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21      It is difficult to explain with precision what has transpired during
22 the last twelve odd months.  Time has relatively stood still for the young
23 Master West and his guardian in some bizzare region just outside the land
24 known as Inisfal.  Recognized aquaintances have departed and unknown
25 others have taken their places at the gathering places, and several passed
26 through with little recognition -- or deservance.  Time for these two would
27 slowly return to normal after having slipped for so long and the changes
28 would be outstanding...  Lord only knows they could use the warmth provided
29 by the fire kindled by Innkeeper.
30 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     --->the Guardian     (xxx:19)
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33  
34      The snow fell bleakly in the silent town, white sheets of fluff that 
35 grew to become a Nebraskan winter.  Becky Tomlin stood watching the sight.
36 It was the first snow to fall this year, and it would not be the last.  
37      Becky was a special girl in that she was retarded.  All of her life 
38 she never said a word, and yet always had the bright gleam of knowledge in
39 her eye.  She was a reader of thoughts, a telepath if you will.  She knew it
40 would be bad if civilization found out her abilities.
41      Becky walked home, watching the way her feet made prints in the snow,
42 laughing and enjoying herself.  She arrived at her home, a small rural place
43 on a farm.  She lived with the animals, and interacted with society only
44 when she had to.  The feed was getting short though, and if the snow kept
45 up, she would be caught without feed, and the animals would starve...
46      She hopped in the beat-up station wagon, turning over the engine after
47 four tries, and headed out into the snow.  The roads were clogged with 
48 traffic, making the trip slow.  She arrived into town at about 4:30.  She 
49 thought she had best get home before dark, in case the snow fell hard.  
50 Chicken feed was up in price, but the trip was uneventful, except for a 
51 strange, drawing feeling, and voices in the back of her mind.  It was like
52 when she used her talent, but she wasn't using it.  Maybe it was best she 
53 stayed in isolation.
54      On the way into the country, the feeling grew stronger as the buzzing
55 in her head grew, filling her with it's distraction.  She was on the main 
56 road out, when she lost singular concious thought.  She/him were driving to 
57 (or from?) town when a beat-up station wagon hit them, straight on.  The 
58 impact killed both drivers instantly, neither knowing the other was a 
59 telepath...
60  
61   Moral:  Keep your thoughts to yourself...
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65                                                   ** < look ma, a mushroom!
66  
67 UGH!
68 GREAT SHROOMIN
69 LAKE OSWEGO OLD AIR STRIP...
70 AT CORNER OF hwy 217, & CARMEN DR.
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72 
73    "Now hold still Parity. This won't hurt a bit. Your friend has lost a lot
74 of blood. How fortunate you two have the same blood type." Dr. Buchan swabbed
75 the area on Parity's arm, and his wife injected the needle. 'Give Blood' Parity
76 thought to himself. The needle pricked, but he did not visibly react. He
77 clenched his fist as he had been instructed in a class at Nirvana. The red line
78 of life traced up the tube into a small bag. The more he clenched, the more
79 the bag filled. 'Fellows needs this' he thought, 'Fellows needs this.'
80    Buchan and his wife went back to work on Fellows, leaving Parity in the
81 other room. It was a room like any other room one might find in an old
82 Western house. Filled with mementoes from a successful practice in Las Vegas,
83 the walls and shelves contain a history of two people who had gone from
84 humble beginnings, to relative easy living, and returned back to their roots
85 in the desert two hours beyond the glitter and villainy of the gambling
86 capital of the world.
87    Parity's mind drifted has his sight blurred. 'Lost a lot of blood. How
88 fortunate. How fortunate. How...'
89    Parity was elsewhere. In a room, seated in a highback vinyl chair. Several
90 aged men sat in similar chairs evenly spaced around him in a semi-circle. He
91 looked from face to face, searching out some explanation of why he had been
92 brought here. In the lined, character-filled faces he could find no answer.
93 One of the faces spoke.
94    "Explain to us N E T. NET. What does it stand for. Why do you stand with it?"
95    Parity at first didn't understand. 'Why would they ask me questions about
96 NET? My mission is... I can't remember...' "NET? It isn't an acronym. Well, it
97 is and it isn't. It's..."
98    "Irrelevant. What does it *stand* for. Listen. We ask, why NET?" The second
99 voice looked more stern than the first.
100    Parity swallowed hard. "NET, it's a philosophy come to fruition. Our world
101 is rampant crime. Crime becomes organized. Government can't do an adequate job
102 of protection. There are too many restrictions on enforcement organizations.
