
1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
2 ************************* INSTALLED: 11 FEB 85 *********************
3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System)  Mike Day System operator
4 ************************************************************
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6                     PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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19 
20 (-)_(-) At the top, just thought I would say Hi! (-)_(-)_(-) Mark (-)_(-)_(Hi!)
21 aarrgh!  So near, and yet so far.
22 				_innocent bysitter_
23 
24 <o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>
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26                        Flowers and Hearts
27 
28 It's the season of flowers; of carnations, violets, and  roses.
29      A time when fond desires begin to blossom into romance.
30                The tender young buds begin to form 
31            In readiness to burst forth in the spring.
32 
33      What secrets are shared in the night's gathering gloom?
34              What whispered embrace has been formed?
35 
36         For through the winter storm of icy chill blasts,
37      A warmth and persevering strength has protected the bud
38            In preparation for the new spring to come.
39 
40       Life begins anew when the warm rains of spring begin.
41              When the sweet tears of love have come.
42 
43     And whispered in dark corners where two heads are as one;
44                    My love, my life, be mine?
45 
46                                        BH
47 
48 <o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>
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51 To all of those that have given me kind words ( few really ) Thank you.
52 I feel as if I am taking to much time to myself by putting this in, but it 
53 is something I feel about Back Water. Since I met a "user" on Saturday, this
54 feeling has been confirmed. It is sad to think what would happen if this
55 system would be turned off, like a couple of other systems have that I have
56 used. This feeling is best understood if you have listened to a song by The
57 Eagles called "HOTEL CALIFORNIA". It is the way I feel here. 
58 If anyone calls up this system and uses it for more than about a week, they
59 might fall into this tender trap. The stories I would read were more the
60 fantasy style, like those of Tarn, Milchar (hello), Inkeeper, and Leo. They
61 all seemed to be so bright. I'm sorry, I forgot about Piper. They also 
62 showed what I hope were some true personalities. The feelings were so strong
63 and I felt that I was right there.
64 The point I wanted to make, and I thinked I may have slipped, is this:
65    You are welcome to come in if you want to.
66    If you don't like what see, you can leave and no one will notice, maybe.
67    If you do like what you see, ( like me ) you can not leave 
68       even if you want to. It will start to mean too much to you.
69 I feel like I will be losing a whole lot of friends if I have to leave. I
70 know I hate it when I miss an entire disk. Since I don't call up that often
71 I usually have a bunch of reading to do when I come back. Sometime 
72 everything! I only know that there are two people that feel the way that I 
73 do and was wondering if anyon else felt this way too. Like you couldn't 
74 leave even if you had to.
75 This is cruel, I have set myself up. I'm sorry for wasting time. I'll go now.
76                                          Becky T.
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81 up 10
82 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
83 
84 Becky T.
85   Know that you are by far not alone.  My first move when I get home is to warm
86 up my terminal and let my modem attack this number.  
87   I have not yet read anything here (other that deliberate attacks) that I
88 did not find to my tastes.  (There were references to a Policeman, but without
89 reading I will still my words.)
90 
91 Tanya B.
92   Where are you.  I hope to believe that you are not again behind the bars that
93 recently held you.  Your voice is missed, and there is a masked one that looks
94 for you as well.  
95 
96 The Guardian
97   Please continue.  I am very much looking forward to see what is in store.
98 
99 Melissa
100   I hope you have not left us here.  As you may have seen User Friendly Month
101 seem to be working, I can only wish that it was soon enought for all the 
102 innklings.
103 
104 Adrian
105   Again you give us a peice that is far from the norm.  Fiction?  Interesting.
106 
107 Pam
108   Touch you pen to these pages.  The pictures you draw are delightful.  
109 Artistry.
110 
111 Dragon Lady
112   Has the cat sneeked out while I wasn't looking?  The mantle looks empty.
113 
114                      May the waters never run to deep
115                      for our friends to cross.
116                                                        a toast to all
117                                                      from THE TIN MAN
118 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
119  
120 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     (only notes...)
