From: RAT                 
To: ALL                 
Subject: 15000          
Date & Time: 04/03/91 16:27:05
Message Number 14601

I plan to take the next perfect number.
       11      55555       00000       00000       00000
       11      55          00 00       00 00       00 00
       11      55555       00 00       00 00       00 00
       11         55       00 00       00 00       00 00
       11      55555       00000       00000       00000
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From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Back seat      
Date & Time: 04/03/91 16:44:40
Message Number 14602

R> A dworp with no sneeg. 
  
Is that a dyke with no sneakers??
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Homophobe      
Date & Time: 04/03/91 16:46:39
Message Number 14603

SS> Secondly, stop  trying to as problems for me, remember I live with 
SS> the patron Saint of Fag Bashing. 
  
JB> (Brain cooks because of missng word.)
  
That was supposed to be:  Secondly, stop trying to /cause/ problems for
me,......
 
Now do you understand? 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Movies & Foxes 
Date & Time: 04/03/91 16:49:09
Message Number 14604

SS> (Expresses need for a ride.)
  
JB> (Graciously offers.)
  
Thanks.  I appreciate that.  BTW. Scott Steel will be coming into some 
monies on April 18 at which time he will be going car shopping. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/03/91 16:55:29
Message Number 14605

Grrrr.....sure, come to this board, and start hitting on Saavik!! 
Like, I was here first.  Oh, never mind. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/03/91 16:59:41
Message Number 14606

SA> You forgot one thing in your list... BBS, it falls somewhere between
SA> reproducing and eating. 
  
How do you figure?  I mean you have to eat, you like, as least I hope 
you like, trying to reproduce. (hehehe)  But you don't have to BBS 
to live. True, it does add a certain quality to life, but, it is not 
necessary to living. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/03/91 17:56:59
Message Number 14608

DF> ..Is she an extreme fundamentalist?  (I love those groups -- I used 
DF> to be one., myself.  Then I got better.) 
  
Yeah, me too.  I didn't get "better", I was given the proverbial boot. 
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/03/91 22:18:58
Message Number 14609

       Well, ya know, we can both hit on her!  hehehe! ;>
  
 
       /! Death Fennec -- ;>
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/04/91 00:05:24
Message Number 14610

>...after his last girlfriend turned out to be just a little on the
>fanatical side.
 
Just a little.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Black Magic    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 00:05:59
Message Number 14611

T>...she did almost get me arrested once...
 
SS>Really? Do tell!
 
Not on a public-access BBS. Ask me sometime when I see you in person.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Black Magic    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 00:07:28
Message Number 14612

>Believe it or not, I probably would date Black Magic if the opportunity
>arose.
 
You and about three-fifths of all the other males who have ever met her.
Be forewarned, though; she's really, really, really, really weird.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: ALL                 
Subject: Sigh           
Date & Time: 04/04/91 00:10:22
Message Number 14613

Message base crash. Power failure. Thank you, FPL. Fixed now.
18 messages lost, including one in the storyboard. Storyboard
message follows. A sysop's work is never done. Grr.
===========

From: SHANDRA             
To: SHANDRA             
Subject: Huh? Part II   
Date & Time: 04/04/91 00:12:17
Message Number 14614

<Continuing from 14582>
 
"Maybe 'e doesn't, but then again, maybe 'e does," Robert replies,
and begins his elaborate ritual of setting up his chessboard. "Might
want to keep an eye on 'im."
"Right. Whatever." I shrug, then notice my tail is twitching with
annoyance. Robert notices too, and grins at me. Bastard. "Right now
I'm more worried about the guy with no tail. He looks pretty bad.
Might have to get the medikit out of the back." I turn and walkback to
the bar, keeping an eye on the robed nut case and our tailless friend.
Tampa's eating breakfast; I decide it's not worth bothering her, yet.
Wait and see, half this job; just wait and see. Kind of like the goddamn
army that way. Looks like I'm going to get an interesting day after all.
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/04/91 00:50:03
Message Number 14615

DF> Well, ya know, we can both hit on her! 
  
True.  
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Black Magic    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 00:51:23
Message Number 14616

T> You and about three-fifths of all the other males who have even mer 
T> her.  Be forewarned, she's really, really, really weird. 
  
I guess you can tell me how so when I can talk to you  in person. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:13:42
Message Number 14617

The pink Entergizer bunny, eh? His name wasn't Thumper One, by chance, 
was it????     
  
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Happy          
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:17:45
Message Number 14618

Quote Turtle's father: "You shouldn't do that (moshing), you could get 
                        AIDS." 
 
Well, there was this girl who claimed she got pregnant by doing the 
Labamba, er, the Labada (?), whatever that stupid dirty dance is called.
I say: Fat chance. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Welp....       
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:21:24
Message Number 14619

That's Ok, I don't mind being called Saavik. Although, it's kind of 
of confusing at home. My Doberman Pincer's name is Saavik and from time
to time, I get phone calls asking for "Saavik." My husband always pauses
with this creased brow and holds the phone away from his ear. Then he
asks "Which one? The smart one or Amy?" 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:23:54
Message Number 14620

Yeah, I'm getting better at following six conversations at once. 
I have decided that one day, I wanna be a sysop too. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:26:53
Message Number 14621

T: [Anthrax lyrics]. 
 
Very deep......... 
 
I tend to think in song lyrics, myself. Almost everything that someone s
says, I indentify to a song. Strange, eh? 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:29:50
Message Number 14622

DF: Does that mean that if I was alone with you, that you wouldn't 
    remember the next day? 
 
"That" I don't think I'd forget. :)
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Hey!           
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:32:57
Message Number 14623

DF: The horse was a better dancer. 
 
Chalk one up for Mr. Ed. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:35:06
Message Number 14624

SS: Hah!! 
 
You do that on purpose, don't you? Post something like that and that 
alone so I have to go back and find out what you were responding to. 
I'll bet you're snickering right now......., Meanie!!!! 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:36:43
Message Number 14625

Was that fanatical or franatical? 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:41:43
Message Number 14626

SS:Grrrrr...sure, come to this board, and start hitting on Saavik!!
 
Sorry, Scott, I've been cheating on you. Fennec and I have been 
"smooching" in the chat lounge on Terran. :)
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 14:43:06
Message Number 14627

SS: You like trying to reproduce? 
 
My days of reproduction are over. I merely practice now. Hehehe. 
  
SS: You don't have to BBS to live.... 
  
But it helps. 
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Welp....       
Date & Time: 04/04/91 17:34:40
Message Number 14629

>"Which one? The smart one or Amy?"
 
And you let him live??
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 17:35:27
Message Number 14630

>I tend to think in song lyrics, myself.
 
Suck when you wanna think about something nobody's written a song about
yet...like your grocery list, say.
 
>Strange, eh?
 
You said it, not me. Myself, I think of everything in terms of different
types of economic instruments. I always equate Nietsche with high-yeild
Treasury bills.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: =ALL=               
Subject: Coming up...   
Date & Time: 04/04/91 17:38:06
Message Number 14631

Hey, I got some apple cider!! So, that means we're 'on' for the Hot
Horny Fox Moviefest sometime this weekend...Saturday afternoon?
If yer interested, lemme know...
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: It could happen
Date & Time: 04/04/91 17:55:04
Message Number 14632

DF>Why don't you have feelings for others that are different?  I mean,
DF>I have freinds like that, and I like them a lot, and I care for them.
 
This from a guy with a handle like, DEATH Fennec?
 
Look, I don't hang around with mongoloids, I don't hang around with
retards, or people with Altzhiemers, or psychos, or crazy people. I 
don't hang around with people who are sick, mentally.  I especially
don't hang around with maniacs, and I don't hang out with homos.
  
No, I don't think that you grok what I mean. I don't think even Jubal
would grok what I mean.  It doesn't matter, anyway.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Hey!           
Date & Time: 04/04/91 18:00:42
Message Number 14633

TS> word processing program...Aardvark...
 
R>I want it!!  Who made it?  Do you have the docs?  I need it!
 
Uh...ok, well, I'll see about tracking it down for you.  
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/04/91 18:08:24
Message Number 14634

DF>When are people seeing Heavy Metal?
 
This weekend, I gather.  I have to work during the day, but...
 
DF>And why wouldn't Jen fit in?  Is she an extreme fundamentalist?
 
Ah, because she's not very much for animated full length features, and
even less for science fiction in general.  And I don't know how she 
would react to the crowd, in general.  Kinda like The Grunt's wife did,
though, I suppose.  Trying real hard to connect  but not really findng
*any* common ground.  As for being a religionist, HA!  No, not as bad
as the last one, anyway...Jane was convinced that it was some big
satanic rite...or someting like that.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/04/91 18:12:47
Message Number 14635

SS>sounds like work.  (And he avoids that)
 
Ding.
 
SS>In addition to that, Dave would never touch me while I was sleeping 
SS>in bed.  
 
Ding!
 
SS>I think I'm safe there.
 
DING!  He's safe anywhere...I don't touch guys, period.  Except in 
rare cases, like, handshakes....
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Happy          
Date & Time: 04/04/91 18:15:27
Message Number 14636

TS> ...luck to have my folks...
 
SS>Yeah, when it's a holiday, but...I bet you'd love not having to 
SS>work for you dad, sometimes.  :)
 
Ding.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: HHF's          
Date & Time: 04/04/91 18:22:22
Message Number 14637

Yes, count me in.  I rarely drink but I would love to try a drink made
with apple cider.  Course, I may not be able to show up until later on
in the day...so please, PLEASE save me some!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: *.*                 
Subject: Hey, I...      
Date & Time: 04/04/91 18:33:50
Message Number 14638

  I accept the mug set in front of me greatfully, and as I move to 
put some money on the counter, the individual who served it to me 
walks off.  I take my hand away from my pocket, and pick up the mug.
It is cool, and I take a long drink.  
  When I put it back down, I notice that someone else has joined me at
the bar, and is looking at me quite intently.  I look over to see a 
bunny-morph.  She winks at me, and says, "Buy me a drink?"  I know what
she is, but I am not opposed to lingering.  After all, she looks good 
enough to eat.  Besides, who could resist a come on line like that?
  "What'll you have?"  I reply, with a corresponding show of lingual
dexterity.  
  She perks up, and rolls her eyes up at the ceiling.  "Well," she says,
"howabout...some carrot juice, for a start?"  She looks back at me,
with a small bunny grin on her face.  
  "Sounds good."  I look around for another barmaid.  None are in
evidence.  I look back at her, and she is leaning against the counter,
one elbow up with fist supporting face.  She is dressed in a mu-mu, with
an almost transluscent pink fabric.  Perfect against her snow white 
fur.  And it does cling, in a very nice way.  "That is to say," I say,
"as soon as I can attract a bar maid.  In the mean time," I offer her
some ale. 
  Her nose wrinkles.  "Ah, no thanks.  It doesn't like me."  She turns,
and leans both elbows on the bar.  The move is calculated to reveal her
cleavage, which it does.  Nicely.  And it has been a while.  She calls
to one of the bar maids by name, and orders some carrot juice.
===========

From: OPUS                
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Doctor?        
Date & Time: 04/04/91 20:56:17
Message Number 14639

     "Doctor, nah....", I reply.  "Sheesh, why would I have to have
arrived by boat, after all this IS Florida!!  Last thing I knew I was
assigned to a command post on a low orbiting satalite, but we were
attacked, I believe I was the only survivor, though others may have made
it, last I rememeber the Earthern (Synonym for Earth People??) had found
some new weapon that was supposed to let us win the war, but from the 
talking, well I feel I must have missed something..."
 
       I jump off of my stool, and excuse myslf to the batroom, written
on the walls are such sayings as "Death to Morphs!" and "Morphs, can't
live with, can't shoot 'em, what a rip!", and the such.  I Puke.
 
       Feeling much releived I retun to the bar, only to find that my
seat has been taken by a Well-Built Human.  "Excuse, my I have me seat
back please?", I ask the kindly,"Bug off shimp is!", is his quick reply
so I take a postion of standing next to this sailor...
 
       "Now, On the matter of parents, well my mother was killed in the 
Chrismas Turf Wars between some Morphs and Humans, and as for my father,
well he was assigned somewhere half way around the world, I haven't 
heard from him since, SO I guess I really have no family, I was an only
child too...."
===========

From: APPRENTICE          
To: OPUS                
Subject: ER, continuity?
Date & Time: 04/04/91 22:16:42
Message Number 14640

   [ Author note:  I'm not the moderator, but it seems you don't
remember what the Den /is/.  It supposed to be a place for "human,
furry and morph" to meet /in peace/.  I think the Den is part of a
small area that is /not/ prejudiced against furries and morphs. I've
noticed a few other inconsistancies, but we can all let the little
things alone. ]
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/04/91 22:59:16
Message Number 14642

Hmmm... Other ideas for the Sarasota/ Bradenton area...
     
