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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System)  Mike Day System operator
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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20 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*
21 Csan it be that I am at the top? YES! It's true!
22 Emu:( a chair, yes.): Thank you for your support. I agree. Where i come from
23 there are flying lizards. We use the meat for food, as we surely could NOT
24 eat another intelligent being, a~d all 
25 the animals are as intelligent or more so than I. We use the lizard skin in place of leather. Once again Thank you
26 for your support. I really appreciate it!
27 Dante: Ah yes, your Earthly Bible. But surely you must realize txat i and my frinds
28 are most definitely NOT from this dimension. We are from The Wizard's World (tm.). Our bible goes a little 
29 differently saying that God created the humans and txe animals, that some but not all weould be like himself. But first 
30 God created the insects, and the Lizards. And then God created the Plated Folk,which I think was a mistake. That's just 
31 the way it is. Ok? PLEASE DANTE! Let's not be enemies! Let'S be PEOPLE who go to the Inn to talk. That'S all! It 
32 doesn'T matter thhat I have whiskers thatgrow sideways instead of down, paws instead of palms, and a fur coat instead of 
33 skin, but I'm still a PERSON for it! Right, all?????
34 Zancresta the ferret!
35 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*""*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*
36 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
37 ARGH!  Sentenced to
38 22 colums!  It was
39 bad enought when it
40 wraped twice.  Now 
41 it wraps *4* times!
42 Double ARGH! ARGH!
43  
44      Max...
45 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
46 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
47   The sound of our house is always full of the sound of footsteps.  The sound 
48 of running feet used to wake me.  The soft but firm footfalls os youth, end-
49 lessly echoing through our bedroom.  The bright morning sun pushed through the 
50 curtained window along with the winged song of the dawn birds.  Everything
51 seemed so fresh, so young.  And I thought the morning would late forever.
52   Now it is evening.  The small consistant footsteps are gone, faded with the
53 dying sun, now red and full with the trials of the day.  The wind that had in 
54 morning brought fresh breezes now hangs heavy, the curtain still.  The only
55 footsteps are my own, paceing back and forth across the wooden floor of the 
56 bedroom, the sharp sounds springing back like slaps.  Some times I look out at
57 the setting sun and loose myself in the floresent clouds.  Each time my muse
58 has been broken by the silence of the room.  Each time I begin to pace again,
59 the sound lapping at my feet.
60   I look around and see the small things that remind me of you, mentally
61 collecting them into my arms, like the pillow I sleep with at night, held 
62 tight to my chest.  I think about your words, the memory of their sound fills
63 the space between my footsteps, and I smile.  But only for a while.
64   I only hope that I can sleep, wrapped up with my pillow.  And that when I 
65 wake the morning will have returned, and that you will be with me.
66 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
67 99999999999999999999999999999999999999
68 MIKOYAN: READ LINE 8 & 9.  VERY IMPOR-
69 TANT. SO YOU UNDERSTAND. IT SAY THAT
70 THIS BILL BOARD "IS CURRENTLY OPEN
71 FOR USE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC". THAT
72 MEANS NOT ONLY FOR POETS, WRITERS,
73 PLAYWRIGHTS (FRUSTRATED OR NOT) BUT
74 PLAIN GENERAL PUBLIC.  PUBLIC MEANS
75 PEOPLE. IT INCLUDES EVERYBODY EVEN
76 NOBODY WHO OWN A PC REGARDLESS WHETHER
77 IT'S TOP-O-THE-LINE VAX OR BARGAIN
78 BASEMENT $29.95 TI 94A.ACCESS IS SUB-
79 JECT OF COURSE TO THE CENSORSHIP OF
80 THE SYSTEM OWNER.  IT IS KNOWN THAT
81 YOUR KIND CLASSIFY OTHER PEOPLE AS
82 NOT HUMAN BUT "GOYIM".  WHICH IS JUST
83 TOO BAD.  ANYWAY, SHALOM TO YOU TOO.
84 999999999999999999999999999999999999999
85 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="
86 All this talk about humans and animals is making my transistors twang. What
87 about me? I'm a poor innocent beta-Unit. 