121 Tin Man: Thank you, but it'll be a day or so before I take the next step...
122 Becky T.: That was the biting truth. Make me the fourth on the list.
123           (Who was number two? You needn't answer.) I will be one who will
124           remember ALL your entries, I hope. No, your entries are not a waste
125           of time. Try to keep up the good work.
126 Adrian: I have a theroy as to your name, but will not post it for your privacy.
127 
128 
129 
130 (oops... held down c/r too long.)
131 ......: Time flew. Words  may have been misunderstood. Sorry about the chicken.
132         The grapes are still waiting...
133 Lady S.: Wow, do you cover alot of ground! Congrats on doing your homework
134          for the story. See you when MLC recalls me. (snicker)
135 I'm sorry if I missed anyone. If I did, then :Hello!
136 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     --->the Guardian          a lowly 43:02
137 
138 ****************************************************************************
139    the lights are on again, but noone is home, oh gawd did i oversleep?
140 someones mad i can tell.... have hat will travel.
141 ******************************************kathyd****************************
142 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
143   Guardian -- (thanks for the clarification)  Please proceed!  I look forward
144 with great intrest to your entry.
145   Becky T -- It happens.  Somehow you get involved with this group and find
146 yourself addicted to sharing.  If you will forgive the maunderings, I'll
147 give you a little history of "telecomputing", which some call this activity.
148   In the beginning was CBBS.  It alone was a light in the darkness and
149 has endured undimmed since then.  Shortly thereafter, two more systems came
150 on line -- The Backwater Message System and ABBS (Apple Bulletin Board
151 System).  I'm not sure just in what order Backwater and ABBS came on --
152 memory does fail at times -- but the ABBS seemed to be progressing well.
153 It went up to 1.2 Mb. on line, numerous contributors, features, etc.
154 (I had a weekly book review, several others like L'Homme had spaces or
155 made substantial contributions.)  Unfortunately, the ABBS was the first
156 victem of concentrated twittery.  The twits -- tiny persons with even smaller
157 minds -- made the system operator, Jeff Freidman, so irritated that he no
158 longer took any pleasure in operating the system.  The shock, for me, of
159 losing my first "home" was devastating.  I had been a frequent visitor of
160 backwater and CBBS, but with the demise of the system where I had put so much
161 effort, I lost much heart.  It was over a year later that I felt even the 
162 faint stirrings of an urge to become part of another system.  By then,
163 the Backwater had taken on the identity of "the inn" and gradually I began
164 to contribute towards maintaining this metaphysical structure.  I have 
165 actually emerged from my physical isolation and met, in the flesh,
166 some of the innhabitants, or innklings as they seem to be calling themselves
167 now.  Unfortunately, this meeting (which has occured twice) requires me to
168 thread a pickup truck through the wilderness of the city streets -- a feat
169 of which I am only marginally capable.  I would far rather be driving along
170 a grease-slick mountain road, treading the thin line of disaster and depending
171 only upon my own capabilities, rather than sharing the streets with others
172 who find it embarassingly easy to bluff out that fool in the pickup.
173 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
174 *******************************************************************************
175 piper:  thanks for the info, as a "new" modemer like becky t, it's neat to
176         get background information.  so the twits have been around since the
177         beginning of time? and so be that they shall be a very important part
178         of our system, after all, whom whould we have to threaten and scream
179         at?  i myself take great pride in b*****y well, maybe my gender has
180         something to do with that.. and now look who's rambling on...
181         anyway, thanks again, sorry about the near miss on the road; im saying
182         that in a generic term. and this will help me to drive more consideratly
183         im crawling under my rock for a while, ill be watching with interest.
184 *********************************kathyd******atthewheelofabatteredvwbug-grin*****
185 PLDASE.
186 EXIT
187 I.HAVE.NO.SPACE.BAR.>
188 THIS.IS.WHY.I.AM.UFING.THE.PERIOD.INCTED.
189 ROGER
190 BUY...
191 
192 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< * >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
193 ________________Melissa-------------------------------Melissa_________________
194 {  ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ----------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^   }
195 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
196      From all of us to all of you --- Fair Winds & Smooth Seas.
197      Another turn of the `wheel of life'- all of these are again one.
198 
199 `'`'`' -alchemist-`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
200 {   ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^   }
201 ----------------Melissa________________________________Melissa----------------
202 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< capt'n barefoot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
203 
204 ***********************************************************
205 Piper: Jeff was up with his system before me by about 4-6 months.
206 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
207 
208   how did the fictional analogy of the inn come to pass... it seems quite the thing to do...