103 Corporations need help. Governments need help. People need help. There exists
104 organized crime. We are organized law."
105    The third face. "So you set up a para-military organization, call yourselves
106 Gods, and run unrestrained in the streets. NET makes their own rules and plays
107 their own games. How can you defend this attitude.?"
108    Parity knew what he was up against. He had heard some of these questions
109 before, although never under such conditions. "NET is not god. NET has no
110 aspirations. You can say we aren't different except in leaning from those
111 denizens we fight. But that is a mistake. Basic philosophical differences
112 exist between their ideology and NET's. We are not guns for hire. We don't
113 exort money. We work for a common good. We work on the side of good. We
114 play dirty only because that's the name of the game."
115    "Hogwash." The fourth face's turn. "You *are* no different than the Leroy
116 McKane's of the world. You seek global domination through power, money, and
117 violence. You use these tools in your everyday operation because it's a normal
118 course of action for you to shoot first and determine innocence later. What
119 say you to these accusations Parity. Can you defend your system?"
120     Parity paused before answering. 'This is delicate. I can't give away too
121 much. But I must respond.' "Just one moment gentlemen. I must ponder your
122 questions before answering."
123 
124 <to be continued>
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131 ------------------------------------------------------MEADOW MUFFIN-----------
132 WHO CARES?
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136      You cynics are all alike.  At least say something constructive and 
137 negative, if you insist on being negative.  I mean really.  All that does 
138 is tie up disk space that could be used for better things, and even blank 
139 lines are better than that.  At least that shows an opinion, crude and rude
140 though it may be...  Great story, keep up the good work...
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143   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * * *
144 "KEEPER" AND "FRENCH TOAST" APPARENTLY LIVE THEIR LIVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A 
145 HALLMARK GREETING CARD.  AS A MEASURE OF KINDNESS, I SUGGEST THAT THEY BOTH
146 BE KILLED. . .FORCE FED HAPPY FACE BUTTONS UNTIL THEY CHOKE AND THEN SHROUDED
147 IN WIDE-EYED CHILDREN AND VELVETEEN ELVIS PAINTINGS AND BURIED WITH THEIR
148 KEYBOARDS DRIVEN THROUGH THEIR HEARTS.  I'LL NEED VOLUNTEERS.  ANY TAKERS?
149 ........................................................
150 Sorry, we've already 'done' mercy killing. Pick another subject.
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165 
166 What was that crap?
167 
168      A sliver of moonlight shone upon the inn, casting a strange, almost
169 hypnotic glow about it.  The rain was coming down in sheets, drenching the
170 realm with a gloom.  A worn and weary traveller wandered in for the night,
171 seeking repast and warmth, and found much more.  He now wishes to make 
172 more of it than a shelter from the mundane nature of other places, and
173 share this with the others, adding his light to the ones already here.
174 What say the natives?  Care for another regular?
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179 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
180 
181 Attention all Sci-Fi Readers ....
182 
183 Waldenbooks at Jantzen Beach will sponsor a Science-Fiction
184 promotion beginning Oct. 1 to promote our Otherworlds
185 Sci-Fi club.
186 
187 Discounts, Contests, Prizes !
188 
189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
190 
191 Wanted Sci-Fi expert to judge clay model contest ....
192 Call Sarah 289-xxxx
193 
194 Thanks ...
195 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
196 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
197 Milchar: Greetings!  This LAX business doesn't sound like something that
198   your Tannenbaum employers would send you on...  What gives, new horizons
199   for the Doctor's companion?  Oh, and yes, you might see me soon, tho'
200   you'll have to watch carefully.  I'm only a part-timer now, and another
201   big event is on my horizon, come about March.  I'm also now a part-timer
202   in L'homme's business days...      Solicitations and Evaluations,
203 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
205 Emu: Indeed, I have held two jobs of late; Hacking both at Christmas trees and
206 at source code.  I have hopes for the small company I am writing code for- look
207 for ads and reviews of "Eye-Scan", our video digitizer.  Pull-down windows
208 (indeed, *all* of the programming) by yours truly.  It's a good company to work
209 for- we break for Dr. Who on Saturdays, and 'Golden Chocolate Almond Bars' on
210 other days.  :-)
211 +++++++++++++++++++ September 25, 1986 at 10:46pm ++++ Milchar +++ G.R. tomorrow
212 
213                                          10:59 pm, Thursday, September 25, 196
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217                                             9:53 am, Friday, September 26, 1986
218  
219 DO DO DO DO, HEARTBREAKER WWHHICH YO 44
220 
221 
222 <<<<<<<
223   Well! What a great vacation/retreat.  Let's see some more innovative 
224 stories on here.  I see e71 or whoever that guys is decided to start back up
225 a story that was, from what I can tell, absent for most of the time I was 
226 gone. Great. Just what we need -- story segments floating around like 
227 pieces of lint, trying to fall in the right place.  I was never impressed
228 with the story line much anyway (too predictable and 'regular' for this board).