 -- Wear black pants, a black shirt, gloves, and a ski mask, and wander
    around Siesta Key.
    
 -- Force the S.C.A. and the De Soto Historical Society to stay together
    in one room for 24 hours.
     
 -- Create your own religion. 
   
 -- Drive to Atlanta for a bowl of chili. (Heck -- it's been tried.)
    
        Hmmm... my 'interesting ideas' generator has run dry. Any of
y'alls suggestions?
                    //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:06:14
Message Number 14643

Personally, I'm not worried about death. It'll never happen to me in
my lifetime.
           ///Dragonfly///
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Parents        
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:10:41
Message Number 14644

   Sounds like your folks are... um, interesting people. (Interesting.
Interesting. Right now, that's just a word that fills in whenever an
adjective is necessary.)
   
   Have your parents ever admitted that they are trying to utterly rule
your life? How many times?
                /Dragonfly/
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:15:09
Message Number 14645

"So, so long, Andromeda,
 But I knew it would boil down to leaving you,
 Leaving everything that I wanted to embrace...
 The things I've spent my whole life working for, dying for...
   
  These Phantoms know the meaning, the meaning of the Curse,
  These Phantoms know what we'll know, the truth we wish reversed.
    
  The Phantoms know the Curtain falls someday."
     
[Lyrics (c) Jeff Johnson]
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:22:25
Message Number 14646

SS> But you don't have to BBS to live.
     
   Have you ever seen a true BBS addict in the last throes of addiction?
The pale, white skin, the fingers permanently curled up, punching at
an imaginary keyboard. If thon is allowed phone priveledges (sp?), thon
immediately calls up the soothing tones of ten different BBS's. 
Occasionally, thon tries to personally hook up with the system, making
the tone of a 300-baud caller and clicking thon's tongue to log into
the system. Dreadful, simply dreadful.
   If not allowed to use the phone, the addict immediately goes into
convulsions, spouting incoherently about Turtles, Armadillos, and Phone
Sex. Thon's eyes tear with the need for an RGB monitor. Then the addict
immediately begins searching for anything remotely resembling a modem
and computer setup. One patient, A. Hektare, was discovered curled up
in a corner with a Walkman playing static, a microwave oven roasting
nothing, and some testing gear that had seven buttons.
     
   Give generously to BBSers Anonymous.
               //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Lambada!       
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:31:31
Message Number 14647

   Have you ever danced the Labamba... uh, Libido... uh, Lambada?
I have, with a very attractive girl. Let's just say -- if a few of my
clothes were removed, it would be very easy for her to have gotten
pregnant.
             //Dragonfly//
    
  Wonderful dance!
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:33:30
Message Number 14648

S> I tend to think in song lyrics, myself. Almost everything that 
S> someone says, I indentify to a song. Strange, eh?
    
   Not really. The easiest way I have to tell my dreams from reality
is that my dreams always have a soundtrack. And about half the sound-
tracks are my own creation.
     
   (Whatever part of my brain that dreams, also thinks it's a great
composer. I've written out some of those things it's written, and played
them back. Whatever part of my brain that dreams is NOT a music critic.)
                   //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Coming up...   
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:37:17
Message Number 14649

Save some of the H&H Foxes for the night! When I get back from BARF,
I'll stop by.
              //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: It could happen
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:38:22
Message Number 14650

Wait a second. You're saying you don't hang out with crazy people, and
you call HERE?
     
   SYNTAX ERROR AT LINE 3356
   READY.
   _
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/04/91 23:39:37
Message Number 14651

But the MovieFest IS going to be a huge Satanic rite.  We have the
sacrifice ready. (Even if it's just a turnip.)
         //Dragonfly//
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 00:05:08
Message Number 14652

T: And you let him live? 
  
(sigh) I've learned to live with it. I used to show dogs in Obediance 
Trials. I once tried like hell to get him to go to one.   He finally
said. "Obediance, eh? Ok, I'll go but only if you promise to win." 
Grrrrrrrr. 
Saavik
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/05/91 00:08:48
Message Number 14653

Grocery lists, it works! I just hum jingles to myself as I walk through 
the store. Hehhe. 
  
T:I always equate Nietsche with high-yeild Treasury Bills. 
 
Boy, the wind blew through my hair as that one sailed over......:)
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Happy          
Date & Time: 04/05/91 00:16:44
Message Number 14654

TS: *ding*
    *ding*
    *ding*
 
Well, you are full of 'dings' tonight, aren't you? 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: APPRENTICE          
Subject: ER, continuity?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 00:21:23
Message Number 14655

Yes, and TO: ALL. The Den is set in a group of islands that used to 
be Florida. The Morphs and Furries came here to escape prejudice from 
certain groups of humans. There is no morph or furry bashing allowed 
at the Den and anyone who tries it will find Robert Or Shandra tossing 
them out on their ears. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/05/91 00:26:25
Message Number 14656

Nooooooo!!!!!!!! No BBSers Anonymous! I don't wanna be cured. I dowanna!
Take my dog, take my car, Hell, take my kids, But don't touch my modem! 
  
Saavique
French for Vulcan A
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Lambada!       
Date & Time: 04/05/91 00:28:05
Message Number 14657

Yes I have danced something simular to the Lambasta (er) Lambada, what
ever it is.   I can be very....... interesting..... But face it, 
some girl (claiming to be a virgin) isn't going to get pregnant by 
dancing...... Disco conception? Naw! I don't think so. 
 
Saavik
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/05/91 00:31:35
Message Number 14658

Damn! I thought we were gonna sacrifice Hot Horney Foxes! 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/05/91 05:54:51
Message Number 14660

Yep!
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/05/91 05:55:37
Message Number 14661

SA> Sorry Scott, I've been cheating on you.  Fennec and I have been 
SA> "smooching" in the chat lounge on Terran. :)
  
Unfaithful wench!
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/05/91 08:25:35
Message Number 14665

                     DAMNED IT TO HELL AND BACK!
     You have ruined all of my plans...
 
 
 
           /! Death Fennec -- ;>
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: It could happen
Date & Time: 04/05/91 08:28:24
Message Number 14666

        Yes it does matter what you mean, and what I mean.  It would
be nice if you were to show a little bit more conideration for others,
even if you don't like them.  This is STUPID.  It doesn't matter if you
do or don't hang around with gays, or bi.  That is their business, and 
if you can't take into perspective that they are people to, and that 
they have feelings, then there is no hope of even insinuating the pro-
blem to you.  That is only what I believe though, and the same goes to 
those out there who are also blind to the point of biasness.  Everybody
has feelings...  And my NAME 'Death Fennec', has but not a god damned 
thing to do with the way that I make my feelings shown.
 
       (Not intended to sound assholish...)
 
 
            /! Death Fennec -- ;>
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 08:37:03
Message Number 14667

        Well, you seem to be a very interesting person.  By the way, --
were you at Turtle's Furry Birthday party?  Or at PentaCon II? :)
It seems that I would like to speak with you sometime.  Do you ever try
to call 'The Armodillo Conn.'?  We may speak sometime.  Hmm.  Well, It
seems that I have to go fur now.  C-Ya! 
 
 
            ::smooch::
 
       /! Death Fennec -- ;>
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 09:35:54
Message Number 14668

I've been to several dog shows, myself.  In fact, my parents once 
planned to raise Dalmatians for dog shows.  We bought one with tens
of champions in his background, one with great promise (so we thought.)
Unfortunately, the Dalmatian had an underslung jaw -- one of the 
very undesirable traits a Dalmatian could have.  (It also turned out 
that he was below average in intelligence -- even for a Dalmatian.)
Our "show dog" wound up being a wonderful watch dog and pet... and never
did enter any shows.
            //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/05/91 09:40:40
Message Number 14669

Denial of the problem is the first indication of how serious the
problem really is.  If you deny you're an alcoholic, you need serious
help for your addiction (even if you don't ever drink.) 
                //Dragonfly//
                     who's had two years of 'counselling' training 
                     by psychiatrists, and is still convinced that
                     all psychiatrists are nuts.
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Lambada!       
Date & Time: 04/05/91 09:43:18
Message Number 14670

   Hmmm.... the girl also claimed to be a virgin?  Was there a bright,
new star over her house? Or was that just an airplane?
   Anyways, the Limbota... er, Lambino... er, Lambada was a really easy
dance to learn. What I find hilarious is that it never caught on in the
U.S. because people thought it was hard.  What kind of dancing DO people
do? (The only dancing I see on a regular basis are the very strange
gyrations the people at New College do. The dances have very little to
do with the music, and the partners in the dances are usually trees.)
              //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 09:50:22
Message Number 14671

DF> ::smooch::
    
??????? Dear, I don't think you should kiss me, when the Specialist can
see us... 
     
   Yep, I was at Turtle's B'day party. Left about 1 AM to pack to drive
to Jupiter. And you do know me, under a different (older) name.
                 //Dragonfly//
     
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Lambada!       
Date & Time: 04/05/91 09:57:57
Message Number 14672

         ::snicker, snicker::
 
     /! Death Fennec -- ;>
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 09:58:51
Message Number 14673

      Hmm.  Well, I don't see what problem he will have with it.  I do
a ::smooch:: to just about everyone.  It all depends in what kind of 
mood I am in.  I would like to know what other name you have used when
I had met you.  Hmm.  Oh, by the way, I am at turlte's house until about
4p.  If you call, you can possibly get me.  If not, then, ooooh well.  
Oh, by the way, I was watching you while you typed.  Hmm.  You seem not 
to know what to say to me.  Hmm.  Well.  I shall go.  C-Ya!
 
       (::SMOOCH::) 
 
          /! Death Fennec -- ;>
 
            (what problem does he have if I am smooching at
             you through a Computer?  Blah...)
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/05/91 14:59:57
Message Number 14675

ss: yep.
 
I'm not even going to justify that by going back to read what the "Yep"
was to. The Bitch God Has Spoken             
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/05/91 15:00:52
Message Number 14676

SS: Unfaithful Wench! 
  
I love you too. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/05/91 15:01:48
Message Number 14677

DF: You have ruined all of my plans... 
  
Sorry to rain on your parade. *snicker* There are somethings that should
never be forgotten.... Like where you left your car keys, where you left
your car, and who you were with the night before. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 15:04:43
Message Number 14678

Showing dogs (or horses for that matter) is fun for a while, but like 
anything else, it gets to be a chore. I showed my Golden Retriever and 
then my Sheltie for a while. The Golden was VERY good. The Sheltie? 
Well, lets just say, she was fine on the footwork, but when it came time
for the judge to touch her...., she soiled the ring. Then she had the 
nerve to wag her tail and sling Pee all over the judge and me.... 
That was, uh, her last show. And mine. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/05/91 15:07:42
Message Number 14679

Yes! And I don't deny I am addicted to BBS (just ask my husband, he'll 
never understand as long as he lives why I do this every night). But 
I dowanna be cured!!!!! God forbid anything ever happens to my computer,
or my modem or my phone line..... If I couldn't BBS, I'd probably 
become (sucking in my breath and biting a knuckle) NORMAL again. 
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Lambada!       
Date & Time: 04/05/91 15:10:45
Message Number 14680

What kind of dances to American's do? Well, depends on the music and the
place. Most bars (top 40) it's a free for all combination of moshing, 
lambadonmy(whatever), jiggling, twisting, sycro jumping, polka. With 
one or two show offs spinning around on their heads on the floor. 
  
Fun to watch...., dangerous to participate. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 15:13:34
Message Number 14681

Hey! I was at the Furry party!!! Did I meet you? 
 