209 
210 +++F/++++++++++k#++++++;++++36k+++++++++/+++++++)++/+/+//+/o++j#9++/k);+
211 i me__need help with my vic-20
212 rs232 program
213 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpxxxxxxxxxxxpxx
214 hi;  ig'm having trouble with this termainal so please bare with me.
215   i have a vic-20 and i need more info on opaeration of the rs232 port
216   i have the adaptmer but i need more on the soft ware and i don't now
217   what to do other than ask for help on this system .
218   if you can help me please call  #657-xxxx and  ask for roger after 5:15 pm.
219 thann{kn.you and agiaain sorry for the  extra garbage this terminal  is ptuttan ing out.
220    roger .cd.s.
221 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
222   We have finally finished a masterpiece,(i hope) here it goes
223 spirit of the age
224 i would have liked you
225 to have been
226 deep frozen too
227 and waiting still
228 as fresh in your flesh
229 for my return to earth
230 but your father refused
231 to sign the forms
232 to freeze you
233 lets see
234 you'd be
235 about sixty now
236 and long dead 
237 by the time i return
238 to earth
239 my time held dreams
240 were full of you
241 as you were
242 when i left :
243 still under-age
244 
245 your android replica
246 is playing up again
247 it's no joke
248 when she comes
249 sh moans
250 another's name
251 
252 that's the spirit of the age
253 it's just the spirit of the age
254 you know the spirit of the age
255 this is the spirit of the age
256 
257 i am a clone.
258 i am not alone.
259 every fiber of my flesh
260 and bone
261 is identical to the others'.
262 everything i say
263 is in the same tone
264 as my test-tube brothers'
265 voice.
266 there is no choice
267 between us,
268 if you had ever seen us
269 you'd rejoice
270 in your uniqueness
271 and consider every weakness 
272 something special
273 of your own.
274 being a clone
275 i have no flaws to identify.
276 even this doggerel
277 that pours from my pen 
278 has just been written by
279 another twenty
280 telepathic men
281 word for word
282 it says :
283 o for the wings
284 of any bird
285 other than a battery hen.
286 
287 but that's the spirit of the age
288 you know the spirit of the age
289 this is the spirit of the age
290 adjust the spirit of the age
291 unjust the spirit of the age
292 SPIRIT OF THE AGE
293 spirit of the age
294 
295      well i hope that i didn't dissapoint any of you or keep you waiting, because i told you there'd be an entry yesterday.
296 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
297          hawkwind,,,
298 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
299 
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301 
302     The Former looked down into the swirling white cream of his drink, and let the tankart cap fall down into place.  Somehow
303 the drink did not appeal to him as it had before he made it.  It was a drink prepared with the powders of some nuts, and even
304 though it bore no alcohol, it was somewhat near the quality of the Inn's ale.
305 
306     The Former did niot drink, as a rule, except for the few occaisions that he did not mind that he would ache later.  No
307 matter what the form, it always seemed to make the Former ache to drink a lot of alcohol.
308 
309     Far too many people were engrossed in several conversations about trees to notice him looking nervously into the cup, and
310 then dropping the tankart lid, the open it and look nervously into the cup.  Was funny to see.
311 
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313 
314 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
315 Guardian-  I shouldn't let my inquisitiveness get the best of me, however, I
316            would like to hear your theory... In private.  I visit Aloha CBBS.
317                                                      Adrian
318 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
319 I am Sir Gareth a Mystic Knight,I live in Edmonds WA. I was wondering would 
320 anyone of you like to join if so,
321 Give me a call at 206-778-xxxx,
322 the group has been around for a couple
323 of years and has about 75 members,
324 in Washington,Oregon,Tand Texas
325 
326 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
327     
328         Sandergaard: Thank you.
329 
330                   Lady S.
331 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
332 ^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+
333 Becky T.  That feeling is also in me.  All the places there are to go and this
334 is the one I like the best.  Backwater is fun to read, heartwarming and so many
335 more.  It makes the other systems look so drab and mundane.  If the Inn were
336 taken away (never I hope) all the creativity would go down the drain, there 
337 isn't anywhere else to go.  There is something about this board that makes it
338 easy for people to express how they feel and what they think.