229 What ever happened to that guy that wrote the thing about the Mima Mounds
230 or Almond Mounds or whatever it was?  Maybe he is reworking it like I told
231 him.  I was told via a phone call that Storyteller also had another one, 
232 but that it was not as good as the 'Chainsaw' one. Anybody still got it? 
233 Oh ya, this KWH guy or something like that...I am not impressed.  I somehow
234 doubt the telepath one was yours (not that great anyway), and the Innkeeper
235 line is way, way overworked on this board.  Anyway, I am glad to see that
236 Mike still has the board up when I got back.  Let's see some good stories
237 out here now...BE DIFFERENT...give us something that screams, reaches out 
238 and grabs us in sensitive areas and twists.  Let's have it!!!
239    
240                      The KRITIK
241 
242 >>>>>>>
243 
244 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
245 KWH:  You asked for it....  What do you think of our KRITIK???  You wanted
246 KRITIcism,  you've got it now....  Although I don't really see HOW he doubts
247 the origin of your story unless he's seen it somewhere before or he thinks
248 it's too good.  I personally liked the beginning,  but it ended too abruptly.
249 Of course that was the point.  (I think)  Well,  LZ is about to come on 92.
250 (Yes people I like rock (old rock anyway))  And you KNOW I wouldn't miss that
251 for anything.   To pun or not to pun.....  Probably not, I don't want to submit
252 the people here with them although some (most) are good ones.  Besides, they
253 probably couldn't stand the punishment.  (Gawd!  Isn't that one getting old
254 already??)  Ahh,  there it is,  gotta run,  haven't heard that in a while...
255 
256 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
257 DARBON, GO AWAY.  KWH: WHO'S TO OBJECT TO YOUR STAYING?  WHAT CAN ANYONE DO
258 IF YOU DECIDE TO STAY?  (NOTE KEEPER AND CCM OF LATE)  NOTHING.  SO DON'T
259 EVEN BOTHER ASKING IF WE WANT YOU ON HERE.  KRITIK, A GOOD REVIEW.
260 HOWEVER, CERTAIN THEMATICS HAVE SEEMED TO ESCAPE EVEN YOUR DISCRIMINATING EYE.
261 WHO CARES?
262 
263 God! Now I've seen everything.  A criticism of a Kritikism of a KWH entry.
264 
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266 lurkus modious
267 *********************************kathyD*******************************
268 
269 KRITIK: If you consider yourself so adept at making weighted decisions about
270 what is good an what isn't, then shouldn't you be able to remember the names
271 of those you are criticizing? Just a hint of hypocracy on your part...
272 DARBON: No, I don't remember what you were writing. Glad to see you settled
273 whatever argument you were having. Enjoy.
274 
275                                                Gajarel.
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278 
279 r Hi i,mII a'm a everyone I'm astertatrtrting a new bbs. I     am 
280 
281 vd
282 
283 zHi everyone. I'm opening my new bbs BBS 
284 systerm on Oct.. 5 . I This BbBs  S wuill be very
285 new because i hacve I have never opened one bef
286 before. This bbBBsS will only be opened art
287 night ho,  however, because my parents owon't  let me tie up the phone line. This
288 linew  will only be open between mondat n 1211:00pmMon
289 11:00pm- thru 6:5:30am  Monday thru Friday only/. The phone num,mber is  ... 283-6
290 Sorry aboyut that the phone number ids
291 283-xxxx. Please don't call during the
292 day becasuse to ask questions becuause i I will
293 be at school . If you have any questions
294 please call beteween 3:30 pm thru 7:00pm.