God, there goes that memory chip again. (smack). Nope, still don't 
remember. Ok, who reformatted my brain? 
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/05/91 16:51:27
Message Number 14683

       Well, it isn't all that bad sleeping with me.  I mean, ask people
that I have slept with.  God, well, you actually can remember what happ-
ened, and hell, it won't matter.  hehehe Well, that is ok that you have
rained on my parade, 'cause, hell, look, it is raining outside right now
as I type.  Hmm.  Well.  Lemme see.  You seem to not want to speak of 
all of this.  Hmm.  Well, I guess that since you don't care to have hot-
mad-passionate-sex with me, then I guess that I shall let Scott Steel go
at you! ;>  just kidding ... Although I know that I wouldn't mind going 
after you .. hehehe!  Well, C-Ya!, Cutie! :)
 
 
 
          /! Death Fennec -- ;>
/s
===========

From: P.WHIPPED           
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Sarasota       
Date & Time: 04/05/91 18:23:55
Message Number 14684

There are many other fun and exciting things to do in Sarasota.
The list of titilating adventures is only limited by on's imagination.
You can do all sorts of fun things:
      --play bingo
      --go looking through other peoples stuff at garage sales
      --argue the price of the above mentioned with the old geezer 
              running the sale
      --play lawn bowling
      --buy all the toilet paper in town.(This actually did happen.
            In the late 60's an elderly lady that lived by herself
            on Siesta Key went around and bought up most of the city's
            toilet paper.)
      --gather five of your closest friends and drive around at
        7 to 9 am and 4 to 6 pm in a lincoln continental.
      --shave your head, go to the airport, and sell flowers
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: It could happen
Date & Time: 04/05/91 19:03:56
Message Number 14685

DF>SYNTAX ERROR AT LINE 3356
DF>READY.
DF>_
  
   NEW
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: It could happen
Date & Time: 04/05/91 19:08:31
Message Number 14686

DF> [...]
 
Uh huh.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 19:10:26
Message Number 14687

Death Fennec> :: smooch ::
DragonFly> ???????? Dear, I don't think you should kiss me, when the
DragonFly>Specialist can see us....
 
 
ARRRRGH!  That kiss was intended for Saavik!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 19:12:19
Message Number 14688

DF 2 DF>  :SMOOCH!:
 
Arrrgh!  Disgusting!  Sick!  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhgh!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: ALL                 
Subject: Excuse me,     
Date & Time: 04/05/91 19:30:14
Message Number 14689

  I notice that the Tailless wonder has come out of this daze.  He makes
a remark about how he never needs a doctor, and then starts blathering
deliriously about he was on a space station, and that he was supposed to
have had the perfect weapon.  He continues by saying that Florida is not
a chain of islands, as everyone knows....
  I decide that the guy is a lunatic...or seriously mentally hurt. 
Either that, or he was actually on a space station, and put to sleep,
or held in cryogenic suspension, and *just* came out of it, and somehow
got ejected on some sort of a lifepod, just happened to crash on this 
particular island, killing everyone but him in the process....
  Naw, he's a loonie.  I find myself relieved when he gets up and 
wanders off.  I turn my attention back to the bunny.  Someone sits down
behind me, but says nothing, so I don't know if it's him again or not.
The bunny has got her drink, and I feast on her good looks while she
drinks it.
  She doesn't seem to mind my lewd gaze...quite actually encourages it.
"So how about it?" she asks.  I open my mouth to reply, but I am
interrupted by the same morph, this time standing right next to me.  I
decide that the guy is definitely short a few marbles, but I can't get 
a word in edgewise to shut him up.  I give the bunny-morph a "can-you-
hold-on-a-minute-while-I-get-rid-of-this-guy" look, and turn to face
the morph.
  "Look, fella, I don't want to seem too rude, but you really do look
like you could use some professional help with that, er, injury.  
Losing your tail is not like breaking a claw, you know."  I look around
for some managerial help in losing this dude.
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/05/91 19:49:37
Message Number 14690

SA> I'm not even going to justify that...(referring to my one word reply
SA> of "Yep!")
  
That was in response to your remarks to the effect of being irritated 
by my one word replies.  Do you follow that?  
  
And I love you too.  
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/05/91 19:53:08
Message Number 14691

SA> (talking about dog and horse shows.)
  
heheheheheh.....sorry.....heheheh...but that was hilarious...heheh
===========

From: JONBOY              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/05/91 23:19:06
Message Number 14693

RU>> ..8th grade English teacher ...  We heard about the nude beaches 
RU>> and gay mayors of France, damned if we learned anything. 
DR>> my English teacher in 10th grade was nearly identical.
 
Gee - my 12th grade English teacher, Mrs. Stevens was a witch and
used to have us over for seances and communication with the dead via
levitating tables.  I sure loved her!
 
                                A Nostalgic JonBoy
===========

From: JONBOY              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Movies & Foxes 
Date & Time: 04/05/91 23:24:29
Message Number 14694

SS> Scott Steel will be coming into some monies .. going car shopping.
 
Sounds tiring - I *hate* looking at vehicles and trying to figure
where the SOB is trying to cover up.  Some people are quite good at
hiding defects.  I hope you can find a good one that you like.  I have
a guy at work that has a knack for finding good /running/ cars for
real cheap.  Lemme know what ya want.
===========

From: JONBOY              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/05/91 23:30:26
Message Number 14695

T> I always equate Nietsche with high-yeild Treasury bills. 
 
Say wha?  Maybe a spectacular crash but why high yield bonds?
 
	           A Mystified-but-waiting-for-enlightenment JonBoy
===========

From: JONBOY              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Moviefest      
Date & Time: 04/05/91 23:33:09
Message Number 14696

TS>And I don't know how she would react to the crowd, in general.
 
Look at it as a weeding-out process.  If she don't like /us/ you
figure what your future is.  BTW - I object to the crazy category
as I feel that it is a definate help...
===========

From: JONBOY              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Puters         
Date & Time: 04/05/91 23:47:44
Message Number 14697

Hey Dave - Scott was saying how you boosted your system to 8Mhz.  I
have a deal for ya.  I'm busy but I have a XT clone that needs a 
tuneup (crashes sometimes and floppy A sometimes doesn't work right).
It has a 12 Mhz motherboard in it.  You tune it up - you can swap 
motherboards.  For what I wanna use it for 8 Mhz would be fine.
 
===========

From: JONBOY              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Movies         
Date & Time: 04/05/91 23:50:37
Message Number 14698

Ok - hmmm I gotta do chores tomorrow morning, as I have a date Sunday
and won't be able to.... I'll be home after 2:00 so gimme a call and
coordinate with Turtle when the movies will be.  'K?  Home phone
is 747-5699.  I'll pick ya up and we'll go take care of those HHF's!
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Parents        
Date & Time: 04/06/91 00:55:01
Message Number 14701

>Have your parents ever admitted that they are trying to utterly rule
>your life?
 
*Snort* No, why?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 00:58:47
Message Number 14702

SS>Unfaithful Wench!
SA>I love you too.
 
Ah, that's so sweet. *sigh*
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/06/91 00:59:48
Message Number 14703

>Showing dogs...is fun for a while, ...
 
No it isn't.
 
>...it gets to be a chore.
 
It starts out as a chore and gets worse. My father used to raise
German shorthair pointers for show. I am still traumatized by all the
endless mind-numbing shows I was forced to attend (and participate in)
as a child. Yeech!
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 01:02:05
Message Number 14704

>Well, it isn't all that bad sleeping with me.
 
It sucks when you crash out on the floor and refuse to budge an inch,
necessitating hauling the TV and VCR into the bedroom to watch movies.
It sucks even worse when you crash on the waterbed and refuse to budge
an inch, necessitating sleeping on the floor.
 
>/s
 
Ha! Losing track of where we are, Mr. Fennec?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/06/91 01:05:47
Message Number 14705

T> I always equate Nietsche with high-yeild [sic] Treasury bills.
 
J> Say wha? Maybe a spectacular crash but why high-yield bonds?
 
Well, what backs T-bills? Faith in the United States government, right?
I mean, sure, they look good on paper, but what's behind 'em?
(Besides, I /like/ Nietsche, even if he is a tiresome old windbag!)
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: ALL INTERESTED      
Subject: Well...        
Date & Time: 04/06/91 01:08:19
Message Number 14706

....Saturday afternoon it is. I work Saturday evening (6:30p-10:30p),
so I'll be around in the afternoon & in the late evening...how do we
want to work this?
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Back seat      
Date & Time: 04/06/91 03:33:26
Message Number 14707

>You need to spend more time out of the house, you know?
 
Cliched, but, NO SHIT SHERLOCK!  Thanks for telling me something I know.
Of course, that's not half of my problems.
 
But I digest...and maintaine boundries, and excrete, but I don't 
reproduce, or even try.
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/06/91 03:35:51
Message Number 14708

I would think that respiration and consuming energy would fall under
metabolism.
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Sigh           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 03:43:48
Message Number 14709

>Thank you, FPL. 
 
Externing with FPL, I have this amazing urge to defend them.
 
Well, actually, no, I don't.
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/06/91 03:49:55
Message Number 14710

I liked the idea in a recent "The Nerve" of going into the airport
in camo pants and clutching a book bag close to your body.  I wandered
in there during the war with my Model 100.  I was expecting a few guards
to wander up.  No one did
 
One neat thing we did at the airport when they were doing massive 
work on the concourse is go out to the middle and get on those
little hallways that lead to the planes.  We had the largest urge to 
fiddle with the controls and make it move around.
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Cars           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 04:00:48
Message Number 14711

Welp, as far as car shopping goes, I have a friend who has a license to 
buy cars at auction and he and I will be going there to buy me a car.  
But thanks for the offer. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Movies         
Date & Time: 04/06/91 04:04:18
Message Number 14712

No problem, I'll give you a call around 2:00 and I'll call Turtle for 
details.  I want all the kinky details on that date of yours. hehehe :)
                              An as usual pervertual Scott Steel 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: TURTLE              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 04:06:37
Message Number 14713

SS> Unfaithful wench!
SA> I love you too. 
  
T> Ah, that's so sweet. *sigh*
  
Pawlease. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Back seat      
Date & Time: 04/06/91 04:09:26
Message Number 14714

R> ..but I don't reproduce, or even try. 
  
That's twice you've mentioned that, you know it's not that bad. 
Actually it's pretty damn good.  Make that, GREAT!  hehehe. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: TURTLE              
Subject: HHF's          
Date & Time: 04/06/91 04:12:05
Message Number 14715

I'll be calling you tommorow (today actually considering that's it's 
4:30 am right now.)  to coordinate with you the arrival of Jonboy and 
myself. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/06/91 17:26:10
Message Number 14717

Uh, huh. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 17:30:01
Message Number 14718

Why Fennec, you little Devil. It just so happens that I am married, and 
out of commision....(but I'm not dead). :)
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/06/91 17:32:21
Message Number 14719

Death Fennec> ::smooch::
Dragonfly> Dear, I don't think you should kiss me, when the Specialist
           can see us......
Specialist: ARRRRRGH! That kiss was intended for Saavik! 
  
And I missed it? 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 17:36:31
Message Number 14720

I just have one question for you, Mr. Steel. Why do you delight in 
irritating me? Is it because you are soooooo good at it??? Hmmmm? 
You'll get yours! And don't forget it. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/06/91 17:37:51
Message Number 14721

SA:(horse shows and dog shows) 
SS: That was hilarious. 
 
I didn't think so at the time. Animals are so unpredictable. Kind of lik
(like) you. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/06/91 17:41:39
Message Number 14722

Anyone (especially a child) who is forced to do something isn't going to
enjoy it. I started showing Horses when I was about 14, it was something
I really WANTED to do so I loved it. But then comes all the politics, 
they run the Quarter Horse shows in a a circuit so you accumulate 
points. It's the same people placing all the time..... so even after you
become well known and start placing, it's kind of an empty victory. 
  
Same goes for Dog shows after a while. 
  
I've seen kids whose parents literally *forced* them to participate 
in dog/horse/ect shows. I don't think I'd ever do that to my kids. 
Especially now that I see what it has done to your mind. Hehehe. 
Now, Turtle, you know I'm only pulling your chain. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/06/91 18:46:53
Message Number 14723

Smart Ass. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 18:47:18
Message Number 14724

SA> ...out of commision....
  
That's commission. hehehe
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/06/91 18:49:29
Message Number 14725

SA> ...You'll get yours!  
  
I certainly hope so!  hehehe Love ya. 
  
I correct your spelling because I want to help you to be the best you 
can be.  Besides, I do love irritating you. 
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Puters         
Date & Time: 04/06/91 19:43:38
Message Number 14726

Ah, JB, you know that I know better than that!  An XT running at 12MHz
is *still* slower than my AT running at 8 MHz....
 
   Nice try, though...I *need* an AT....
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Puters         
Date & Time: 04/06/91 19:44:34
Message Number 14727

Ah, on a related subject...remember how you told me that ORCAD PCB
needed almost *ALL* of base memory?  Well, I have found a way that you
can use it and your mouse drivers, and all of the other drivers you 
need.  Get DOS 5.0!  It loads DOS into High Memory, leaving about 620K
free in base!  
===========

From: OPUS                
To: WELL....            
Subject: Hmm.....       
Date & Time: 04/06/91 21:45:35
Message Number 14728

	       Noticing that this stranger, who I had trusted could help me, is
interested in more important (not to mention cheaper matters), I wander
down to the other end of the bar...
 
