444 more life and mischief then any being that size has a right to be. 445 446 Looking back, I realize that my finding him was more than luck. Call it 447 humourise predestination. An amusing little lark for an amusing 448 little being. And I had the good fortune of being the straight man. 449 450@It wasn't such a bad job really. Somebody has to be the balance of any 451@well thought out 452 It wasn't a bad job really. He had his fun, and I got to run. And you 453 know what they say about the benifits of excercise. 454 455 I remember the day he first opened the portal vividly. I'd just spent the 456 better part of an hour trying to catch my girbles. The Mini mage had set 457 them loose, and every time I came close to catching one or the other 458 he'd point his wand, mutter, and the girble would vanish, only to reapear 459 across the room and out of reach. 460 461 Now, I'm a man with a long temper, but I gotta say that I was about at the 462 end of mine at that point. A jokes a joke, but the whole situation had 463 degenerated into something a bit to close to sadism for my tastes. So 464 I bowed to the Mini Mage, gave him the finger and procedded to flop 465 down on the couch. After a moment I picked up the paper and began to 466 read it. 467 468 Now, if theres one thing that makes MM mad, its tireing of his jokes before 469 he does. I'd known him long enough to know how to do a fairly effective 470 snub. Thi one hd really hit the mark, as I could hear him mumbling under 471 his breath as I read the paper. Finally he settled down. The calm before 472 the storm I was soon to realize. 473 474 "Mark." 475 476 "Yes?" I said, not bothering to put down my paper. 477 478 "There's a hole in your floor." 479 480 "Don't be redic..." I'd put the paper down. There was a hole in my floor. 481 It was about three feet wide, and getting wider as I watched. In fact, 482 it was in danger of swollowing my coffee table. 483 484 "I think its hungry..." MM said, smileing mischeviously. 485 486 I looked him straight in the eyes. "And what does it want to eat?" 487 488 "Whats tall, vertical and stupid?" He asked. The hole looked like a very 489 thick fog, and it was about to eat my coffee table. 490 491 I grabbed onto the table just as it started to teeter. Paper in one hand, 492 coffee table in the other. The leg touched the hole, and there was a 493 blinding flash of light. "Sh*t" I mumbled just before passing out. 494 495 An Astral Dreamer 496 &*&*&*&*'s (Boldly going where many people have gone before.) 497 029=Usr:658 Justin Klein 01/12/92 14:29 Msg:7028 Call:39427 Lines:32 498 ---------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]---------- 499 I liked that story, 'Dreamer. It's coolly absurd. 500 501 Hope there's more. 502 503 I once was depressed enough to be put in hospital. Well, the Navy 504 thought so, anyway. Also, they exused me from service. Said it was 505 existant prior to enlistment, even though I'd never though of committing 506 suicide ever before in my life. 507 508 I work overtime to see the good in things, and due to the laws of 509 diminishing returns, it overall results in a more realistic view of the 510 universe that I would otherwise assume. I have been told that I have 511 a very fair mind. I do know that there is a lot of sloppy thinking going 512 on in the world, and I am arrogant enough to believe that I am not doing any 513 of it, or at the very least, doing my best not to. 514 515 I think there is a clear difference between being depressed and morose about 516 life's difficulties and societal ills and realizing them for what they are 517 and perhaps doing something about it. I'd like to change the universe, but 518 all I can do is keep my own corner of it in order. I think if everyone 519 did this, living thier lives by doing what's right personally as well as 520 working to change or mitigate what's wrong out there, we'd have less of the 521 plights that we do. 522 523 Right now, I'm just working on the personal sphere and my own philosophy. 524 Not ready to compete agains Sartre or DesCartes just yet, but maybe in a 525 decade or so, who knows. 526 527 Post more of the MM story, 'Dreamer. I'd like to see where it's going. 