295 MAgain ,my BBs  S won't be set up until
296 Oct 5. 1986. I retain the right to havre
297 anyone removed with that uses fowl language,
298 or that is screwing arounfd. By the way
299 when you call please logon for only 
300 45 min. at a time. This allowas other
301 people to have a chance too. I hope thisBBS will grow a great deal. If so I can maybe
302 charge a little bit, if my users donyt't,
303 mind, so that I could get m,myy own phone
304 line so that iUI could run my BBS "324  hour
305 hours a day, &6 days a week.
306  Thank- yoYou for reading this message.
307  And thanks to the sysop of this BBS for
308  letting me have this message ont here.
309 ==========================================================
310 Gawd that was painful to read.
311 
312 I agree!
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314 OHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGOD
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316 
317 
318 <**> <**> <**> <**> <**> <**> <**> <**>    <**> <**> <**> <**> <**> <***>
319 WHAT?
320 ****************************************************************************
321 oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	 oo
322 CISTOP MIKEY : I have left with you a note of some (any?) importance.
323   Hopefully it will be sufficient until such things as space restrictions
324   are irrelavent.  Otherwise, you know where to reach me.
325 									 so
326 oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	-oo
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329  
330      What a bulls**t message (editing compliments of yours truly).  I think
331 it's just short of criminal to see english torn apart so badly just to convey
332 such a simple thought.  It's a wonder how young they're learning to type these
333 days...  Oh, what weather for shroomin.  Sooo intense.  Almost as good as   
334  "Halucinucinucinationationationogens".  Dare 'ya to find that one in ANY 
335 dictionary.  Well, 'yall had your chance, now you're stuck with me for awhile,
336 and thank-you Kritic for evaluating my work, but I haven't seen any storylines
337 like that, especially with that ending, at least not that I know of...
338  
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341 WHO CARES?
342 
343 ^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^
344     Commentary and discussion on the finer points of stories or entries in a
345 general sense should be done in personal mail. Thereby avoiding the looks of
346 widespread antagonism and complaints. If this practice was to be adopted and
347 followed, this system might be less antagonizing. Kritik and the likes might
348 find the Blue Parrot well-suited to such conversations. Not to speak of just
349 being less embarrassed when criticism is particularly bad. What do you think
350 of that?
351 ^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Seth <^><^><^><^
352 
353 \\\
354 I think that you are yet another person trying to impress us with your
355 vocabulary.  Unfortunately, for you, your incomplete sentences, incorrect
356 verb conjugations and use of plural in a single structure betray your otherwise
357 not-so-impressive vocabulary.  Seth, you are to be commended on your spelling
358 abilities, but somehow I think all those words were looked up in a thesaurus
359 so you could hardly spell them wrong, now could you?  I'm not saying that I
360 didn't understand what your wrote (contra-positive, I know).  Quite the
361 contrary, I understood every word.  Your entry just smacks of thesaurus and in
362 this I criticize you.  I'm leaving this on BWMS to point out that I disagree
363 with your e-mail idea.
364 ch/your wrote/you wrote
365 \\\ AEM (Anti-E-Mail)
366 
367 WHO CARES?
368 ____09/27/86__________________JD 2446701.3605_________13:39:12_PDT_________
369 oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	 oo
370 But the thesaurus is your friend!  I wouldn't have been able to expand my
371 vocabulary without one.  Or the dictionary, it even has 'hallucinogen' but
372 who really cares?  Allow each user to speak in such a manner that allows
373 them the best possible expression of their ideas.  If you understand, great;
374 if not, dig out the books!
375 Seth : I agree with you to a point.  A great deal of what we find on these
376 systems has about as much forethought as a sneeze.  The style on the other
377 hand is something one may control.  Sensitive matters such as How To Write
378 as decided by others may be a brutal thing to run into.  E-Mail may be one
379 way to soften the blows, although I prefer mano-a-mano encouters, time is
380 what I've found to be the greatest tutor.  Read, learn, mold, grow; we all
381 fugure it out after awhile.
382 Then again, there's nothing wrong with stumbling through writing in a dither
383 either.  (I've done it here, and I think I've grown from it before.  I think.)
384 									 so
385 oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	oo	-oo
386 
387 @*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*
388 
389 Now we know the great truth!!
390 DARBON is a child.  Only children listen to crap like L.Z.
391 
392 Come on folks,, let see some of the users true orgin!!
393 
394                                                          BAC
395 
396 @*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*
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399 
400        "Crap like L.Z"?? Indeed, one shouldn't judge.I also listen to 92.