		       "Bartender!", yells I.  Reluctantly I wait while she finnishs
serving the fellow next to me.  "Know of a good doctor around here?", 
asks I, "You see, I have this little problem with my tail......"
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Back seat      
Date & Time: 04/07/91 04:08:30
Message Number 14730

>Thanks for telling me something I already know. Of course, that's
>not half of my problems.
 
I should hope the fact I tell you things you already know isn't half
your problems!
 
>But I digest...and maintaine [sic] boundaries, and excrete, ...
 
...and BBS, and consume energy, and oxidize stuff, and drink Mountain
Dew...
 
>...but I don't reproduce, or even try.
 
Now THAT might just be half of your problems.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/07/91 04:10:55
Message Number 14731

>I would think that respiration and consuming energy would fall under
>metabolism.
 
Respiration, sure. Consuming energy, no. Metabolism /produces/ energy,
which the living organism then consumes to do other stuff. You don't
live to metabolize, you metabolize in order to get the energy to
live. Kind of like the way a yo-yo works.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/07/91 04:13:14
Message Number 14732

>Pawlease.
 
Is that a plan whereby furries don't actually have to BUY their digits?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/07/91 04:14:44
Message Number 14733

>Now, Turtle, you know I'm only pulling your chain.
 
Funny choice of metaphor in a message about dog and horse shows...
===========

From: SHANDRA             
To: OPUS                
Subject: Huh?           
Date & Time: 04/07/91 04:17:17
Message Number 14734

I look around at the little morph's demand. Is /he/ addressing me?
Yeah, seems like it. I am starting to wonder if I'm wearing a blinking
sign reading "Bartender," or why nobody can see the bartender. I walk
over to him, frowning. "I'm not the bartender, but you're right about
the doctor." I rummage under the bar for the little medicomp that's
normally kept there. "Ah, here we go. Next best thing to a real doctor."
I sling the thing over my shoulder and walk around to the patrons' side
of the bar. "Army issue," I explain to the little morph. I pull the
scanner out of its tether and run it over his behind. "Just business,
don't get any ideas," I say as I put the scanner back. "Well, no sign
of infection. Nice clean wound, like it was done with a laser or a
scalpel or...hello, it's been stitched, too. Looks like the stitches
were removed too soon, and it's starting to open up again. Who did this
to you?" I pull an autoinjector out of the medicomp's side cabinet,
and ram it against his behind. The Army autoinjectors hurt like a
sonofabitch--old-fashioned spring-loaded needle instead of pressure
spray--but what the hell, they work. "Anasthetic and a broad-spectrum
antibiotic. I can stitch it if you like, but not here. It looks like
a bandage ought to do it."
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/07/91 12:27:20
Message Number 14736

And a double dumb ass to you too. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/07/91 12:28:05
Message Number 14737

If I wanted to "be all that I could be" I'd join the Army. Besides,
if you want to correct my spelling constantly, you'd better pay a little
more attention to your "own" posts (hehehehe) and stop posting at three 
in the morning when you are cross eyed. You're starting to leave words 
out. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/07/91 12:33:23
Message Number 14738

SS: Pawlease. 
T: Is that a plan whereby furries don't actually have to BUY their 
T: digits? 
 
No, that would be Pawrent. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/07/91 12:34:47
Message Number 14739

SS: Now, Turtle, you know I'm only pulling your chain. 
T: Funny choice of metaphor in a message about dog and horse shows... 
 
Hmmmm. I should get out my old correction collars and show leads. 
===========

From: HACMAN              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: justification  
Date & Time: 04/07/91 14:20:16
Message Number 14740

Yeah..but did you do it on purpose or was it totally by chance.  Mine 
was.  Anyway, I was just looking for something to post...it was all I
had at the time....sue me.
===========

From: HACMAN              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: schedules      
Date & Time: 04/07/91 14:26:27
Message Number 14741

Well I finally finished my job for the season.  Saturday was it.  
Now I can devote some time to the things I really love...my wife and my
NEW BBS. Gonna miss the $$ though.
===========

From: HACMAN              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: C-Net          
Date & Time: 04/07/91 14:28:14
Message Number 14742

Thanks I figured it out on my own.  Never been on TT....any good?
===========

From: HACMAN              
To: OPUS                
Subject: Well..         
Date & Time: 04/07/91 14:32:22
Message Number 14743

Thanks, I already have his number...if it's the same.  I was just wonder
ing wher I could get a few questions answered and stuff like dat!
===========

From: HACMAN              
To: JONBOY              
Subject: mylar pAper    
Date & Time: 04/07/91 14:38:21
Message Number 14744

What other light sources...if ANY were in the room?  Tungsten will go 
tan orange, flourescent will go yellow green.  If it is a light source 
problem, that can be corrected.  Other damage like light fog, heat, 
even perfume(formaldehydes..sp) will effect the film.  
===========

From: HACMAN              
To: =ALL=               
Subject: New BBS        
Date & Time: 04/07/91 14:43:54
Message Number 14745

  Hello to all out there in BBS land.  Come visit the newest BBS in the
Venice area.  Called "YE OLDE ENGLISH DEN"!  Sysop is the INN KEEPER.
Running at 300/1200 baud.  Hours are 9pm-6am.  Soon to go 24 hrs.  
Running on C-Net software.  YOU can have the /2/nd ID number if you
call NOW!  By the way, I'm the sysop.  After deciding on a name for the 
board, I needed an appropriate handle.  Come on down, check me out, the
number is 493-8401.  No promises, its VERY new.  Lemme know what you 
think!
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/07/91 15:09:50
Message Number 14746

SA> And a dumb ass to you too. 
  
Didn't Kirk say that in Star Trek IV:  The Voyage Home?
 
Love ya.  
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: ALL                 
Subject: Kyara Tokyo    
Date & Time: 04/07/91 20:05:51
Message Number 14747

   "Aaahh, I'm bushed," she says to herself as she drags her little 
lifeboat on shore.  Checking a map she guesses that she's somewhere near
Florida, or at least, what used to be Florida. 
  
  Kyara thinks back to the journey that brought her to this island. 
I'll be traveling for what seems like years.  After our ship got 
atttacked I managed to escape with three others in a lifeboat.  God, I 
hated to see them die one by one.  I guess it's because of my training 
that I've lasted this long.  I just hope I can find some civilization. 
I've been rowing this damned boat for days now.  Fortunately, I've still
got some food left from the hunting that I did at that last islnad.  
God, those savages where disgusting.  I just barely escaped with my 
life.  (she breathes a sign of relief)  I've been traveling and 
traveling looking for civilized people and all I've run into is 
cannibals and savages or even worse dense tropical jungles with no 
real means by which I could support myself safely and effectively.  
I just hope I can find something here.  
  
  She makes camp and quickly cooks her last meal.  "God, I'm sick of 
this damn snake meat.  And if I have to eat one more fish, I going to 
throw up."   She starts to pack her things into her backpack:  knife, 
clothes (one outfit left, besides her ninja clothes), canteen, matches, 
and other assorted items.   After her food gets done cooking she eats it
hungrily but begrudgingly.  "This is really getting old," she complains
to herself.   
  
   After lunch, she starts her daily mediation. 
  
   When she is finished she drags to boat into a little group of trees 
and camouflages it and best she can.  She grabs up her pack and her 
katana and heads west.  (She landed on the east side of island.)  
  
   After about an hour or two she finds a gray path.  "Finally, a real
path, that looks like it's been travele by humans and morphs. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: ALL                 
Subject: Kyara cont.    
Date & Time: 04/07/91 20:25:10
Message Number 14748

   She travels up the path up to the bear-morphs.  "We need to see you 
pack.  You also can't enter here with that sword, it's not allowed."
  Too tired and hungry (yes, again) to argue, she hands over the sword
and unslings the pack.  She says, "I take it I'll be getting the sword 
back when I leave?  Are you going to let me keep my pack?"
  The bigger morph speaks up, "Yes, you will be getting the sword back, 
you can have your pack back after we make sure you have no other weapons
in here."  He begins to search the pack,  he pulls out the knife and 
sifts through it again.  Finding nothing of consequence, he hands it 
back to her.
  She asks, "Where can I find a place to get cleaned up and some food 
to eat?"   The morph replies with a tone that says do-you-know-how-many-
times-I've-heard-that-question?, "Yeah, just ask at the bar."
  She enters and finds herself in a foyer with two doors.  She takes the
opposite the private area.  She opens the curtains and looks around the 
bar.  She thinks to herself, I've got to get cleaned up.  She sees the 
bartender and walks toward him.  Once there, she asks, "Can I get a 
room or something, I want to get cleaned up."  The man replies, 
"Certainly, right this way."  He leads her to one of rooms (not in the 
private section) where a shower has been installed.  He leaves her with 
instructions to return to the bar when she's though.   She quickly 
disrobes and washes herself.  She enjoys the feeling of warm water 
washing over her.  She towels off, and puts on her last outfit, puts on 
her makeup and brushes her jet black hair. 
  She heads back into the bar and goes back to see the bartender.  
"Thanks." she says with a tone of relief.  He replies, "Would you like 
me to set up a tab for you?"  Without hesitation, she says, "Yes."
The man continues, "Would you like something to eat or drink?"
"Definitely," she says, pulling out a small wade of money t show him 
that she can afford the tab he generously offered her. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: ALL                 
Subject: Kyara cont.    
Date & Time: 04/07/91 20:49:19
Message Number 14749

  She says, "I'll take a large glass of milk and some steak and eggs, 
over-easy."  The bartender turns away to give the order to the kitchen. 
When he returns he notices that she's looking around the bar. And 
decides that he'll just have her food brought out to her when it's done.
  Kyara scans the bar, looking at the various different people here.  
And abruptly stops when she sees a man sitting behind a chess board, and
notices that he's rather attractive.
  She decides that she's ask him if he'd like to play, considering 
herself to be a rather good player in her own right. 
  If anyone is looking at Kyara, she is about 4'10" and very thin. 
She's got straight jet black hair that would remind you of a China Doll.
Her breasts are above average in size, in comparison to most orientals 
who normally have small breasts.  She has light gray eyes and a 
dazzling smile.  She has the normal slant to her eyes that most 
oriental people have.  
  She sits down next to the man in the white suit and introduces
herself.  "Hello, my name is Kyara.  Do you mind if I join you?"
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: =ALL=               
Subject: This Area      
Date & Time: 04/07/91 21:57:38
Message Number 14750

This conference has now been pressed into service as a forum for dis-
cussing what's going on in the Den of Decadence, and for working out
problems in the storyboard. First of all, it was just brought to my
attention that a lengthy post introducing Shandra and Robert was futzed
shortly after I posted them, which is why there seems to be some
confusion about the roles of these two people. The problem has been
fixed (took two hours, too...ah, the life of a sysop). Therefore, I
ask that all storyboard members please re-read Message #14483 and
Message #14484.
 
Second, a nte on the geometry of the Den. The building itself
is divided into two parts: the bar and other miscellaneous rooms
comprising the part open to the public, and the larger 'private'
area where the staff lives and the brothel operates. These two sections
are side-by-side. Entry is by means of a spacious foyer, with doors
leading into the public and private areas. Also, there is a curtained-
off door in the wall between them; when you are in the bar, you can pass
into the private area through the curtain that's behind the actual
bar itself. That way, it is not necesary to pass through the foyer to
go from one part to the other. (Technical note: If you can't see
Conference 12, you don't have access to the private area.)
 
It would seem that entrance to the Den is controlled by some rather
large bear-types who serve almost as guards. Since nobody seems to be
running these characters, I would suggest that either Saavik or myself
do so. Saavik?
 
The bartender is male; his name is (I believe) Jervis or Jarvis. This
character is controlled by Saavik.
 
Thank you for your support. (hic!)
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/07/91 22:48:58
Message Number 14751

SA>If I wanted to "be all that I could be" I'd join the Army.
 
No you wouldn't.  Take my advice...no, you wouldn't.  You'd be all 
*your sergeant* wanted you to be...janitor, groundskeeper, maid, cook,
et al.
 
The Navy - it's not just a job, it's a joke.
Aim High!  And low!  With Friendly Fire!  Air Force.
We're looking for a few more good men.  The Marines.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/07/91 23:00:35
Message Number 14752

>Hmmmm. I should get out my old correction collars and show leads.
 