339           Oh, I don't think you wasted any space on this disk at all, you have
340 brought something into the light that people like to talk about.  I hope to
341 see you catch the 'bug' and write something for people to see.
342 ^+^+Mark^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+
343 xyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxzzzzzzzzzzz
344 
345   Lets take at thought for the moment the theory of evolution. We supposedly evolved from apes, but couldn't we have been 
346 put here by a higher life form and gained the knowdledge that we have today from our experiences of yesterday.
347  Which leads to my thought....
348 
349  Man has began creating man, but in a mechanical form. After many more generations couldn't these mechanical men
350 begin gaining a new knowdledge from their yesterdays, and wouldn't evolution begin again with a new form of man.
351  
352  Now lets jump centurys into the future. Man(anotomical) is gone from the earth, our mechanical replicas are still thriving,
353 evolving. 
354 
355  Haven't we began a new evolution with the robotics and artificial inteligence we have created. Finally, when we are gone 
356 we will still be here in the form of our creations.
357 
358 
359                  A SIMPLE THOUGHT
360 
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362 
363 && && &&
364 --Yes, but would you want your sister to marry one? Your brother? Your Clone?
365 Piper: if you think it's tough to bluff in a pickup you should try it on a (little) motorcycle sometime. Hard to carry
366 your pipes on, too.
367 Let's all celebrate, folks! Not only are we priviliged to have the use of the finest creative and political forum I
368 have ever seen (take a bow, Mikey), but today (12 February) marks the first anniversary of another (albeit less unusual)
369 BBS in town. Yes, Le Nerd is one year old tonight, and I hope everyone who can get through will call in to join the
370 celebration. Merriment will abound, with no guarantee of decorum on anyone's part. I'll be there, you come too...
371 Hmmm... I thought I heard a story starting up on the wind.....
372 Shade and Sweet Water,
373      && The Mad Actor &&
374 
375   
376   we may have started another process of evolution... but at the same time... it can be said that the earth did... in
377 the same way also... so was earth what many people call god... or are the same people right... and god created earth...
378 and thus started the process of evolution...
379   it not possible then... that god was created in a process of evolution... and in that way... he created man in his own
380 image... along with everything else... by evolution...
381 
382 MARGI^A
383 ********
384 T@XHIS IS ILLMY
385 FIRCTST
386 TIME TO USE
387 SYs0TEM
388 NEW GUY 7z:000010
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390 
391 {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0003}
392 {hear and I obey the commands of my beloved brother!" adding to the Wazir,    }
393 {"But we will not march till after the third day's hospitality." He appointed }
394 {for the Minister fitting quarters of the palace; and, pitching tents for the }
395 {troops, rationed them with whatever they might require of meat and drink and }
396 {other necessaries. On the fourth day he made ready for wayfare and got to-   }
397 {gether sumptuous presents befitting his elder brother's majesty, and         }
398 {stablished his chief Wazir viceroy of the land during his absence. Then he   }
399 {caused his tents and camels and mules to be brought forth and encamped, with }
400 {their bales and loads, attendants and guards, within sight of the city, in   }
401 {readiness to set out next morning for his brother's capital. But when the    }
402 {night was half spent he bethought him that he had forgotten in his palace    }
403 {somewhat which he should have brought with him, so he returned privily and   }
404 {entered his apartments, where he found the Queen, his wife, asleep on his own}
405 {carpet-bed, embracing with both arms a black cook of loathsome aspect and    }
406 {foul with kitchen grease and grime. When saw this the world waxed black be-  }
407 {fore his sight and he said, "If such case happen while I am yet within sight }
408 {of the city what will be the doings of this damned whore during my long ab-  }
409 {sence at my brother's court?" So he drew his scymitar and cutting the two in }
410 {four pieces with a single blow, left them on the carpet and returned present-}
411 {ly to his camp without letting anyone know of what had happened. Then he gave}
412 {orders for immediate departure and set out at once and began his travel; but }