88 I'm a first class genetic roboid duplicate and nobody cares about the machines!
89 Sure, save the whales but not the Beta-Units!
90 ="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=" Beta Unit "="="="="="="="="="="="="="
91 THIS IS A WEIRD BOARD!
92 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
93 Don't you just love it tho'????
94 /\/\/Luingil/\/(Warsarefun!)/\/\
95 
96 WAR IS FUN????  WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT????  Does the killing of inocent people realy that neat.  Just makes you want to jump97 up and down for joy, 'yeah! they got one that was holding children! oh this is sooo great I can't stand it!!!' Personally it 
98 makes me ill to remember how sick humans are when they turn to war as the last answer.  I know everyone is backed by the
99 constitution to be able to say whatever they like, I am doing it now and this is my opinion: WAR SUCKS!  Even when it is all 
100 'in fun' and a game, it's sick sick sick.
101 Beta Unit: I care. Even though you can be replaced and all that, I care.
102 Max: 22 columns are getting you down?  Writing doubling over itself these days?  All I have to say is that 22 columns sure looks103 silly when you'r using a 132 column screen.  Everyone has a right to use whatever column they want; people should be able
104 to please themselves first, others later if they choose.
105 
106 
107 ????? The Doctor ?????
108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
109 DARWIN(REUTER)
110      VORACIOUS TOADS THE SIZE OF DINNER PLATES ARE HITCHHIKING ACROSS NORTH-
111 ERN AUSTRALIA, GOBBLING UP WILDLIFE.
112      THE QUEENSLAND CANE TOAD (BUFO MARINUS) WHICH LOCALS SAY EATS ALMOST
113 ANYTHING IN ITS PATH, EVEN LIGHTED CIGARETTES, IS MOVING WEST RAPIDLY. SOME
114 HAVE BEEN FOUND TRAVELLING ON VEGETABLE TRUCKS.
115      NORTHERN TERRITORY CONSERVATION MINISTER IS SENDING TO GARAGES, MOTELS
116 AND PUBS "WANTED POSTERS" DEPECTING THE UGLY AMPHIBIAN AND WARNING DRIVERS
117 TO CHECK THEIR VEHICLES FOR STOWAWAYS.
118      THE TOAD, SUSPECTED OF BEING INTRODUCED INTO NORTHERN QUEENSLAND BY
119 FOLLOWERS OF THE RAJNEESHEE SECT, NOW HAS BECOME A MAJOR PEST, PROTECTED
120 FROM PREDATORS BY ITS POISONOUS SKIN.
121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
122 %*%*%*%*%*%*%*% MUDGE %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%
123 AH NO! Not me 'ome! Not Australia! NO!
124 It'S all a big mistake!
125 %*%*%*%*%*%*%*% MUDGE %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%
126 )(    )(    )(    )(    )(    )(    )(    )(   )(   )(   )(  )(  )(  )( )( )()(
127 I have just spent about 20 minutes trying to find something on one of the
128 drives here.  All that time WASTED!  Sure I tried the 'FI' command.  But did
129 it work?  NO!!!  the first line BWMS comes to that is 128 it will print that
130 one out instead of what I'm trying to find!!  THAT SUCKS!!  What are we going
131 to do, tell all of the people that use 128 columns to take a hike?  We try
132 not to get angry at poeple for using 128 columns, before I saw nothing wrong
133 with it, but now that something like this has happened I am a little angry.
134 I'M PISSED OFF!!!  I can't believe that something like this even happens in
135 the first place, this is supposed to be the BEST!  Doubts are forming in my
136 mind and this time I believe them!  TERRIBLE!
137 )(    )(    )(    )(    )(    )(    )(    )(   )(   )(   )(  )(  )(  )( )( )(
138 To above:
139 Did you ever wonder why the system says "ILLEGAL PARAMETER" when you give
140 the command "ma 128"?  For good reason, as you discovered it does indeed
141 mess up the FI and FA commands.  But the parameter is allowed because there
142 might be some time when it is necessary to have a line of 128 characters.