Hey, don't tease if you don't plan to follow through! :>
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/07/91 23:05:25
Message Number 14753

>Aim high! And low! With Friendly Fire! Air Force.
 
That's funny...I like it. Speaking of being all you can be, Lori is
planning to join the Army as soon as she gets out of New College...
something about setting goals just to see if she can or something.
She seems to have this idea that it'll make everything perfect
forever. I dunno, you've been there...maybe you ought to talk to her
(JonBoy's offered to as well).
===========

From: ROBERT              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Moving along   
Date & Time: 04/07/91 23:26:58
Message Number 14754

     Robert indicates the seat in front of him with a sweep of his hand.
"Kyara. You are a very lovely woman. Most graceful." Robert leans back
in his chair again and surveys the woman critically. After a moment,
he returns his attention to the chessboard and advances the white
king's pawn two squares. This done, he folds his hands under hish chin
and gazes levelly at Kyara. "Robert," he offers. "I like your form.
Who's your sensei, then?" A barmaid arrives with Kyara's breakfast
and places it next to the chessboard. "Put this on my tab, please"
Robert says to her as she departs. "Can't abide milk myself," he
remarks in an offhand way to his companion. "Bloody awful stuff."
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Still moving   
Date & Time: 04/08/91 02:21:24
Message Number 14757

  "I happen to love milk," picking up the glass and nearly quaffing to 
whole thing, "it's good for you.  You really should develop a taste for
it," she advices.  Kyara continues quickly, hoping that she didn't 
accidently step on his toes, so to speak, "Thank you for breakfast, it's
been a bad day."
   
  "So, I take it you fancy yourself to be a good chess player?  I 
learned how to play back home in Japan?  Where are you originally from?"
  
   She moves her queen's knight's pawn up one space.  Damn, he just 
moved his King's pawn one more space as if he didn't even consider the 
move.  This guy may be better than I anticipated, Kyara thinks to 
herself.  This man is very attractive and incredibly clever, I'd better 
be on my guard.  Hmmmm....aaahhh....King's bishop's pawn up one, that 
should slow him down...Uh-ih, he just advanced his queen's pawn two 
spaces.  Now I can't take his pawn.  .....she thinks again.....okay...
I'll just move out my king's knight's pawn two spaces.  True, that 
leaves me vulnerable, he could take that pawn, but he'd be sacrificing 
his bishop.  I don't think he's that stupid.  I wonder what he'll do 
next. 
   
"So, you think I studied martial arts?  Is that just an assumption based
on the fact that I am obviously oriental?"  She continues, "Have you 
studied the martial arts?  I've always been fascinated by them.  My 
father, God rest his soul, used to take me and my brothers and sisters 
to the matches in Tokyo.  It was so exciting, you wouldn't believe how
fast some of those guys can move."  
===========

From: ROBERT              
To: KYARA TOKYO         
Subject: Moving along...
Date & Time: 04/08/91 02:45:20
Message Number 14758

Robert gazes at Kyara without moving a muscle as she speaks, then
advances his queen to the right-hand edge of the board. "Check,"
he says in an offhand voice, "and mate, Mate. Tsk. Terribly sorry
'bout that. You studied in Japan, you say? I was there briefly,
in Ryo, during that little spot of trouble after your Racial
Purity Act." He signals to one of the barmaids and indicates his
desire for a martini. "You seem a little off-balance," he says to
Kyara when it arrives. "One of the many uses of martial training:
focusses the mind wonderfully. Helps you keep your equilibrium, you
know. Another round, perhaps?"
===========

From: KYARA TOKYO         
To: ROBERT              
Subject: Defeat.....    
Date & Time: 04/08/91 17:02:02
Message Number 14764

   Kyara's head shakes as if you had just been splashed in the face with
ice water when she sees Robert's quick-kill maneuver.  Still in shock, 
she says, "I can't believe you just did that!  I never saw it coming!"
   Robert's martini arrives and he asks her for another game.  She 
adamantly replies, "You'd better believe I want another game." 
   Kyara's eyes start undressing Robert.  Slowly removing his suit 
in her mind's eye.  "Robert," a definitely more seductive tone in her 
voice, "do you want to put a little wager on this one?"  
===========

From: ROBERT              
To: KYARA TOKYO         
Subject: Well, now.     
Date & Time: 04/08/91 17:31:41
Message Number 14766

"Well, now, I always did consider myself a sporting chap," Robert
says as he sets up the board again. "An' what exactly did you have
in mind, then?" He takes a sip from his martini, and turns the board
around so White faces Kyara. "Your opening," he says.
===========

From: SHANDRA             
To: ALL                 
Subject: Meanwhile...   
Date & Time: 04/08/91 17:34:53
Message Number 14767

    The tailless morph doesn't seem to react to the shot in the ass.
Strange; most people tend to take notice of that sort of thing. His
eyes are glazed, pupils dialated; he seems unsteady on his feet. Hmm.
I put the autoinjector away and look more closely at the little morph.
Yes, sure enough, there is a knot on his head, partially concealed by
what's left of his fur.
 
   Crossing the bar, I walk over to Tampa's table. "I hate to disturb
you, Ma'am," I say, "but our friend over there appears to have a
concussion. I don't think he's even aware of where he is or when he
is. We don't have the facilities to treat him; I'm wondering if it might
not be a good idea to warm up the hover and take him to the hospital.
He's in pretty bad shape. There's something about his condition that's
kind of familiar, too, like maybe he was attacked by one of those
right-wing anti-morph religious groups. They sometimes took souvineers
from their targets. Possibly the Sword and Arm of God loonies; I don't
know. I haven't heard of that kind of activity in the Chains before;
I'd like to check some things out if I may."
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:01:44
Message Number 14768

Hello, Death Fennec. Might as well let the cat out of the bag. Dragonfly
is also known as Chip P. Unicorn.
   I occasionally look like I'm not sure what to type, because I use
my terminal program to re-read your message. While I'm doing that, I
can't type out. (Sounds like a good feature to put into a new terminal
program, though... split-screen review.)
   Anyway, say "Howdy!" to Crystal fur me next chance you get.
            //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:05:25
Message Number 14769

S> There are somethings that should never be forgotten... Like where 
S> you left your car keys, where you left your car, and who you were
S> with the night before.
     
   The last one of those three might cause forgetfullness of the first
two!
               //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:07:38
Message Number 14770

S> If I couldn't BBS, I'd probably become ... NORMAL again.
    
   Trust me. Once you begin to BBS, you're never normal again. Once
you're in the SCA, you're never normal again. (And you're ALWAYS brought
back into the fold.) Once you're in furry fandom, your past is re-
written so that you never were normal.
    
   About the SCA, and people going back into the fold: I know at least
five people who say they tried to sneak out of the SCA. Moved to a 
different state to escape. Unfortunately, even here, in the wilds of
Trimaris, they were recognized and brought back... very willingly on
their part.
                 //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:11:58
Message Number 14771

Nobody reformatted your brain. I was just referred to as "Chip" while
I was there. (Why'd I change names to "Dragonfly"? To play a joke on
Turtle, nothing more.)
                  Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: P.WHIPPED           
Subject: Sarasota       
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:13:43
Message Number 14772

PW> --shave your head, go to the airport, and sell flowers
    
   Haven't noticed that many Hairy Fishnuts out there in the airport.
Ghodesses, but I LOVE debating religion with them. Nine times out of
ten, I can reduce them to screaming incoherence... not the kind of 
picture they want to show the general public. (The tenth out of ten was
an extremely intelligent lady who had managed not to be brainwashed by
the Fishnuts, and had come to her own realization that Krshna was Lord
for her own life. Fascinating woman. Well worth the $5 I payed for her
time.)
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:18:37
Message Number 14773

DF> Dear, I don't think you should kiss me, when the Specialist can
DF> see us...
    
TS> ARRRRGH!  That kiss was intended for Saavik!
     
   One moment, please.
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: :>             
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:20:32
Message Number 14774

                   
        < < < : : : S M O O C H ! : : : > > >
    
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:21:56
Message Number 14775

DF 2 DF> :SMOOCH!
   
TS> Arrrgh!  Disgusting!  Sick!  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhgh!
    
   Dahling, Fennec and I are taking a vacation to Key West. Wanna come
along? (:Smooch!:)
                   //The mad kisser//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:25:56
Message Number 14776

JB> Gee - my 12th grade English teacher, Mrs. Stevens was a witch...
    
   Sounds like a fascinating teacher. (They didn't have too many of 
those in my extremely conservative Christian school.) 
   That brings me to an interesting question: what do y'all feel should
be the place of religion in the schools? Do you feel that no religious
matter should ever be discussed in public schools, even to the point of
not telling certain episodes of history? (In other words, if some war
were over religion, should we say that?) Should we mention religion only
when it's absolutely necessary -- to explain historical matters, for 
example -- but not, say, include any pieces involving religion in a
literature class? (That is to say, every period of history had at least
some good works which had nothing to do with religion -- even during the
Middle Ages.) Should they embrace all "major" religions equally, having
special speakers from each "major" religious body lecture to the
students? (And how do you define "major"? If there's ten students in a
body of a thousand that believe in the Cult of the Armadillo, is that a
"major" religion?  How about if just one student believed in it?)
   I'm not talking about whether a Bible study (or a B. Gita study, or
a study of any religious text...) should or shouldn't be allowed to meet
on high school grounds. I'm asking what the teachers should be allowed
to teach in the classrooms.
     
   My own viewpoint is that high schools (and, to a lesser degree, 
junior high schools) must teach classes on the religions and philo-
sophies of the world. Although there's no hope of ever teaching every
religion of the world, it's fairly easy to group the largest religions,
explain the basic beliefs to all of them, and then define the
differences. Same with the philosophies of the world. 
   How do I define 'major' religion? I just chicken out, and say that
<continued, next message.>
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: JONBOY              
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:40:07
Message Number 14777

<continued from page 17>
any religion is 'major' if one percent of the student body believes in
it.  Any 'major' religion should be taught -- and any 'non-major' 
religion that has sufficient interest.
   Without an understanding of religions in the world, we can't under-
stand much of history, literature, or even music. Human nature demands
that there is a reality outside of this one, and searches for any 
indication that there might be one.  To ignore that is to ignore a hugh
part of humanity.
      
   I'll get off my soap box, now.
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:45:02
Message Number 14778

S> Showing dogs...is fun for a while...
  
T> It starts out as a chore and gets worse.
   
   Mixing opinion with fact there, Turtle? If it were a chore, why do
some people do it? Besides, of course, to show the world that Momma's
wittle Boopsie is the smartest little woof-woof, now isn't she?
          //Dwagonfwy//
     
Damn it, my fingers are stuck in "Baby Talk" position.
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/08/91 18:54:21
Message Number 14779

SS> Pawlease.
T: Is that a plan whereby furries don't actually have to BUY
T: their digits?
S> No, that would be Pawrent.
    
And here I am, MUTTERing about the bad puns.
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/08/91 19:31:42
Message Number 14780

DF> I'll get off my soapbox now. 
  
Thank God!
There's nothing I find more irritating than someone thumping for
religion. 
===========

From: KYARA TOKYO         
To: ROBERT              
Subject: Hmm..well      
Date & Time: 04/08/91 19:38:40
Message Number 14781

  Kyara decides to open the game with the same opening move that Robert
had presented me with.   She moves her king's pawn up two spaces. 
  With the sultry tone, "I dunno.  What would you like to bet?  Just 
be prepared to lose this time."   She turns to her left and cuts herself
a piece of her steak and brings the fork to her mouth while leering at
Robert with a seductive gaze....She chews and swallows, 'Well, what's 
your wager?"  
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: HACMAN              
Subject: schedules      
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:24:52
Message Number 14786

That was sweet! At least you put wife before BBS, hehehe. Wish I could 
take some time off......:(. I hope you enjoy your time to play. Did you 
say new BBS???? Enlighten please. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: HACMAN              
Subject: C-Net          
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:26:06
Message Number 14787

TT is a run on a wonderful BBS program with 3 lines (more coming) and 
a conference area, chat w/other lines, nice message bases, but the users
are, for the greater part, young. I enjoy my visits there. 
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From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:28:58
Message Number 14788

Yes, Kirk did say "And a double dumb ass to you" in "the Voyage Home". 
That was a neat movie, wasn't it? I liked the concept of the whales 
speaking to the aliens. 
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From: SAAVIK              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:35:21
Message Number 14789

TS: We're looking for a few more good men. The marines. 
  
No thanks. 
 
TS: (on the Army) You'd be all *your seargeant* wanted you to be...
     janitor, groundskeeper, maid, cook, et al. 
 