528 529 ------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]--------- 030=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/12/92 16:12 Msg:7029 Call:39429 Lines:82 530 &*&*&*&*'s 531 Justin, thanks. Heres another installment. Wish I still had a copy of the 532 origional, but I seem to have lost all track of it. I'm sure its 533 preserved in the archives though. 534 535 Now, at this point you might be thinkin old MM was a bit of a sadist. I won't 536 say he didn't have a cruel streak in him. I'm a realist, and I'd been the 537 butt end of a enough of his pranks to know that he didn't in the least mind 538 putting other beings at the downside of his wit. But in his defense, I must 539 say that he could take it as well as he could put it out. 540 541 It wasn't ofteen that I had an oppurtunity to get the upper hand with him. He 542 was after not even a foot tall, and endowed with the ability to do all sorts 543 of things that we normal humans go google eyed at. Especially when they 544 aren't happening on TV. But there were times when I got the best of him. 545 One in particular comes to mind. 546 547 Early on, I'd realized that there were certain limitations to his powers. 548 For instance, he refused to be seen moveing my anybody but me. This led 549 to all sorts of fascinating possibilities. On this particualer occasion, 550 I'd decided on an especially elaborate joke. It was my birthday. I won't 551 mention which one, though I will note that I stopped paying close attention 552 after I hit 25. The drop in my car insurance was impressive, and all I'd 553 had to do was live into my middle 20's. Of course, a lot of ground would 554 have been lost if I'd had the audacity to actually make a claim, but 555 I digress. 556 557 I'd long had an interest in tropical fish. Didn't know anything about them 558 really, just liked to watch them swim around. Something about the semi 559 contained ecology of the fish bowl just fascinates the heck out of me. 560 So, the day before my big day, I'd went down to the local pet shop and 561 purchased a 75 gallon fish tank, and all the stuff that went with it. 562 Including something that looked a lot like a catfish. Heck, it probably 563 was. Anyway, I'd payed the people at the pet store to bring it all out 564 to my place, and set everything up. 565 566 I smiled to myself when I heard the knock on the door. MM had been flying 567 around the liveingroom batting at a fly. As I got up to answer the door, 568 He flew back to the mantle, and took up his ussual stance and possition. 569 570 I greeted the people from the pet store, and pointed them to the place 571 I'd decided to have the tank placed. They handed me a 200 page book 572 with a title along the lines of 'The 100 most important things to know 573 about tropical fish.' I sat down and began to read. The pages blurred 574 and my mind wandered. I contemplated inquiring as to how much it would 575 cost to have somebody come in and take care of the fish for me. 576 577 It took quite awhile to get everything setup, but when it was all done, it 578 looked quite impressive. "Looks great, but you know, there seems to be 579 something missing..." I said staring at the tank. Slowly I turned about 580 and looked at the mantle. I think I saw the MM twitch. The people from the 581 pet store mumbled to each other as I wandered over and picked up the 582 MM. 583 584 "You know, I think I'd get just the affect I'm looking for if we placed 585 this statuete in the middle of the tank. The petstore people looked 586 doubtfull, but couldn't think of any serious objections. They did 587 urge me to rinse the MM off before placeing him in the bowl. I declined 588 I took a length of yarn out of my pocket and tied it around the statuetes 589 upstretched arm. The pet store people mumbled some more. Gently 590 I lowered him into the tank. He came to rest by a piece of artificial 591 coral. Carefully I worked the yarn free and removed it from the tank. 592 I barely supressed a chuckle at the sight of the MM at the bottom of the 593 tank. I thanked the pet shop people and led them ou. 594 595 As the door closed, I heard a loud splash from the tank. A high pitched giggle 596 greeted me when I turned around. 597 598 "You got me a good one there Mark." He said. 599 600 I smiled. "I've been planing it for days." 601 602 "And a fine gag it was. But did it ever occur to you that I might need to 603 breath?" 