143 But that's why so many of us don't like that large a line.  If you really
144 need to have a long line, ma 127 will do almost as well (you could say that
145 it will do 127/128ths as well), and still not mess up the FI and FA.  Oh
146 yes, a system is no better than its users, so relax and enjoy.
147 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BOWSER
148 i agree!^
149 So do I!
150 And me!
151 And me!
152 ma 80
153 __________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::
154 Zanacresta (sp?):
155   Perhaps you do not realize that humans too often do not see beyond the
156 differences in each other and into the true self. You claim to want to have a
157 group of people treat a ferret like the same group would treat a fellow human
158 with differences; I hardly think that would be satisfactory. 
159 __________::::::::::__________::: The Jiz ///     ::::::::::__________::::::::
160 Jiz? Hahahahahaha. Do you have any idea what that means? Are you a
161 character on this board or are you a wet spot on somebody's sheet?
162 __________:::::::::::___________::::::::::::______________::::::::::::________
163 
164 HOW CLEVER!
165 
166 ()()()()()()()()()()()(ferret)()()()()()(mudge)()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
167 WE would all like to know if and when you might be going away for a nice long
168 vacation in the near future? You have managed to raise everyone's fur and 
169 your continual calling of the system is keeping other users from logging on.
170 If you take a look back at the previously saved lines, you will notice that
171 you account for a good percentage of the total use of the system! This
172 ferret/human debate brings this board to a new low. You probably are proud
173 of yourself. Share and share alike, right?
174 ()()()()()()()()()()()(mudge)()()()()()()()()()()()()(ferret)()()()()()()()()
175 
176 Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!
177 
178 SAME HERE, YEA!!!  stick to one person and enjoy other peoples company, not
179 just your own!
180 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=
181 TO THE PERSON WHO CARED:
182    Really? You care about a First Class roboid duplicating Beta Unit>? 
183 That makes me feel great! Thank you! Thank you!
184            BETA UNIT
185 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=
186 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/
187 Look, "99999", See the webs on my feet? I was born in oregon. The name is 
188 MiG. O.K.? Have I tried to stop people from being on this board recently?
189 like in the past 6 months? how would you know? Your continued references
190 are making me wonder just what kind of persicution complex you have. I think
191 I will go talk to my ex-so, and get that crap translated to something I can 
192 deal with in english.
193 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/
194 
195 HELP
196  HELP
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198    SERVICE THAT HAS ENTERED THE PC ENVIORNMENT THRU TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
199    FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 253-xxxx DAYS AND ASK FOR JOHN.
200 .......................................................................
201 Zancresta: The 'lizardskin' is still leather. Besides, I've visited places
202 where 'humans' and 'intelligent' animals shared the same territory. In many
203 of them, leather is produced from the skins of deceased people/animals. It
204 is usual to require the permission of the family to obtain the hide. 
205 Leather is VERY useful in a low-tech environment. Try thinking of a 
206 substitute. What would YOUR people do without lizardskin?
207 Dante: As far as I can tell, the 'animals' are refugees from The Alternate
208 World. They deserve our sympathy & understanding. They are refugees because
209 T.A.W. is now an AE line! (oh what a horrible fate for a storyboard)
210 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
211 ****************************************           THE UNNATURAL
212            *************
213 
214 
215 Yes this is the next best thing since peanut butter. It is the- pause great
216 suspence- Whales yes that is right sports fans Whales you know the things w
217 e kill to make candles. well I say since we are killing the fish to make 
218 electricy from dams. so why kill the whales? We dont need candles. I say we
219 get rid of both animals. 
220 
221 *************Tune In Next Week***************************For***************
222         Unfacing the Nation
223 ***********The Unnatural****************
224 
225 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"
226 All: Thank you for the great support and understanding! I really A
227 appreciated it!