Hmmmm. I already am all that, and baby sitter, book keeper, chauffer, 
and, er, well, other things too. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:38:33
Message Number 14790

On the subject of correction collars and show leads: To this day, my 
Sheltie hides if she hears the jangle of a chain. She has *not* fond 
memories of her show days. (and niether do I)  
Well, the chain leads aren't doing anything now.... want me to bring
them next time we all converge??? 
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From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:48:10
Message Number 14791

DF: The last one of those three might cause forgetfullness of the first
    two! 
 
Only if you forget how much your body can handle drinking to begin with!
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:51:24
Message Number 14792

Uh, 'scuse my stupidness, but whats SCA? It sounds like a cult (once you
get in you can never get out) Hmmmm. Reminds me of a song, "You can 
check out anytime you want, but you can never leave." 
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From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:52:57
Message Number 14793

Thank you, Chip (Dragonfly) for rescuing my sanity, even if it was 
only temporarily. 
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From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: :>             
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:54:18
Message Number 14794

Thanks!!!!! I didn't miss THAT one!  
   
           /////\\\\\\\SMOOCH BACK AT YA///////\\\\\\
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From: SAAVIK              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: :>             
Date & Time: 04/08/91 20:58:46
Message Number 14795

Hey! It didn't save my Smooch to DragonFly!!!! Is this a consiracy??? 
Here's another one, DF    Smooch! 
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From: SAAVIK              
To: SHANDRA             
Subject: Tampa          
Date & Time: 04/08/91 21:03:40
Message Number 14796

Tampa looks over Shandra's shoulder at the swaying Morph and nods 
slowly. "I noticed him earlier. He does seem to be in trouble." She 
slips off of the bar stool and crosses over to the foyer where 
Korelyan is just walking back through from the Brothel. "I believe we 
need to transport that poor Morph out there to a hospital, Love." 
 
Korelyan squeezes her shoulder and brushes past walking to where 
Shandra is practically holding the weaving Morph up. "Ok." He gently 
supports the Morph under one arm and leads him toward the door. "Don't 
you worry, Sport, there's a hospital only a hop away." He cranes his 
neck and catches Shandra's eyes. "I'll be back shortly, why don't you 
see what you can find out about this fellow. Someone must know something
about him." 
 
Tampa waits until Korelyan is out of the room before she walks over to 
Shandra. "Do you really think someone did that to him from one of the 
Anti-Morph groups?" She shuddered as Shandra shrugged in responce. 
"Scares me to death to think that we may have that kind of activity 
around here." She sighs deeply. "I thought that we were safe here. Go 
ahead and see what you can find out. If you need any help, let me know.
She held Shandra in a long even gaze. "Shandra, if there is Anti-Morph
foolishness going on around here, you mustn't put yourself in jeopardy.
Let Korelyan handle it."  A shiver of fear passs over her face as she 
remembers the horror stories told by her parents. 
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From: OPUS                
To: HACMAN              
Subject: Well..         
Date & Time: 04/08/91 21:28:09
Message Number 14797

    He'll answer all your questions, he even gave me The C-Net Company's
(forget there REAL name) phone number, now if I can only find it.. hmm..
I dunno anywhere else in Sarasota where you could find information on a 
Commie BBS program!!
 
	                                Opus!

===========

From: OPUS                
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Umm..          
Date & Time: 04/08/91 21:42:47
Message Number 14799

   [- Author Note -] [- Just ignore my other post If I don't get a 
chance to delete it, it was a reply to your shooting me up in the
butt thing, sorry it took so long. -]
 
 
     "Well", mutters I, "Am I really that bad, I mean my head FEELS okay
but I do think I'm missing a few things, I thought I had some money, and
I DID have a uniform I believe, hmm.. well, I suppose a hospital would 
be okay, but I dunno, I don't wanna get shot up in the butt agin."
 
     "Lemme just collect up my things", says I.  I then walk over to a
corner and the tavern, "Gee I thought I had a backpack lying here..", I
mutter, "Oh well", I then get up and walk over towards Shandra like a
confused child would act towards there mother, "Gee thanks for all the 
help,m so what are you going to do now?"
 
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From: TURTLE              
To: BARTMAN             
Subject: helllloolllloll
Date & Time: 04/08/91 22:29:02
Message Number 14800

Hey, I keep leaving you mail, but you keep not getting it...no, I
don't have anything for the Color Computer. If you come by and
give me three or four blank disks, I can get you some, though...
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/08/91 22:33:54
Message Number 14802

>Once you become furry, your entire past is rewritten so that you never
>were normal.
 
I like that! On the SCA, though, I always thought it was for people with
no lives of their own...silly me. :P
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 22:36:18
Message Number 14803

>Mixing opinion with fact there, Turtle? If it were a chore, why do
>some people do it?
 
Same reason people trade bonds. Money, power, prestige. There is a /lot/
of money in show dogs. Your point, please?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/08/91 22:40:34
Message Number 14804

>Well, the chain leads aren't doing anything now.... want me to bring
>them next time we all converge?
 
Whould you? Please? Pretty pleeeease?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/08/91 22:41:28
Message Number 14805

>...what's SCA?
 
Society for Creative Anachronism. You wanna know more?
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From: ROBERT              
To: KYARA TOKYO         
Subject: Hmm..well      
Date & Time: 04/08/91 22:44:34
Message Number 14806

"An' who was it who decided to wager on this game to begin with, hmm?"
Robert says as he advances his king's pawn two squares to meet hers.
"If you got something to say, well, I'm listenin'. 'Aven't touched
your food much." He gives Kyara the barest fraction of a grin. "Sure
you must've though of something suitable or you wouldn't 'ave said
word one, am I right? Your opening." He finishes the rest of his
martini and places the empty glass on a nearby table. "Just be careful
not to go makin' promises you aren't ready to keep."
===========

From: SHANDRA             
To: OPUS                
Subject: Umm..          
Date & Time: 04/08/91 22:59:23
Message Number 14807

I watch the little morph wander back into the bar and appear to
search for something. "I don't think you were carrying anything when
you arrived," I say. "You appear to have a fairly serious concussion.
If you feel up to travel, I'd like to run you to a hospital for
an examination. We're not exactly equipped for that sort of thing.
Do you remember anything at all about your attackers? How did you
arrive here, any idea?" He seems a little more clearheaded now,
but still doesn't seem to know where he is. "You mentioned the Trog
Wars before; you know they ended ten years ago, right?"
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 00:40:00
Message Number 14809

I'll even bring the spiked one!!!! I used to have a nice "no bark" 
collar. It has this little electronic charge it gives off if you 
try to talk while it's around your neck.   
Works great on noisy kids!!!!! 
  
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From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 00:41:24
Message Number 14810

Society for Creative Anarchronism. Do tell. 
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From: KYARA TOKYO         
To: ROBERT              
Subject: Hmm..well      
Date & Time: 04/09/91 08:35:25
Message Number 14813

"Well, what actually is this place, I mean, what do they mean by the 
Den of Decadence?", Kyara asks in tone to say, I know, I just wanna make
sure that you're getting my hint.   Kyara advances her queen's knight 
forward just in front of her bishop's pawn.  
===========

From: PROFESSOR           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: TRS-80         
Date & Time: 04/09/91 10:15:24
Message Number 14814

Wow!  I didn't know any of those were left out there!  They all seem to 
have disappeared into nothingness.  Where did you get it?  I'm really
impressed that this system is running on one.  You guys must be real
computer nuts to make it work.  Well, gota go.  See ya later.
									                                                Professor
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:11:59
Message Number 14815

DrF> I'll get off my soapbox now.
   
SS> Thank God! There's nothing I find more irritating than someone
SS> thumping for religion.
    
   Ya know, I find the overal effect of that post immensely humorous.
("Thank God we don't have religion in the schools"?)
   I assume you're opposed to my position. Why?
                    //Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:16:58
Message Number 14816

   As much as I enjoyed Star Treks II through IV, I've heard so many
bad things about the fifth film that I never saw it.  Could Shatner
have been that bad of a director?  Nimoy seems to have continued growing
since the original Star Trek (as well as George Takei -- aka Sulu.) 
Could Shatner have stayed the same since the Sixties?
                //Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:20:34
Message Number 14817

> Well, the chain leads aren't doing anything now... want me to bring
> them next time we all converge???
    
   You might scare Turtle off from EVER having another con in his 
house... hee hee hee! But I'm sure Crystal would adore the idea.
                 //Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:23:03
Message Number 14818

SCA: The Society for Creative Anachronisms. (And NOT, as some people
     have said, the Society for Creative Anarchy.)
   
   The SCA is a society that re-creates the Middle Ages and the 
Rennaisance "as they should have been."  No, we don't believe in the
Black Plague, and yes, we do believe in modern medicine. (To answer the
two most common questions.)
   Most medieval fairs in the country (that have been started in the
past fifteen years) were started by the SCA. (And many of them were 
later taken over by others.) We put on our own "events" -- usually not
as showy as medieval fairs -- in various places around the country. Our
main interests tend to be in swordplay, or in the arts and sciences of
the Middle Ages. 
   Each member of the Society creates a 'persona' of someone who could
have lived in the Middle Ages or Rennaisance. Sometimes these 'personas'
are extremely well-thought out, other times (like mine) they're not much
more than a name and a rough sketch. 
   There is royalty in the Society (determined by swordplay: the best
swordsman or -woman is King or Queen for six months), nobility 
(determined by service to the Society), and various titles for various
positions in the Society. 
   
   Is it a cult? Well, we do dress up in really strange costumes and
prance around fires. And we do have the philosophy of medieval chivalry.
But, it's basically just a lot of fun.
                 //Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: :>             
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:35:33
Message Number 14819

<Do dragonflies purr?> Thanks!
     
             <Smooch!> back at ya,
                        //Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:37:50
Message Number 14820

T> On the SCA, though, I always thought it was for people with no lives
T> of their own...silly me. :P
    
   I won't dignify that with a response.
             //The pissed-off Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:39:58
Message Number 14821

T> [People show dogs for the same reason] [s]ome people trade bonds.
T> Money, power, prestige. There is a /lot/ of money in show dogs. 
T> Your point, please?
     
   Granted. Showing dogs can be a profitable hobby. But not very
profitable.
   Let's face it. Most dog shows do not give out a lot of money. As I
recall, in a big dog show, the grand prize might be $100. The biggest
money would come from selling puppies from a grand champion.
   It takes at least five years for a dog to become a grand champion.
And you can't let her get pregnant during that time. Let's say you're
lucky, and the dog has litters every year for the next four years.
Let's say you're extremely lucky, and none of the pups have any birth
defects. (In some breeds, like Dalmatians, this is extremely rare.)
Let's say each litter has four pups, which each sell for $500. Let's
see -- for ten years' work, you get $8,000 -- plus whatever slight
money you made from showing the dog. Let's say, $10,000 total over ten
years. That's about $1,000 a year, minus the cost of keeping up the dog
and time lost grooming the dog and taking her to shows. (If the dog
is male, of course, much less money would come in.) I doubt most people
showing dogs are really just doing it for the money.
     
                        //Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:51:46
Message Number 14822

The "no bark" collar sounds like a fun and interesting way to shut up
boring people...
                            //Dragonfly//
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: PROFESSOR           
Subject: TRS-80         
Date & Time: 04/09/91 12:53:15
Message Number 14823

Welcome, Professor, to one of the stranger boards in Florida! Our
Sysop, Turtle, is a true computer nut. (Ask him about the TWO mainframes
that were once housed with him...)
                        //Dragonfly//
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From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Star Trek IV   
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:22:46
Message Number 14825

Well, actually, I think that was a pretty dumb movie.  I mean the  
slingshot around the sun that brought them exactly to our century 
then their arrival back to their century was perfect.  There were too 
many variables for such an accurate arrival each time. 
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From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:25:20
Message Number 14826

SA> ...er, well, other things too. 
  
Maybe so but I don't that an Army sargeant would try /that/ with a new 
recruit. 
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From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:27:19
Message Number 14827

SA> Well the chain leads are doing anythin now...do you want me to 
SA> them the next time we converge.  (That was to Turtle)
  
First handcuffs, which you got me trapped in because you broke the key  
off, and now you want to bring chains.  Do you want me to invest in 
some whips and bring them too?
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From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:29:18
Message Number 14828

SA> ..Hmmmm. Reminds me of a song, "You can check out anytime you want, 
SA> but you can never leave. 
   