604 605 "You breath?" I asked incredulosly. 606 607 "Now you ask me." He replied. He winked and dissapeared. 608 609 An Astral Dreamer 610 &*&*&*&*'s (This space intentionally used.) 611 031=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/13/92 10:53 Msg:7030 Call:39440 Lines:62 612 &*&*&*&*'s 613 (More of the story. Somebody has to fill the disk.) 614 615 My reasons for telling that story are two fold. The first I mentioned 616 at the outset. The second I will now explain. 617 618 Bright sunlight shineing thru my eyelids awakened me. I didn't open my eyes 619 immediatly, prefering instead to take stock of what my other senses were 620 telling me. First, smell. Strange, there was something missing. Ah, 621 that was it! The air smelled to clean. Next, hearing. I could hear 622 the twetering of birds. I was coming close to a conclusion. Touch, 623 I felt carefully around with my hands. Hmm, felt like grass. About 8 624 inches high. Taste... I was hungry. Time to open the eyes I decided. 625 626 Now, I had expected to find myself in somesort of forest glade or something. 627 Just goes to show you how easily the senses can be fooled. The first thing 628 I saw upong opening my eyes was a skylight. The second was the ceiling 629 that surrounded it. Further examination showed me that I was in the middle 630 of what af first appeared to be a shopping mall. People were milling 631 about, going into various shops. I was lying in the middle of an island 632 of wildlife in the middle of a sea of consumerism. 633 634 Now, you will note that I said it appeared to be a shopping mall at first 635 glance. At second glance, a few discrepencies caught my eye. First of all, 636 The people were dressed strangly. Clotheing styles varied from the 637 medieval, to the futuristic, to the I couldn't figure it out. Next, 638 were the stores. The featured names like "Artllo's splitzer emporium." 639 and "Onieas Fibtok grill". But the thing that really clued me in was 640 the Dalmation that came walking up to me as I stared wide eyed at this 641 strange place. "Lost are you." He said, looking me up and down." 642 643 Now, most people would have lot it at this point. But after months of dealing 644 with MM, I'd developed something of a tolerance for the bizare. 645 646 647 "Yes, as a matter of fact I am. You havn't seen a coffee table around here 648 by any chance have you?" Don't know why I focused on the cofee table. I 649 said I'd developed a tolerance, that doesn't mean I wasn't a little wacked 650 out by the whole exerience. 651 652 "Was that yours? D*mn, looks like I've been remise in my duty. A gnome 653 picked it up and carried it off just before you awoke." 654 655 "Oh well, it wasn't important." 656 657 "You're not from around here, are you?" 658 659 660 "I don't believe so. This wouldn't be earth would it? USA, Portland OR 661 would it?" 662 663 "Nope." 664 665 "New York?" I asked grasping at straws. 666 667 "Nope, welcome to the land of colective unconciousness." 668 669 Must be anohter name for washington DC I thought to myself. 670 671 An Astral Dreamer 672 &*&*&*&*'s (Out on a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmbbbbbbbbbbb) 673 032=Usr:658 Justin Klein 01/13/92 21:48 Msg:7031 Call:39446 Lines:20 674 ------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]---------- 675 'Dreamer, you are quite the pook. You give juuuuuuuust enough to 676 tantalize. 677 In case you think I'm going for mere idolatry, here's why I like what 678 you`ve done so far: 679 1> It's an absurd premise, which your familiarity-with makes believeable. 680 2> Since it's plausible, I can imagine myself in the situation. This 681 causes me to identify with the protagonist, and involves me. Your hole 682 in the floor swallowed me, too. 683 3> It's not just a tired variation on a fantasy story. I think that 684 genre's been about written out. I picture MM as a porcelain doll with the 685 motive force. 686 687 Weaknesses thus far: spelling (you problably knew that, and I'm npot 688 [not, I mean] trying to needle you on it, but as a speller, I'm duty 689 bound to redflag you). 