228 To the "lizardskin" person: Yes. That is so, but we don't make the 
229 dead into coats or shoes! We use the skin from the flying lizards 
230 populate such parts of my world as the Bellwoods. Or the outer area 
231 of Malderpot. Or you can always nconjure one up, though it's more 
232 effort than going and catching a group of The Flying Lizards. 
233 Save txe Whales, but Nuke txe Plated Folk!
234 Zancresta the ferret!
235 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"
236 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
237     From Prometheus; Jubilee
238     The entry from the Bard a little higher on the disk was the
239 one thousandth entry from him.
240     We are offically at 1 kilo-bard now!
241 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
242 
243 $#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
244 
245 
246 
247 *******************************************************************************
248 "Who is John Galt?"
249 Sitting at her desk, watching the world thru the streaked windows of her office
250 she saw the people running around like ants on a hot tailpipe.  No green at all,
251 just concrete and steel jetting up against the skyline.  A pidgeon was the only
252 sign of animal life, darn rat with wings.  The sky was grey, not from clouds but
253 smog think and heavy covering every building, car and human and of course pigeon
254 with a fine dirty powder.  The radio cackled a forecast "More hot weather ccom-
255 ming folks, if I were you, I'd be camping out under the nearest sprinkler." The
256 weatherman tried to keep a lift in his voice, but was unable to completly conc-
257 ceal his despair.  "Tommorrow will mark a record 176 days without rain, today
258 tied a record set back in 1965."
259 
260 the report didn't touch the woman, she just blocked it out turning instead
261 to the stack of paperwork on her desk.  The phone buzzed, she picked it up
262 and set it on her shoulder mumbling "What's up Trudy?"  The voice on the other
263 end connected her to someone she really didn't want to talk to.
264 
265 A man's voice bellowed thru the line, demanding and intimidating "We need that
266 shipment now! Weve been backordered for months!  If you can't produce results
267 now, we will simply find another manufacturer...."  She listened halfheartdly
268 offeringan occasional grunt to let the man know their was someone who was 
269 actually listening to him.  She finished the conversttion by promising to meet
270 right away with production management and get back to him with the "real"
271 reason for the delay.
272 
273 She hung up the phone, knowing full well the extent of her problem.  She knew
274 the delay was due to lack of funds, old machinery and personal problems.  Not
275 quite in that order.  The  temperture had been rising inside the plant as well
276 as out.  The corporation had just averted a labor strike and was now bent on
277 reducing the drug abuse problem.  Workers were protesting loudly about required
278 testing of urine samples.  Airconditioning had been shut back to the legal
279 minimun to help save money.  Delapidated equiptment that had depreciated long
280 ago was giving up the ghost due to lack of proper maintence and heat.  And
281 of course the stockholder were pulling out in record number.
282 
283 Quite a bit for the executive to handle, she had taken the job a year ago,
284 a fresh faced kid out of Harvard.  Excited about the "challenge" that lay
285 ahead.
286 
287 So many questions to which the answers seemed obscure and unreachable.
288 ********************************************************************************
289 [/]
290 I hope this works this time.
291 New BBS 233-xxxx
292 Gazoo
293 
294 
295 hmmm, i called in at 0629. i guess it's trying to tell me that it's the 
296 end of the day for me.  good night!       hmmm, similarties already...
297 
298 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999
299 SUKHOI: BEIN?
300 TUPOLEV: BEING NATIVE IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF.
301          THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT/NOR YOUR CHOICE.
302           I'M HERE BY CHOICE; NOT BY CHANCE!
303 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999
304 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
305           Sometimes I reach inside 
306           To bring out a beautiful flower
307           And all I get
308           Is a handful of
309           Dried leaves
310 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
311                                                                    //.^
312                   He didn't realized how lucky he was:
313                       Some people sometimes get dog's you-know-what
314   //.^
315 +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
316 
317 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
318 Could someone tell me
319 what the above it
320 supposed to look like?