The Eagles, Hotel California, good tune. 
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From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:33:27
Message Number 14829

T> On the SCA, though, I always thought it was for peoplw with no lives 
T> of their own...silly me. :P
  
Everyone tells me to get a life, so I guess I should be involved with 
this SCA, whatever it is. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:35:32
Message Number 14830

T to SA> Society for Creative Anachronism.  You wanna know more?
  
I do. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:39:38
Message Number 14831

DF> I assume you're opposed to my position. Why? 
  
I'm against anyone preaching about religion.  Let's just say I've had a 
bad experience with ultra-religious folks. 
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From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 15:44:26
Message Number 14832

DF> The "no bark" collar soulds like a fun and interesting way to shut u
(up) boring people...
  
Like you.  hehehe Sorry, I couldn't resist. 
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From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:12:06
Message Number 14833

>I'll even bring the spiked one!!!!
 
Cool! I'll be looking forward to it. :>
 
>I used to have a nice "no bark" collar.
 
Hmm. Not my taste, I'm afraid, but I can see where it might be good
for small children...
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:13:09
Message Number 14834

>Society for Creative Anachronism. Do tell.
 
An organization of people dedicated to re-creating the good ol'
days of chivalry, knights in shining armor, and royalty without the
squalor, ignorance, disease, etc. Essentially, it's a large organization
of people who create ficticious personae and then live them, acting out
the part of a squire or knight or what-have-you at get-togethers and
rennaisance festivals and whatnot. It would be an interesting
sort of activity were it not for the fact that it tends to attract
people who have no real personalities of their own; these people
then /become/ their ficticious counterparts, and lose the ability
to relate to other human beings in any other way. It gets tedious
very fast.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: PROFESSOR           
Subject: TRS-80         
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:16:30
Message Number 14835

>You guys must be real computer nuts to make it work.
 
Well, kind of, I suppose. This system has a bunch of hardware attached
to it that isn't supposed to be seen on a lowly TRS-80...3.5" disk
drives and the like. It's kind of a nuisance sometimes, but hey, it
beats an IBM any day.
 
Actually, if you want /real/ nostalgia, I have three ancient TRS-80
Model I's and an H-89 CP/M machine in my attic...and a genuine, honest-
to-God TTY machine. I should start a museum...
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From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: ST: The Old Gen
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:18:43
Message Number 14836

>Could Shatner have been that bad of a director?
 
Oh, yes, and much, much worse. Star Trek V wasn't really a movie, it
was just acetate evidence that Nimoy is a much better director than
ol' Bill "Hamitup" Shatner.
 
>Could Shatner have stayed the same since the Sixties?
 
Ever see an episode of "Rescue 911"?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:20:32
Message Number 14837

>You might scare Turtle off...
 
That's funny! I get it.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:21:31
Message Number 14838

>I won't dignify that with a response.
>          //The pissed-off Dragonfly//
 
Oh, come off it. You and I /both/ know SCA types who have no other life.
It's not universal by any means, but it does happen.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:22:57
Message Number 14839

>I doubt most people showing dogs are in it for the money.
 
I got news for you--my father was a professional breeder for about four
years in Nebraska, and you would be AMAZED how much money there is in
it. I defy you to show me a championship-level dog show where the top
prize is only a hundred bucks, and I defy you to buy me an AKC
registered puppy of any breed from a proven championship line for five
hundred. You are off by an order of magnitude in both cases. You are
also forgetting how much you can charge in stud fees from a champion
male. In my experience, I can state with assurance that (a) there is
a bushel of money to be made in raising and showing dogs and (b) most
of the people I have met who are in that business are doing it for the
money, not because they love running around in little circles with
four-legged animals in some Godforsaken place under hundred-and-ten-
degree heat.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/09/91 17:27:06
Message Number 14840

>Do you want me to invest in some whips and bring them too?
 
Not to /my/ house! Kelly is dangerous enough as it is, thank you very
much, and I know how she gets around whips. You bring one over here, you
won't keep it for very long.
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From: OPUS                
To: SHANDRA             
Subject: Umm...         
Date & Time: 04/09/91 18:54:02
Message Number 14841

     "Uhhh.... Trog Wars???  Never heard of 'em", replies I, "Gee, a 
hospital huh?  Do you really think I'm that bad?"
 
     I stand still, rather baffled for a minute or two, "Did you say
Trogs?", asks I, "I remeber the Trogs, but the war over, it has just
begun!  I think I'm supposed to be reporting for duty now", with that I
begin briskly walk towards the door.
 
     As I'm about to leave the den I turn, "You wanted to take me 
somewhere??  Well I supposes we better go then, shall we?"
 
			
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From: ROBERT              
To: KYARA TOKYO         
Subject: Hmm..well      
Date & Time: 04/09/91 19:20:20
Message Number 14842

"I see," Robert replies as he counters Kyara's move, queen's knight to
bishop's three. "An' might you be suggesting that we play for the sexual
favors of the other, then? 'Ow splendidly droll! Would you be hoping to
win, or to lose?" He laughs and indicates the chessboard with a
sweep of his hand. "An' is that to be all, then, or do you care to
make this wager a little more interesting?"
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: TURTLE              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/09/91 20:23:16
Message Number 14843

       Well, fine...be that way, I mean, geesh, don't be so anal repuls-
ive!  Just because I am a 'HEAVY' sleeper to the point of where only one
thing (HEHEHE) can wake me up, doesn't mean anything.  Anyways, I am 
used to making that '/S' whenever I am on a system.  Blah, Well, if you
feel that you have to tell everyone about me being a heavy sleeper, then
maybe some people would be interested in the way that you snore, or all
of your sex toys, or that one time when you kept tyler and some others
up all night due to the fact that there was too much noise to go to slee
p!  Hah!  Well, then be that way! :)  I don't mind, I like to hear of 
how obnoxious I am when I am asleep, anyway!  ::snicker::  
 
 
        /! Death Fennec -- ;>
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From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/09/91 20:30:30
Message Number 14844

      Well, I am not a devil, (all that much!) And it just so happens
that I know that you are married.  I mean, hey, you don't have to be 
single to have someone be flurtatious towards you! ;>
 
 
      /! Death Fennec -- ;>
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 20:32:58
Message Number 14845

       Well, Crystal kinda told me who you are, and not that I don't 
know you or anything, because we have met several times, and sat at 
Ken Sables house talking about infinate numerals and stuff, 'cause we
are pretty good friends.  I just didn't know who the heck //Dragonfly//
was...And I didn't seem to recognize the way that you spoke, due to the
fact that we usually talk about something that is infinate.  Soooooo, 
anyways, what is new with you?  Anything exciting happen to you since 
last we met?  :)
 
 
 
       /! Death Fennec -- ;>
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From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Lori           
Date & Time: 04/09/91 20:47:22
Message Number 14846

Lori?  I'd be *happy* to speak with her...when?
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: :>             
Date & Time: 04/09/91 20:52:30
Message Number 14847

Thank you... *cough*
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 20:53:11
Message Number 14848

DF 2 DF>  :SMOOCH!
 
TS> [Typical response]
 
CPU>Dahlin, Fennec and I are taking a vacation to Key West.  Wanna
CPU>come along?
 
Separate rooms.  Separate cabs.  Separate plans.
Sure...you payin' my way?
 
 
[You're makin' me ner...Ah say, NERVOUS, boy.]
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From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/09/91 20:57:08
Message Number 14849

DF>[On religion in school]
 
Wake me up when he's through...
 
DF>I'll get up my soap box, now.
 
PSST!  He's through...
 
Mmmm? Oh, yesh...smak smak...  Hmm...lessee...religion should be left
for higher institutions.  As an elective thing.  Not everyone has a 
burning desire to learn these things, and the more subtle aspects of
religion's effects on history and humanity in general could be taught
much better to a more mature individual...keep in mind that your average
high school student could care less about how Confusionism (SP?) 
affected trade with China or even the price of tea....
 
I think that this was discussed before, wasn't it?
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/09/91 21:00:47
Message Number 14850

Dogs suck.  They are loud, smelly, overbearing, and they eat too much.
Cats are far superior pets to dogs.  (Not that I said 'pets'.  As 
security, they aren't worth much.  As a matter of fact, unless you count
thier esthetic value, they aren't worth a whole lot for anything.  But
they still beat dogs all hollow.)
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/09/91 21:11:17
Message Number 14851

SA>...er, well, other things too.
 
SS>Maybe so but I don't thing that an Army sargeant [SP!] would try 
SS>/that/ with a new recruit.
 
[SP! Sergeant]  As a matter of fact, that is not exactly true...it has
been proven it happens.  Usually, the trainee trys to seduce the 
SGT to get favors, like passing scores on tests, or better treatment
during training...or whatever.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/09/91 21:14:01
Message Number 14852

DF> I assume you're opposed to my position.  Why?
 
SS>I'm against anyone preaching about religion.  Let's just say I've had
SS>a bad experience with ultra-religious folks.
 
(You mean, FREAKS.)  As a matter of fact, Scot was involved with the
Religious Fanatics from Church of the Cross.  (RFCC).
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From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TAMPA               
Subject: Eh?            
Date & Time: 04/09/91 21:24:23
Message Number 14853

  I can't help but overhear the conversation between Tampa and Shandra,
and my ears perk up when I hear the Sword Arm of God coalition 
mentioned.  I tear my eyes away from Bunny (which I have already named
her in my head) and turn to those two.
  "Excuse me," I say in my most courteous manner, "I couldn't help but
overhear.  Did you say that there was an Anti-Morph gang somewhere in
the area?"
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 01:19:23
Message Number 14854

        Well, if you have something that you feel is sick, then why dont
you tell me the same thing?  Is it something that you feel that you have
to write to someone else?  or what?  Well, Anyways, I don't think that U
have to be obnoxious to the point of caring what others may say, I mean,
'STICKS AND STONES, DUDE!'
 
 
        /! Death Fennec -- ;>
 
    Oh, P.S.
 
        ::SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH !!!:: ;>
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/10/91 01:24:43
Message Number 14855

     And when people sit on soapboxes for an extended period of time!
 
       /! Death Fennec -- ;>
 
        ::Smooch:
===========

From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 01:28:53
Message Number 14856

T> I like that! On the SCA, though, I always thought that it was for
people with no lives of their own...silly me. :P
 
 
     HAH, that's good, although makin' fun of other's when they may 
believe in certain things, well, isn't all that nice, BUT I LIKE THAT!
   :)
 
 
      /! Death Fennec -- ;>
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From: DEATH FENNEC        
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 01:35:19
Message Number 14857

     Raggin' on the SCA is not all that nice, and Dragonfly is cool, so
what if he is in the SCA?, I mean, hell, what about us 'Furries'?  I am
one, and so is turtle, etc, but you don't seem to say anything about us.
Why is this?  If someone has something to say, then why don't you just
say it.  (knowing that I shall be ragged on, now.)
 
      /! Death Fennec -- ;>
 
       p.s.
Being a furry has brought some intersting things into my life, and I do
have a life!  And so does Dragonfly...
 
 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/10/91 02:56:45
Message Number 14859

DF> :: Smooch:::
  
My, aren't we the friendly type?
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 02:58:21
Message Number 14860

I don't have a problem, it just teed me off that Dragonfly decided to 
preach.  I just care to hear that.  It have nothing to do with him. 
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From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/10/91 08:39:16
Message Number 14863

SS> I'm against anyone preaching about religion. Let's just say I've
SS> had a bad experience with ultra-religious folks.
     
   Okay. Several questions for you:
      1. Has your experience been so bad that you would ban the mention
         of religion in the public schools?
      2. Has your experience with ONE religious group so completely
         turned you off of ALL religions?
      3. Do you want to share that experience?
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 08:42:22
Message Number 14864

DF>...shut up boring people...
   
SS> Like you.
     
I had that coming to me...
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 08:44:01
Message Number 14865

T> It would be an interesting sort of activity were it not for the
T> fact that it tends to attract people who have no real personalities
T> of their own... It gets tedious very fast.
    
   True. It also tends to attract the power-hungry (remember: we're 
acting out an absolute monarchy), and 'stick-jocks,' people who are 
interested only in fighting.
   
   But, I've found enough interesting people in the Society that it
hasn't gotten tedious for me, yet.  Every large group has its boring
people.  (At one chess club, a person told me that he lives, eats, and
breathes chess: that chess was his life.) So what? As long as there's
enough interest for you, stick with it. If not, drop out.
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 08:51:14
Message Number 14866

T> You and I /both/ know SCA type who have no other life. It's not
T> universal by any means, but it does happen.
     
   Thank you.  My point exactly.  You were implying before that it was
universal.
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 08:55:53
Message Number 14867

DeFe> Soooooo, anyways, what is new with you?  Anything exciting 
DeFe> happen to you since last we met?
     