690 691 Don't let that keep you from posting more. The What you've shown; I'm 692 anxious to find out the How, and certianly the Why. 693 ------------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]--------- 033=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/14/92 08:25 Msg:7032 Call:39449 Lines:12 694 &*&*&*&*'s 695 Justin, thank you for the feedback. I've always been blessed with a large 696 vocabulary. Alas, I've also been cursed with very poor spelling. I think 697@I'll try coposing]]]] 698@ 699@ 700 I'll try composing offline, as that will give me a chance to check the 701 spelling as well edit the story to a second draft. 702 703 An Astral Dreamer 704 &*&*&*&*'s 705 034=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 01/15/92 08:38 Msg:7033 Call:39464 Lines:6 706 *)_$*@_%*)_@*)_(_#*)_*^)_(@#%)_**@)_()_(@)*%)_*_#(*)*%)_*%@#)(%)_#(%)_@#*%)@#*% 707 AD: Good story! keep it up. 708 Mikey: Thanks for the quick turnaround on the DEV files. Now everything is 709 complete and in one place that several have access to. 710 &*_#@*%@*%_@#*_)*)_%*)%*&@#)*%@_ L'homme sans Parity *$_@#*%@#*%_)#*%@#*)%@#*)% 711 035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/15/92 18:03 Msg:7034 Call:39474 Lines:9 712 &*&*&*&*'s 713 Found th origional wizard in the window story. Its only about 90 lines 714 long. My spelling has really iproved since march of 89, which was when 715 I wrote it. I'll post it tommorow morning. Hopefully, there will be 716 a post or two before then... 717 718 An Astral Dreamer 719 &*&*&*&*'s (Little specks of light in the sky.) 720 036=Usr:685 Magic Young 01/15/92 20:28 Msg:7035 Call:39477 Lines:11 721 Hey Astral Dreamer, were you the one who was into the band thing? I went 722 through that some years ago and I can empathize with your predicament. How do 723 you meet other musicians of the same genre as yourself? Just hang out at the 724 music stores, do some networking with other people you meet there. Check the 725 bulletin boards at schools and music stores. Usually I would feel intimidated 726 because the other guys were faster or better than me. Don't let that get you 727 down. There are plenty of folks out there of questionable ability who do well. 728 Attitude is a lot of it. Good luck and keep jamming. 729 Mahalo. 730 731 037=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/16/92 08:31 Msg:7036 Call:39484 Lines:60 732 &*&*&*&*'s 733 Thats me. Thanks for the advice. 734 735 Heres the origional short short that I'm basing the story I'm writing on. 736 Hope this upload works, I don't want to have to type this in... 737 738 The izard in the window. 739 The wizard inthe window stared at me as ifwith its eyes it could know 740 all that transpired withinmy mind. Its clay hand held above it head an orb, 741 in which I cold see many tiny round replica of my face reflected. I fixated 742 on that for a moment, imaining myself as actually being tha size. I'd 743 probablysee eye to eye with the tiny statue. 744 I looked downat the price tag, 55$. It wasa heck of a lot of money for 745 a lump of clay and a tiny bitof crystal... Why not? And so walked in and 746 boughtit. The sales lady was a bit uptight, as I insisted tha I had to have 747 the one in the widow. I offered an extra 5 for her trouble nd she decided 748 that prhaps it was worth her time. t was wrapped and bagged and I was ut of 749 the store. Tota transaction time, 5 minutes. 750 751 I loked around at the other shops in the small mall, but saw nohing 752 interesting. Time o find the car and drive home. I knewjust the spot for 753 my new puchase... I nearly hit the neigbors cat coming into the drivway, 754 Boris i its name, but the way it always semed to be nearly underwheel ade 755 me think that roadill would be more appropriate. Stop the car, pull out the 756 stereo and lock the door. h, the joys of modern living. 757 I noticed tha the grass was dying, I'd have t look at the sprinkler 758 cotrols again. They don't even ake the things they didn't used to make te 759 way they used to mak them. Up the stairs and to the door.Insert key, yea the 760 same old outine. Flipping the light switch by the door brought my livin room 761 to illumination,and also served to remind me hat it was time to vacume again, 762 bt put it off, as my new purcase was heavy under my arm. Id always thought 763 the mantle loked a little bare, so after unraping the little mage I filled 764 th hole. 765 766 Ater dinner I sat down toread the paper. Death, violence and 767 advertisments all lept out t me. Sometimes it just seems better to avoid 768 finding out what the ret of the world is doing. Afte flipping thru the 769 22 chanes I have the dubious honour of recieving I dcided it was time to do 770 som reading. Somthing light and entertaining I thought. I lookd at my to 771 be read shlf and spoted a book by Piers Anthony that I had been wnting to 772 read. Anothr of his Xanth series. Alway good fodder for an evenings 773 enterainment. 