413 {he could not help thinking over his wife's treason and he kept saying to him-}
414 {self; "How could she do this deed by me? How could she work her own death?," }
415 {till excessive grief seized him, his colour changed to yellow, his body waxed}
416 {weak and he was threatened with a dangerous malady, such an one as bringeth  }
417 {men to die. So the Wazir shortened his stages and tarried long at the water- }
418 {ing-stations and did his best to solace the King. Now when Shah Zaman drew   }
419 {near the capital of his brother he despatched vaunt-couriers and messengers  }
420 {of glad tidings to announce his arrival, and Shahryarcame forth to meet him  }
421 {with his Wazirs and Emirs and Lords and Grandees of his realm; and saluted   }
422 {him and joyed with exceeding joy and caused the city to be decorated in his  }
423 {honour. When, however, the brothers met, the elder could not but see the     }
424 {change of complexion in the younger and questioned him of his case whereto he}
425 {replied, "Tis caused by the travails of wayfare and my case needs care, for I}
426 {have suffered from the change of water and air! but Allah be praised for re- }
427 {uniting me with a brother so dear and so rare!" On this wise he dissembled   }
428 {and kept his secret, adding, "Oh King of the time and Caliph of the tide,    }
429 {only toil and moil have tinged my face yellow with bile and hath made my eyes}
430 {sink deep in my head."                                                       }
431 {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Al Hajji~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~}
432  _________________________________________________________________________
433 |We are all boxed in, in some way or another. Through writing we may escape.|
434 |_____________________________Just a thought______________________________  |
435 <<:*********************************************************:>>
436 Ah Mohammed...you tempt me. You try to lure me into another 
437 adventure, but I can't. My time is so taken with the victums 
438 of rapisits, molestors, and firesetters that I haven't time 
439 for Backwater. I barely have time to download and scan the 
440 highlights of the action. Ah for the time for a Backwater 
441 adventure. But believe me, my friend, that being a casemanager
442 for Children's Services is far more bizaare an adventure than
443 anything I've seen at the Inn. The difference is that it is
444 more personal, more exciting, and it's for real.    Grand D.
445 <<:********************************************************:>>
446 yea frank
447 
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449 Milch:Shhhhh! The Humans must never see us copy!
450 Mystery Author:I'll print off the message and show it to Gaudy. Along with the printout I'll be returning her car. She
451 has done me a great favor while my car was headless, but now things return to normal, and GAWD it's great! Besides
452 increasing horsepower by fourfold, I can now listen to FM radio too. It may take me a day or two to get used to my
453 old pony again. You wouldn't believe the differences between a Fiat and a Mustang! But enough of that! Your entry was
454 indeed welcome. With the recent vacation of agent voyeur, and the umpteen attemps by the self-proclaimed pseudo-agents,
455 it is good to have another fine voice in the fold. Welcome M. Author. Welcome!
456 Piper:Uhoh... Can you say deep %$#%? I knew you could. How am I gonna extract myself now. Take two happens tomorrow.
457 I remember the good old ABBS system. I remember well your book review column. You always started out by opening the
458 creaking door, entering the book room, etc... Who was I toput TRS-80 program reviews on an Apple board? Oh well, the
459 jokes were better received. Remember the statue story? It seems like only yesterday. I remember how saddened everyone
460 was when Jeff was forced off the air. Sometimes I wish I didn't remember so well. A good memory can be depressing at
461 times.
462 And now... I will pass on the enter torch to my distinguished lawyer friend, who has presented me with an interesting
463 case:
464 
465                                                                 Steve Neighorn
466                                                         
467 who is that guy?                                                     ^
468 What happened to the case?
469 :::::::::::O O:::::::::02/12:::::::::::::::::23:25:::::::::::O O::::::::::::
470 Hmmm.. L'homme seems to have faded away into oblivion (or Neighorn; same difference..)
471 MesoMath: Surprise surprise!  I was aware of the alchemist/MM, but the << * >>
472 escapes me for the moment.  But -- Melissa??  You set that one up well.