   Well, since last we met, I broke up with my girlfriend (we had been
together for nearly 3 1/2 years); I was in a play, most of the reporting
of which was about the loud protestors; my plans for the summer have 
completely disappeared; and I've managed to get every single living
person on my mother's side of the family angry at me for varying 
reasons. In other words... not much, what's new with you?
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 09:02:47
Message Number 14868

CPU>Dahling, Fennec and I are taking a vacation to Key West. Wanna
CPU>come along?
   
TS> Separate rooms.  Separate cabs.  Separate plans...
TS> [You're makin' me ner...Ah say, NERVOUS, boy.]
    
(Quickly slapping Saavik's spiked collar around The Specialist's
 wrist...) I just enjoy pulling your chain.
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/10/91 09:05:33
Message Number 14869

TS> ...and the more subtle aspects of religion's effects on history...
    
   More subtle aspects? You call wars through history 'more subtle
aspects'? Sheesh, man! What do you call a major aspect of history?
(And, please. Don't say wars haven't been fought for religious reasons.)
    
TS> ...keep in mind that your average high school student could care
TS> less how Confusionism (SP?) affected trade with China or even the
TS> price of tea....
     
   Could they care less why a large number of people came to the United
States?  Well... I suppose they could.  (I know I slept through my U.S.
History course.)  Could they care less about the Crusades?  Well, I 
guess so.  (Ditto for World History.)
    
   Can I take your position to be the 'No religion in the public 
schools,' then?
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 09:14:40
Message Number 14870

   I won't argue in matters of taste. (But I'm allergic to cats.)
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: DRAGONFLY           
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 09:18:12
Message Number 14871

SS> ...it's just that Dragonfly decided to preach.
    
   Well, I DID get off my soapbox. (Finally...)
   
SS> I just care to hear that.
    
   Hee hee hee? If you care to hear that, I'll send you the 
"Complete Dragonfly," which includes copies of all of my soapbox
speeches on every topic from government to sports. It even includes
a whole section on religion! Just $29.95...
                        //Dragonfly//
===========

From: SHANDRA             
To: ALL CONCERNED       
Subject: Well...        
Date & Time: 04/10/91 14:32:53
Message Number 14872

"Whoa, hold on, wait a minute. What's your name, do you remember that
much?" I ask the confused morph. Do you know where you are and how you
got here?" Damn, the only available information is locked up in a
confused morph's brain and he isn't helping too much. "I don't know,"
I say in response to a question from behind me. "This character here
looks a lot like he was the recent victim of some sort of racist
organization, but it doesn't make any sense. The Sword and Arm of God
doesn't operate this far south, and I'm not aware of any other large
organizations in this area. Besides, it doesn't feel right, somehow.
Why didn't they kill him? Why hack off his tail and then patch it up?
The S.A.G. people almost always take some sort of souvineer from thier
victims, but they aren't noted for their compassion." I shrug. "Lot of
things don't add up here. I think this guy needs a hospital, though.
Evidence of head trauma, possible concussion, I don't know."
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/10/91 15:53:44
Message Number 14874

In response to your questionaire:
  1.  No, just make them teach it right, not bullshit. 
  2.  Yes.
  3.  No. 
===========

From: SCOTT STEEL         
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 15:58:21
Message Number 14875

DF> ...If you care..
  
I don't. 
 
DF> ..to hear that, I'll send you the "Complete Dragonfly" which include
DF> copies of all of my soapbox speeches on every topic...
  
Well, only you could even come up with something as totally useless and 
boring as that.  Assuming, of course, that it /di/ exist.  (Which I 
don't believe it does.)
===========

From: KYARA TOKYO         
To: ROBERT              
Subject: Hmm..well      
Date & Time: 04/10/91 16:20:10
Message Number 14877

Kyara notes Robert's move and listens to his question,"An' is that to be
all, then, or do you care to make this wager a little more interesting?"
  She begins first by moving her queen's knight to queen's bishop three,
and says, "As far as playing for ..er,..sexual favors is conerned, 
that's the idea, but how do you suggst making this wager more 
interesting?  Isn't the idea of having me, win or lose, interesting 
enough?  By the way, I have no intentions of losing this game."  She 
smiles. 
  
  She continues to eat her steak while waiting for Robert to make his
next move.  She begins to fantasize about him, but is interrupted by 
Robert moving /his/ queen's knight to queen's bishop's three.  She 
boldy advances her king's bishop to queen's bishop five and finishes 
off her breakfast.  Kyara waves over the barmaid to take her plate. 
Robert then moves his king's bishop to queen's bishop's five also.
Kyara starts to wonder how lond he's going to continue to match her 
move for move.  As it stands now, both sides are a mirror image of the 
other.  She decides to move her queen's pawn forward one and says, 
"Well, your idea to spicen it up a little?", she smiles provocatively 
at Robert. 
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 18:09:13
Message Number 14878

DF>Is it something that you feel that you have to write to someone
DF>else?
  
No, I can write it to all.  Which all can read my posts, it was simply
that I replied to DF.  
 
DF>::SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!!::  
 
You're a strange one.  Very strange.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything 2 add?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 18:16:38
Message Number 14879

DF>...Key West...
 
TS>Separte[ly]...sure.
TS>...NERVOUS...
 
DF>(Slaps spiked collar around TS wrists)  I enjoy pulling your chain.
 
Well, (removes collar, burns it and scatters ashes) STOP IT!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Anything butSex
Date & Time: 04/10/91 18:19:13
Message Number 14880

What are school librarys for?  If a student wants to do further reading
on religion, then he is welcome to go to the library and look up w
whatever religious information he wants.  Yes, religion has played 
major roles in wars, to be certain.  Just make reference to the 
religion, and if the student wants to look it up for himself, then
have the reference material ready.
 
DF>Can I take you position to be the 'No religion in the public
DF> schools', then?
 
No.  And yes.  If they want to learn it, they will.  On thier own 
time.  Shouldn't have to waste time learning the finer points of
all religions.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 18:22:23
Message Number 14881

DF>(But I'm allergic to cats.)
 
Ah, wow.  That's really a shame.  
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SHANDRA             
Subject: Well...        
Date & Time: 04/10/91 18:31:20
Message Number 14882

  I ponder what was said to me, and I say, "Well, it seems that he
wanted to talk, that is before I asked him to be quiet.  Maybe I can
help."  I get up and walk over to the little morph.
  "Hey, fella.  I didn't catch that name.  And where did you say 
you were from?"
===========

From: OPUS                
To: SHANDRA             
Subject: Hmm...         
Date & Time: 04/10/91 18:40:44
Message Number 14883

    Upon seeing that all eyes are turned upon me, I begin to panic.
 
	    I suddenly turn towards the entrance/exit and scamper towards it 
screaming, "No mamma, don't go in ma!".  The result being a crash with
a gentelmen in a BRIGHT white unifrom walking in.  "Excuse me", I mutter
as I get up from on top of the fellow and return to the group that 
was talking to me.
 
	    "Kheblan, the names Kheblan, you can call me Kheblan", I murmer.  
 
    "Well I beleive we were talking about someone getting attacked, oh m
y is there more viloence around here, if so maybe I ought to leave."
 
 
[-Author Note-] [-Charecter Description (Finally.)  Kheblan is a short
Fox Morph, Approximately 5' 6", and about 120lbs.  He suffers from
breif memory slips as a result of the traumas he's undergone in the
recent past.  He has a light brown (tan I suppose) coat, and is human
in appearence except for his coat, and tail, errr should I say was-there
-but-its-not-anymore-tail.  He Carriees no weapons or equipment, as a
matter of fact his only apparent belongings are the tattered shirt and 
pants that he is wearing.  His furs is uncombed, but appears to have
been washed lately, though it does have the odor of Seawater.  His face
is extremely human-like, just a little hairy, it is apparent that he was
well-shaven but now there appears to be a month or so's worth of wiskers
on his face (so my hair grows slow, oh well.)  And that's it for now. -]
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: votes on handle
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:22:30
Message Number 14885

The fifth Star Trek film was "different". But I liked it, I don't care 
what the critics say. Shatner (as a director) is no Nimoy but I didn't 
think he did such a bad job. But then again, I love ST so much, I would
have liked it even if it had been a complete bomb.  I think maybe the 
"critics" expected more, and were disappointed. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:29:19
Message Number 14886

DF>(on bringing the chain leads) You might scare Turtle off from EVER 
   having another con in his house..... 
  
I dunno about that. It might bring back his "fond" (heheh) memories of 
showing dogs.   
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:31:32
Message Number 14887

SCA sounds like a lot of fun. A good way to escape the doldrum and 
slip into "fantasy mode".  I used to act in plays and musicals when I 
was a teen......, it was a lot for the same reasons..., to escape 
reality for a little while. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: :>             
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:33:34
Message Number 14888

I've never heard a Dragonfly purr, but I have heard them *buzz*. :)
Thanks for the smooch!!!! 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:35:16
Message Number 14889

Some people do make a living off of dog shows. They use them as a tool 
to advertise their Kennels. They rake in stud fees and puppy sales. 
And if you really get into the "big time", Westminster, for instance, 
then you can see some real bucks. All in all, though, I think most 
people do it because they like it and it keeps them busy..... plus, 
if they own a kennel, they can write off mucho expenses on taxes. 
Did you read about the woman, a few years back, who had her dogs 
impounded in Sarasota at a dog show? She had something like 72 poodles 
in her van. Geesh!!!! 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:39:24
Message Number 14890

DF> The "no bark" collar sounds like a fun and interesting way to shut 
    up boring people....... 
  
The hard part is convincing them to put it on. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Star Trek IV   
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:40:51
Message Number 14891

SS>There were too many variables for such an accurate arrival each time.
  
It was in the script, Steel!!!! Besides, you forget. They had Spock on 
board. :)
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Chains & whips 
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:42:34
Message Number 14892

SS> Do you want me to invest in some whips and bring them too? 
  
Naw, I'll just swipe one of the buggy whips from my sister's tack room
and haul along the "no bark" collar. /////He who screams first, gets
zapped\\\\\
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Smart or Chain?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:46:10
Message Number 14893

T>( on the no bark collar) I can see where it might be good for small 
   children. 
 
Actually, they're better on "big Bad boys". Shuts them up, ....real fast
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Life (sigh)    
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:47:57
Message Number 14894

The SCA reminds me of some "mime and acting" groups I've known. They 
do the same thing. They are so busy "acting" all the time, they can't 
be themselves...... they are Never serious.., it's like talking 
to Ronald McDonald. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Whips and chain
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:51:35
Message Number 14895

Hehehe. Now I know what to get Kelly for her birthday. Ask her what 
color whip she prefers.........
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: ??:)           
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:54:02
Message Number 14896

DF>You don't have to be single to have someone be flirtatious towards 
   you! 
 
Don't I know it! Wouldn't life be boring if marriage meant that the only
thing you had to look forward to was a tax break????   
  
Like I said, I'm married, I'm NOT dead. 
===========

From: SAAVIK              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Smart 1 or Amy?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 19:57:20
Message Number 14897

Yep, Dogs are loud, smelly, overbearing and they DO eat too much. But 
they are also ( for the most part) loyal, loving, tolerant, and 
protective. My Doberman (her name is Saavik) is only 7 months old. 
She's a big lug, she drinks water and slings it all over you, she wakes
me up in the middle of the night by jumping on the bed and laying 
across me, she steals socks and takes them outside, she drags sand in 
the house...... but she truly adores my family and she'd fight anyone 
who tried to harm them to the death. No One will ever enter my yard 
with intent to harm my family or property as long as she is patroling. 
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: DEATH FENNEC        
Subject: !!:>           
Date & Time: 04/10/91 23:04:38
Message Number 14898

>...I mean, geesh, don't be so anal repulsive!
 
I'm never anal-repulsive. Well, except maybe when I'm doing page layout,
but Rufus at least appreciates that...ask him about working on his
traditionalist underground magazine. ("Hey, you're not really using a
magnifying glass on the monitor...")
 
When did I keep Tyler & co. up because it was too noisy to sleep? I thin
you're hallucinating again... (snicker)
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Lori           
Date & Time: 04/10/91 23:07:57
Message Number 14899

>I'd be *happy* to speak with her...when?
 
Good question. Um...her schedule looks like something out of Dante, but
I'll try to work out a mutual get-together and letcha know.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Smart 1 or Cat?
Date & Time: 04/10/91 23:09:32
Message Number 14900

>But [cats] still beat dogs all hollow.
 
Bravo! Well spoken.
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