774 775 Sme two hours later I had made y way through most of the book. It was 776 a familer story, but asusual the execution was super. I caught a movement out 777 of te corner of my eye. I lookedover at the fireplace, looked away and then 778 looked back again. The clay mage was dancing, twirling about and osing his 779 crystal ball in te air. This went on for several minues while I sat there 780 slack jwed. Then with a final florih he turned to me, smiled and disapered. 781 782 The next dy I went back to the little shop i the mall. And there in the 783 window was the clay mage I wasn't sure if it was the same one unti he 784 winked at me. 785 786 787 Well, that didn't work perfectly, but enough of i made it that it should 788 be easy to figure out. Gee, BW can't even keep up with 300 bps. Sigh. 789 790 An Astral Dreamer 791 &*&*&*&*'s 038=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 01/16/92 19:33 Msg:7037 Call:39495 Lines:22 792 793 SnteortcLader GeoreMtchell, responding 794 hrdy to a barbed comment by President Bush, adthe 795 rsdnt sounded like a "panicky candidate" during a 796 apignsing in New Hampshire. 797 In a speech Wednesday in Rochester, H Bush recalled 798 rtrprtons for the Gulf War and declared: 799 I ' listene ote leader of the US Senate, George 800 icel, Saddam Hussein woudbe in Saudi Arabia, and you'd 801 epyng 20 bucks a gallon for gasoln.Now, try that one 802 nfrsize." 803 Asked about the remark following asec at the Natl 804 lb ichell replied: "The statement is, of cours, alse. But even more, MR BUSH 805 CANDIDATE IN A LOSING CAPIGN FOR PRESIDENT, RATHER THAN A 806 RSDENT CONFIDENTLY SEEKING REEETION." 807 Bush has frequently aimed barbs at Mitchell. Last 808 aur, Mitchell led an unsuccessful fight in the Senate 809 o resoluinseeking further US reliance on sanctions to 810 utIraqi forces fro uatrather than authorizing 811 ltr cion. 812 kActurall transciprt of a speec h by President Goege Bush 813 039=Usr:549 alan kennedy 01/16/92 22:40 Msg:7038 Call:39501 Lines:8 814 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 815 Justin- I think I know of the house you speak of. Until about a week ago, 816 I lived in the N, NE area. I was glad to see the citizens standing up for 817 their community but I worry about a Early Colonization Salem Mass. coming up if 818 a precident has been set. 819 820 The Grizzly 821 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 040=Usr:658 Justin Klein 01/18/92 13:27 Msg:7039 Call:39523 Lines:22 822 -------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]------------- 823 Grizzly: I can only speak about the people I knew of; but based on them 824 and some of the sentiments I seem to be aware of in the city, I wouldn't 825 say your fears are groundless...but I would say them unlikely. 826 Those of the Salem Village, Massachusetts band of witch-burners were 827 driven by what I see to be totally different motivations. The rabble 828 who wanted witches burned were generally driven my information spoon fed 829 to them by charismatic individuals who lusted for thier own sorts of power. 830 The neighborhood watches that I've encountered are usually good, decent folx 831 who mind thier own knitting and would be glad that others do too, except when 832 others who practice what you and I and soceity at large deem destructive and 833 wrong, not only threatenting thier own safety, but those of the neighbors 834 of whom they are fond. They're not trying to burn anyone...they're just 835 watching out for each other and promoting a life lived by the rules and 836 laws of our town, which are acknowledged by most people I know to be good 837 things. 