473 I remember her appearing on CBBS/NW, looking for a board.  The description of
474 the board she was looking for matched BackWater remarkably well, and I subsequently
475 experienced a bit of suspicion, but You were never the subject.  I saw a message
476 from Pam on Bit bucket, implying that she was here in disguise, so I thought maybe
477 her.  Or, one of the other 'regulars' was playing Melissa.  Or even, perhaps
478 she was a real person (unlikely, I know, but stranger things have happened.)
479 It has often been suggested for some regular to appear on BackWater (a male)
480 using a female nom de plume, to test out the hypothesis that being a woman
481 on this board entitles you to 25 brownie points of extra praise automatically.
482 Did you find it so?  I seem to recall that it was not disproved.
483 Now, THE QUESTION: what prompted this great disclosure?  Tired of the masquerade?
484 Or are you (shudder..) abandoning us and shipping out for alternate ports?
485 Whatever the case, Bravo!
486 :::::
487 Oh how I hate the sloppy syntax resultant from Enter Only!
488 ::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::
489 
490 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     (the mask dropped, will be found later)
491 Probably the only reason that I am doing this is because I am fighting to get
492 these words out in the "open" and, I know that once I have released them I will
493 not be able to recant them do to the incredable dare set before me by E/ONLY.
494 It has been said that "a man is the sum of his memories... [and his experinces]
495 ..." This being the case, how much of a man can there be if there has only been
496 but one experience in his life?  True, it would be difficult in these times to
497 live off having had ONLY one experience to call from. Of course what I am 
498 leading to is not the total of all experiences, but those that may be numbered
499 in a particularly delicate field- the field of Love.
500 As these words are struggled, just as hard as if from my lips, I will attempt
501 there entry with as little or no regret as possible. Onward.
502 When one first falls in love things seem to change, anthough unnoticed, their
503 change is inevitable. Little things are thrown from the mind and other things
504 take their place. Points at hand: love songs on the radio and, a constant 
505 drifting of the mind back to the one they love. (Silly but true)
506 I would enter more now but, the one that has caused this in me requires 
507 my attention to sooth the heartache.
508 I will continue, for I shall end what I have started. I must. 
509 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          --->Michael     44:00
510 
511 ^^^ the phone call sends me away. I might be home by noon?
512 ^^^ whatever, I'll call once I get back.     Love, Michael
513 
514 ************************************************************************
515    hello lurker John at f. electronics....   m and i are working on a
516    new story now called "max, the friendly skyman" ask m about it @
517    the work 20.
518 ************************************kathyd********************************
519 RumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumor
520 This thursday the Portland Computer Society will be having a sysop (cistop?)
521 panel discusion as the main topic of their meeting. It is rumored that
522 cistop Mikey will be on the panel. If you're interested, the meeting is
523 at the Children Services Center (Old Washington high school) at 534 SE 14th
524 (corner of 14th and Stark) Room C121. 
525 RumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumor
526 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
527   What?  Am I being deafened by the crash of falling identities as they are
528 dropped by their several owners?  Help! Help! the identities are falling!
529   L'Homme -- (I refuse to call you steve on this board!) how did your meeting
530 go?  I have found out more about the software and some extra technical help
531 if that becomes necessary.  In deep ----?  That doesn't sound good.
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533 
534 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:kks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks
535         PaPa,
536             this is the reminder you told me about and I forgot. I'll call you from school. 
537 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
538     P.S.   today is Freud, not yearly celebrations.
539 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k Lady S.
540 ..................................................................................
541 
542 Horizons
543       (for my Christopher)
544 If the earth were flat,
545 we'd find forever,
546 you and I.
547 
548 My best friend says
549 the horizon lies fifty miles distant
550 from here,
551 from now,
552 but each step you take
553 nudges it just    beyond your g r a s p...
554 
555 If the earth were flat,
556 we'd need not chase horizons,
557 you and I.
558 We'd walk fifty-one miles 
559 into the future.