401  But I really don't belong here anyway.
402   This is the first time I've been on
403  in about a year and a half.And, except for a little more unneeded criticism, 
404  it's only gotten better. Like vintage wine.
405      Wow, I'm definitely not a poet.
406 
407      Well, Darbon, if you read this,
408  I think we may be on the same level.
409 
410 
411                   ------ triste ----
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413 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
414 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
415      THE SEA OF GREEN FLAMES
416      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
417 
418 Beware O ye of the world
419 for, watch who comes for you
420 the unholy man - of noneathly sheen
421 what he is, is eyes of green
422 from the sea   of unholy doctrain.
423 
424 Watch as you shall be devoured
425 with those seas of green.
426 For in Hell lives the God of pain
427 and on Earth lives the same
428 when we all git to Hell
429 we`ll see who you are,  O man
430                    of mortal shell.
431 
432 And then we`ll see
433 and my father shall soon end his
434                           courtisy
435 to you apon the Earth
436 O cattle of virtually no worth.
437 
438 I suffer not, I am unchained & free
439 who do you suppose can set free thee
440 Suffer as you will
441 look not upon me
442 I will laugh & walk the eternal path
443 and leve you far behind and
444 as you`ll see - Hell`s unkind..
445 
446 For by now you have not seen
447 what has guieded me & what I mean
448                SO
449 light a candle & weep a tear
450 for yourself, for your Earthly end
451           is now clear.
452 
453 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
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456 {+|+}  <456>  860928^0017     why is it no one knows how to spell "upon"?
457 
458 alot of reasons. -- me.
459 
460  
461 ^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><
462     AEM: You would not have pointed out my errors on a public medium if you 
463 understood me. The reason I entered that was to point out that entries such 
464 as yours serve not only to point out errors, but to embarrass and humiliate 
465 as well. I didn't even ask you to show me what I did wrong. That you did is 
466 cruel. To defend myself: No, I had not tried to impress you with my grammar
467 or spelling. I tried to make myself clear.  Can you claim as fine a purpose 
468 for your entry?
469     SO: Reference books are wonderful. I agree with you. You've wandered to 
470 page after page also. Or so it seems. There is one word I chanced upon just 
471 tonight at about seven. Which is ERUDITION. Look it up. What a word it is.
472 Hope to see your name again around this place.
473 ><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Seth <^><^><^
474  
475  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______  
476 (      )(      )(      )(      )(      )(      )(      )(      )
477  
478  	"Imagine that!" Wilhelm took his own words to heart. 
479  His mind was possessed of sullen images. Aliens in old 
480  military uniforms, snatched from the quartermasters of doomed 
481  armies, slaughtering their way across the Continent of 
482  Europe. The very idea! It was so ridiculous he could not
483  bring himself to imagine why the BBC was airing it. Even in 
484  their science fiction programmes.
485  
486  	Wilhelm just settled down to breakfast and spread 
487  some molasses on his muffin.
488  
489        Nary a man lived to see the next morning. It was quite 
490  an absurd genocide of the human race.
491  
492 (______)(______)(______)(______)(______)(______)(______)(______)
493  -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
494         H   H  I I I
495      QQQ  U   U IIIII  CCC  KK  K
496 S   S I I I  L    V   V  E  E  R  R
497  SSS    I    L    V  
498 
499 
500  -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
501  
502             H   H  I I I
503      QQQ  U   U IIIII 
504    
505 
506 I guess that this message maker don't
507 work too well with this bbs....
508 
509 anyway, HI THERE FROM QUICKSILVER!
510 
511 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
512          Q U I C K S I L V E R
513 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
514 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:K
515  
516      Dear Adrick,
517  
518          Hello, I wonder how often you do call this system. However, if you
519 do happen to see this before it becomes disk "C"; get in touch with me. Is 
520 your hair still flourescent? My leg still has E=MC2. 
521                                                              Lady S.
522  
523 S:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS 
524  
525      Dear Prometheus,
526       
527          I finally woke up; if you would like to, call me.
528  
529                                                              Lady S.
530  
531 S:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:KS:K
532  
533 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * 
534  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * *
535  
536    Hi all.  Haven"t seen you here in awhile, Lady S.  Nice to see 'ya back,
537 but I didn't think you had a terminal.  Hmm, wonder how you got the message 
538 in?  Ah well, glad to see you here.