838 The Witch-burners of Salem and thier ilk, no matter what time they 839 lived in, were a totally different breed. They wanted to take over the 840 world. The Neighborhood Watchers I knew of just wanted to live in peace 841 and safety on thier own block, which under normal circumstances, they shouldn't 842 have to fight for. 843 -------------------------------------------[Justin the Blue]-------------- 041=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 01/19/92 12:21 Msg:7040 Call:39537 Lines:5 844 *%*)_#%)_($*)#*(^)#(^$(^)_()#$*^)_()_$(^(_(^)^)_*)_@#$*%_)*_)@*$#*_*)^@__ 845 AD: Either your spelling is really bad, or you lost a bunch of characters 846 in your upload! Haha... Glad you found the BW archive useful. 847 *$)@#*%)@*%)_@#*%*_)*%@#*)%@&^_@ L'homme sans Parity *$_)(*_(_)%*@_&_*)%@_#% 848 042=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/20/92 08:56 Msg:7042 Call:39549 Lines:12 849 &*&*&*&*'s 850 Le'homme, indeed, BW eat a few chars on upload. I'm going to have to figure 851 out how to do uploads again. Last time I had a need, I had an Amiga, now 852 I have an IBM. hole new ballgame needless to say. 853 854 I have another part of the story done, and will probably write a couple more 855 today. As soon as I figure out how to upload, they'll start appearing at a 856 rate of one every other day or so. 857 858 An Astral Dreamer 859 &*&*&*&*'s 860 043=Usr:685 Magic Young 01/20/92 21:33 Msg:7043 Call:39565 Lines:15 861 Regarding this neighborhood watch topic: A neighborhood watch is a good idea. 862 The Key word is "watch." To look out for your neighbors is fine. 863 To step in and help is good too. Where some people go overboard is they confuse 864 the concept of a "watch" and turn it into a militia with armed civilians 865 patrolling the streets ready to blow away ne'er do wells and miscreants at 866 will. Maybe someday it will come to that, but not now please. Let's give the 867 cops a chance. Now pro-active neighborhood groups that patrol the area unarmed 868 are to be applauded. By their presence they are sending a message that they 869 will not tolerate unlawful behavior in their neighborhood. Their message will 870 heeded, as all criminal elements operate where they are least likely to be 871 seen. 872 Then they go somewhere else. Maybe your neighborhood? 873 .......... 874 Magic 875 .......... 044=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/22/92 08:22 Msg:7044 Call:39584 Lines:6 876 &*&*&*&*'s 877 Still working on the story. Still working on an upload method. 878 879 An Astral Dreamer 880 &*&*&*&*'s (Money is the root of all root. humankind is the dirt.) 881 045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/24/92 09:08 Msg:7045 Call:39610 Lines:14 882 &*&*&*&*'s 883 Yow, where did everybody go? Heres the next part of the story. Hope this 884 works 885 886@"Blew himselfup did he?" 887@ "Actualy no, but he had this misfortue to be standing next to a rater 888@large elephant at the time. The explosion panicked the packiderm, and 889@th gnome, being a wee bit stunned from te blast wasn't able to get 890@ot of the way in tie." 891 Oh well, that didn't work. Maybe I'll jut give up on this project. 892 893 An Astral Dreamer 894 &*&*&*&*'s (Talking to himsef, because nobody else will.) 895 046=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 01/26/92 10:27 Msg:7046 Call:39640 Lines:6 896 *%_@#*%)_@(@#)(%_#*%)_*%^)_%*(@#_%(_)#_@!%(_@#*^_@*^_$(^_)%()(@(%@#_(%_@)%*$_)* 897 AD: Don't take it personally! 898 voyeur: Are you still out there, in deep lurk mode? Don't you return your 899 telephone calls??? 900 *%_@#*)%_)*%#$)#$_^(_)$(@(%@#$_*^%)$@ L'homme sans Parity &%@#*_!@*$_%&**)%@*)% 901 047=Usr:610 Peace 01/27/92 13:33 Msg:7048 Call:39661 Lines:14 902 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ peace $$$$$$$$$$$ 903 904 Hey, wow! Like, I'm back. (At least for a minute.) 905 906 Great stuff going on in here... Keep it up AD! Love that mage. 907 Rorsh, good things coming out of you too. Don't worry 'bout being 908 too heavy on the dark side. Justin "Poly-Anna" the Blue will bring 909 in baskets full of the brighter, lighter beauty to keep us going. 