321  
322      Max...
323 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
324 HOW CLEVER!
325 Max, on my terminal screen there was nothing but a pause.  No blinks, no  
326 flashes, no nothing...
327 ????? The Doctor ?????
328  "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="
329 Max: Same here. Nothing at all save a long pause. Anybody need a Beta
330 Unit? I'm free for a while. but be warned. This offer may be canceled 
331 at any time. But if anybody cares about an android roboid duplicator please oh 
332 please contact me on this board! Please
333 bdcause I'd like to do SOMETHING! Ever since i duplicated Alex Rogan (the Last
334 Starfighter.....reme}ber me? I'm that duplicator who took the place of the 
335 Alex Rogan eartlhling!) I7ve had nothing
336 to do and I'm depressed. So could someone out there find somethi~g for a top-
337 notch Beta Unit to do!
338 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="BETA UNIT"="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=""
339 
340 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&''&''&''&'&&'&'&'&'&''&''&'&'&'&&'&'&'&'&'
341       To the beta unit, I can only bring myself to say this.  If you are
342 trying to be readable, realize how many punctuations you are using.  They
343 make you seem such a horrible twit, no wonder everyone thinks that you are
344 also Zancresta the Otter Twit.

345 &'&'&'&'&'&'&m&u&r&d&e&r&'&'&'&''c'o'n's'e'q'u'e'n't'i'a'l'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'

346 max: Whatever was there has been deleted. The line numbers go:
347 315...
348 390....
349 obviously, Mikey didn't approve of whatever it was.
350 ____________________________Leonard_______________________________________
351 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/
352 Max:I saw it, in 40 columns, it looked like it might be obsene, but I 
353 couldn't tell. 
354 Zero:I may be bopping on down to the library 3rd floor soon, shall I 
355 look up some things for you? [snicker]
356 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/
357 ***************************************************** The Unnatural ******
358     Lets get rid of a PEST.
359 
360 
361        I say we use Wasco county for a Nuclear Test area. That way we
362 could get rid of a pest.  The Rashneeshees.
363 I say we NUKE 'EM till they glow so that way they can be red at day 
364 and a Blue Glow at night. So I say we NUKE 'EM.
365 
366 ***************The Unnatural************
367 
368 
369 .......................................................................
370 John Gaunt was born in 1340, one of the seven descendants of Edward III
371 and Philippa of Hainault. He died in 1399, but not before  fathering
372 Henry IV in 1367. 
373 
374 Fresh faced from Harvard? Has anyone heard of anyone being fresh faced
375 after getting out of Harvard?
376 
377 Alex Rogan's Beta Unit perished when he crashed a truck into the enemy
378 space ship. Where does that leave our over-friendly Beta Unit now?
379 
380 Flying lizards. Is that anything like leapin' lizards?
381 
382                                           Observer from Another Galaxy
383 .......................................................................
384 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

385     and the summer is only one third over... and things are this bad... my...
386 observer from another galaxy... is the rogan beta unit blowing up at all...
387 like great balls of fire...

388 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

389 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="
390 To the person wxo called me a twit: I'm sorry about any problems if you 
391 see them.  They are mostly , i would guess, due to the fact that I'm
392 calling BW on a long-distance basis! I'm sorry if you see anything that 
393 implys me as a twit.  I hate the fact that they (otter and ferret)
394 started this lousy debate! it's driving my transistors crazy and it's
395 making my circuixs jumble!
396 Well all, I'm off to do some good deeds for someone. I only wish someone
397 would GIVE me some good deeds to do. I mean, look at me, a perfect copy 
398 (well, not exactly perfect, but semi-perfect.) of Alex Rogan.  He's
399 off saving the Universe and I'm bored. Got any jobs for a duplicator 
400 droid in inisfal?
401 Observer: i jumped out of the truck and ito the shadows where the camera
402 couldn't see me. I then got up and fixed the small problem in my chest/
403 stomach unit and then trodded down the road after the Mags(?) girl, I 
404 never caught up with her.  Too bad.