539   Haven't seen many good stories lately.  If you didn't lioke my attempt at
540 it, then I suggest you try, oh ye Kritic.  One who criticizes should also 
541 be able to write, with the dergee of writing skill equaling the amount of
542 Critiquing skill.  We shall see what we shall see...
543  
544 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * L * T * R * * O * * * K * H * * * * * *
545  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  A * E  * * *  N  * *  W  * * * * * *
546  
547   As a side note, backing up the cursor quickly does very strange things to
548 screen, like making one think one just sent 40 lines of blank verse.  Oh 
549 SysOp, please look into this, and find out why my terminal reacts like this
550 to yours.  Could it be that mine backs up faster than yours will allow, and 
551 sends a random ctrl character, or something else?  Very frustrating.  Please
552 see what you can do about this...
553  
554 ******************************************************Just me, K.W.H.*****
555  
556 .......................................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
557 EXPLOITED: PUNKS NOT DEAD!!!!
558 SMOKE CLOVES
559 TAKE ACID
560 BEADNECKS LIVE
561 WHAT CAN YOU GET FOR A F+++
562 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
563 KWH: sorry but this system is not reconfigurable to that extent. It is 
564 tally contained in 8k of EPROM. Since there is no longer a burner available
565 for this type, changes are impossible. 
566 Your problem is caused by the fact that what is echoed is:
567 <backspace><space><backspace>
568 this is to allow users of systems with non-destructive backspace to use BW.
569 If you send you backspaces *manually* you will not encounter any problem.
570 Using "auto-repeat" guarantees problems.
571 ____09/28/86__________Leonard_JD 2446702.4404_________15:34:15_PDT_______

572 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
573 THIS IS MY FIRST OPORTUNITY TO ACCESS YOUR BACKWATER COUNTRY
574 BEING A COUNTRY BOY WHO WAS STRANDED IN URBAN CONFINEMENT FOR A GOOD 
575 FIFTEEN YEARS AND THEN ABLE TO COMPRAMIZE WITH THIS LOCAL AREA, I AM
576 GLAD TO SEE SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE AS IT DOES ALLOW FOR FREEDOM
577 OF OUR OWN CREATIVITY AND DUE TO THE ANONYMITY(SP) ONE CAN SEE HES/HER
578 REACTION ON OTHER. 
579 	I ASK FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN IGNORING MY HORRIBLE SPELLING AND 
580 TYPO'S AS I HAVE BEEN MENTALLY REJOUVINATED BY THIS MACHINE AND HAVE  
581 GROWN ACOUSTOMED TO HAVING THESE MINOR ITEMS CHECKED BY WORD PROCESSORS
582 AND AN INTELLEGENT SECRETARY. ASIDE FROM THESE MINOR FAULTS I FEEL THAT
583 I WILL BENEFEIT FROM YOU INTELECTUAL SIMULATION. I MIGHT NOT BE QUITE 
584 TO YOUR NET STANDARDS BUT FEEL THAT I POSESS SUFFICIENT COMPREHENSION
585 AND MENTAL STIMULATION TO CONVEY PHILISOPHICAL POINTS OF INTEREST. NOT
586 IN ANY MANNOR AM I ATTEMPTING TO COMPETE WITH KRITIK BY ANY MEANS. SIMPLY
587 I ENJOY A GOOD CHALLANGE.
588 ===========================================================================
589 APPALOOSA
590 ====================== 28 SEPTEMBER 1986   20:45 PDT ===================
591 
592 
593 
594 SAVE
595 
596 
597 
598 SO HOW'S YOU DOIN', TEX?  I JUS GOT ME DOWN OFF THE RANGE TOO.  PARDON
599 ME WHILE I CHECK WITH THE LITTLE FILLY.
600 
601 Uh huh. Ok, let's see how this goes.
602 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 
603 1666 1666 1666 1666 1666 1666 1666
604 
605            TO: Seth
606            ~~~~~~~~
607 
608 Speaking of nolige, do you even know what your name (handle) means?
609 & I dont mean the dictionary`s ref.
610 
611            KEEPER
612 
613   (ABOVE MESSAGE IS TO:  SETH)
614 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
615 
616 <<<<<<<
617 
618 Well, do movie critics make movies?  Do all art critics practice every
619 kind of art that they judge.  Nay, I say not.  If you want to see some
620 of my stuff, you will have to wait until it gets off the page and
621 into the computer.
622  
623 All the other quick comments will have to be responded to on the next
624 disk.
625                        The KRITIK
626 
627 >>>>>>>
628 
629 WHO CARES?

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