910 911 Personally, I've had a rather adventurous week and am too tired now 912 to relate it in the detail and clarity it deserves. I'll be back soon 913 with my own phoneline, again. You've been warned! (-; 914 915 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ peace $$$$$$$$$ 048=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/29/92 21:19 Msg:7053 Call:39694 Lines:8 916 &*&*&*&*'s 917 Everybody too busy to post? The wizard stories are at and end for now. I've 918 written more, but I don't have the time or interest level to figure out how 919 to upload 'em. 920 921 An Astral Dreamer 922 &*&*&*&*'s (Sometimes we plan. Plans don't always stay the same.) 923 049=Usr:685 Magic Young 01/30/92 18:56 Msg:7054 Call:39699 Lines:3 924 Well, I have the time to post but don't always have the inclination. So many 925 boards, and so little time. So hasta la vista and mahalo..... 926 Will Magic....... 050=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/31/92 00:11 Msg:7055 Call:39706 Lines:22 927 &*&*&*&*'s 928 Maybe I'm just whining. I do that from time to time. But it does get 929 frustrating. I've been trying to put a little life in to BWMS for 930 FOUR years now. I got tired of it a long time ago. 931 932 Why do I do it? BW was the first board I ever logged into. Also, I'm 933 a sucker for an underdog, and BW qualifies for me in that catagory. 934 935 The inability to upload is a major pain in the behind. I understand the 936 philosopy behind it, but that don't mean I agree with it. I could 937 i I wanted to figure out how to upload stuff. But, I'm not really all 938 that excited about doing it. I get payed decent money at work to be 939 stressed out by programing projects that hold zero interest for me. 940 Messing around with one in my spare time holds no interest for me. 941 942 I'm being a bit of a wimp I know, but thats the way it is. Besides, I've 943 donated more then my share of blood to BW. If any one else gives a damn, 944 its time for them to start contributing. I'm VERY VERY tired. 945 946 An Astral Dreamer 947 &*&*&*&*'s (Can never be just what I want to be.) 948 051=Usr:186 Wesley Smith 01/31/92 13:39 Msg:7056 Call:39713 Lines:3 949 I am not interested in uploding, but I would like to learn how to download. 950 I am interested in ham radio programs and programs that teach Morse code, as 951 well as ones that help get your C. W. speed up. I am interested in old time 052=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/31/92 19:23 Msg:7058 Call:39718 Lines:6 952 &*&*&*&*'s 953 Just do a text capture while reading the disk. Thats how you download. 954 955 An Astral Dreamer 956 &*&*&*&*'s 957 053=Usr:685 Magic Young 02/01/92 14:26 Msg:7059 Call:39729 Lines:24 958 Well there is a HAM radio BBS I got on called MICROBITS at 285-0378. Maybe that 959 will work for you if you haven't tried it. As far as this wimp stuff goes, if 960 you can't gripe on a board then why call them or run them? 961 And if you don't like it, why do it? Not that I am saying you should quit 962 I call this board from time to time and you are doing a service which is 963 appreciated by me anyway. Maybe you should get someone else to handle it for 964 you for a while? Take a break. 965 And job stress...Man have I got that, but i always say, Oh well, in a hundred 966 years this won't mean diddly so let's enjoy it for whatever positive reason we 967 can imagine. Call me Pollyanna, 968 but hey, you reap what you sow. 969 Laugh a little, and don't take life too seriously. Hope things go better for 970 you. 971 Hasta la vista and Mahalo....... 972@ c 973@ c 974@ c c 975@ 976@ 977@ c c 978@ 979@ C 980@ 981@ 054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/01/92 19:51 Msg:7060 Call:39731 Lines:6 982 &*&*&*&*'s 983 I don't run BW, I just post here. 984 985 An Astral Dreamer 986 &*&*&*&*'s (Life and how to live it) 987 055=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 02/03/92 17:27 Msg:7062 Call:39756 Lines:7 988 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 989 / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ 990 991 All Purpose Marker #1 992 993 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 994 / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ 056=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 02/04/92 07:53 Msg:7063 Call:39764 Lines:3 995 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 996 Hi y'all! Finishing off the last disk of the old year. Hi JTB, at the top! 997 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]