560 .....................................................Entropy...............p.s. -->Guardian:
561            find your horizon...
562 .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  
563     Melissa-- I'm not quite sure who you are, so I have simply addressed you as
564 that. Anyways, Glad you are back, if in fact you were gone.
565     Writer of Simple Thoughts-- Pleased, I am, by them. Especially the one 
566 about light and darkness. Thank you.
567     Tin Man-- No, I do not see bars when I look out. And, tell me on Aloha,
568 perhaps, how you knew of the masked one. 
569     Becky T.-- I think many of us here feel so. I know when I fail to work my
570 magic that allows me to enter here when ever I please (amongst the shadows or 
571 otherwise), I become as though someone has taken away my addicted substance.
572 But, then, I am always happy after I get here, for there is more to read. 
573     Lady S.-- "Hallo." The magical reference above, by the way, has nothing to
574 do with witches, for I, myself am not. All of us, however, have certain powers.
575 I think. -Tanya
576 .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  
577 
578 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     (before the mask is lifted)
579 I was asked why I put such an entry here. Isn't it the best place to get things
580    off one's chest semi-anonymously? Anyway, back to the Onward.
581 Those songs that go rambling through your head somehow get turned around to 
582 mean something special between the two in love. Which will lead back to the
583 drifting of the mind. Once I fell in love, all I could remember hearing on the
584 radio was love songs, nothing but them. I also found myself wondering just 
585 where I was once the song was over because I would lose track of reality.
586 That was what will soon be Three whole years ago. Three years that I will some-
587 how relate to being One of my experiences. Since then, the two of us have been
588 the very best of friends and have done many things, gone many places together.
589 What eventually happens to two friends in love is that they will be forced to
590 go their own ways sooner or later. It has turned out to be later and that later
591 is now. In the past year things have been steadily decaying due to my neglect
592 for maintaining things from day to day. Days would become weeks and, tempers
593 would become short. Once the temper would show, it would be the cause for more
594 delay. How can I go meet someone when I know they are angry at me? I know I
595 didn't want to go back because the mood would not be condusive to a better
596 relationship, even though that was the purpose. Things became so confusing and
597 I would let the state of decay continue. 
598 Now, when I have come to terms that the best thing to do would be to end the 
599 cause of such greif, emotions can only bring to mind only the good times. Why
600 does the mind have to play such tricks? I   DO   want to bring an end to it,
601 (No, L'homme- I don't mean suicide) but I don't want to leave thinking that I
602 won't still be her friend. She has said that it is also her fear. I have told
603 her that we will still be friends (why does that sound so corny?) and that I
604 will still be here, but the fear still remains.
605 A clean cut does not seem possible, but I will have to make it such before
606 she will leave on her own accord, a different choice that would have brought
607 about her own chice for the future.   I think that lost in the translation...
608 Tears could be heard on the phone, and could be seen once I came to try to make
609 her feel a bit more at ease. Still, time goes on. I will stand by my decisions,
610 there is to much else in the world to do to let this slow me down. I must live
611 life as it is given to me, and as I shape it. There is no other way.
612 Would I be so terribly wrong to fall in love with someone else before I have
613 made the final seperation? I don't think so- but why do I feel the guilt?
614 These are to be some of the things that I will be able to call on as
615 experiences that I may draw on for the future. 
616 "a man is the sum of his memories... [and his experiences]..."
617 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          --->Michael     44:16
618 ^^^^^     (and now the mask is returned to cover the face of the frightened)
619 Piper: Don't worry, the Self you've met has returned and should have the next
620    installment in within the day.
621 L'homme: Should the "point du jour" revert and return to his attempts at entry?
622 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     --->the     Guardian     44:ex
623 Here may be an interesting chian of thought.  The INN  >>>>>  HOTEL California
624 inn,  n.    1. hotel  2. tavern.
625 ho.tel',  n.    house offering food, lodging, etc.
626 tav'vern,  n.    1. saloon.  2. inn.
627 sa.loon',  n.    1. place where intoxicating liquors are sold and drunk. 
628                  2. a public room.
629 It isn't liquor and it isn't sold but, it is intoxicating and it is public.

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