405 but I'm alive and kicking. Ow! Excuse me, a small mosquito just tried to
406 get some blood but it got some jolts instead. Bye now! keep the machine 
407 beta units xcoming!
408 Cistop Mikey: WHAT WAS THAT PICTURE? IT LOOKED LIKE A WOMAN UNDER A TREE
409 BY A FOUNTIN, BUT WITH A 9 INCH BLACK ANDWHITE T>V> AS A MONITOR I JUST
410 COULDN'T TELL. WHAT WAS IT?
411 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=BETA UNIT "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=
412 I THINK THIS BOARD IS DUMB
413 MR.DEATH
414 GUESS WHAT? WE'RE REAL HAPPY FOR YOU!
415 MR.LIFE
416 NEW BBS SYSTEM ON LINE NNED YOU For Fresh Input To Our BBS
417 CALL 775-xxxx now 24hour a day great public domain downloads
418 Thank you Gazoo
419 PS ITS Called Gazoo'S World and its great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
420 
421 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
422 TWITS TWITS TWITS... Why do they keep showing up? May I suggest that some-
423 one start a twit board just to get them off of our case...Also, how about
424 a few software changes that only alow the use of >70 columns (I know the
425 code is burned in ROM, drat!). Such a nice thought though...
426 ready
427 ch /ready/null/
428 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>dreaming onready
429 ^%^*(&& sorry, I keep hitting the wrong fng key               ^<+><+><+><+>
430 <+><+> p.sptalk hannibal
431 damn (excuse me please) fng keys! p.s mabey we need to get a few cats? 
432 I do believe that they do take care of rodant problems...I wonder what
433 they do to farrets??   <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> dan <+><+><+><+><+>
434 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&
435 yo, beta unit, i bet xur and wahtever is left of the Kodan Armada would take
436 you. that is, if alex, the real alex, doesn't kill you for what you did to his
437 girl. chuckle, snort, out and out laughter....
438 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&''&'&'&'&''&'&'&''&'&'&'&''&'&&''&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&
439 
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441 Nuke the gay whales for Jesus!!
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445 My heart is bleeding
446 and stains all my mind.
447 I need someone to enter in
448      and clean the stain
449        with the touch of kindness
450      would help so much
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452 You see my face
453 with its carefree smile
454 But you don't see my soul
455       it's crying a tear
456         a tear of helplessness
457       you could help so much
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459                       The actor acts
460                       to hide from the truth
461                       But will anyone see through the act
462                              and find the soul
463                              full of love and laughter
464                                             and tears.
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471 Beta Unit:  Hard practice will make you a Master-Beta...
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474 Observer:   John Galt who is he?           John Gaunt is of no interrest
475                                            to this story.  Oh, so you are
476                                            a graduate of Harvard to be 
477                                            such an expert?
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480 "Who is John Galt?"
481 The digital clock on her desk gave a raspy wheze signaling quiting time.
482 Quiting time for those whom work below following orders and taking home
483 a paycheck to nagging wives and snot nosed kids.
484 
485 She streched out her legs, placing them carefully on the top of her desk
486 as not to disturb the paper monsters that lay in wait.  Leaning back,
487 hands behind her head she closed her eyes and wished lightning would
488 strike.  Easy enough, no more problems except the small detail that
489 lighting in it's natural form doesn't strike inside.
490 
491 A voice brought her out of her self pity mode. "Clara, Ive got the info
492 you were asking about."  She looked up to see Wayne, standing by her desk
493 with a legal sized folder in hand.  In trying to regain her posture she
494 awoke the paper monster who flew the coupe.  Wayne bent down to help her
495 capture the flying devils as she straighten  her skirt and read over the
496 info provided.
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498 John Galt? Oh lord no! Not Ayn Rand stuff! (by the way, I haven't read
499 Atlas Shrugged, but I hope you aren't copying it....)
500 ...........................................................................
501 HIGH FLY THE NAZGUL, OH
502 Tune: Green Grow the Rushes, Oh!
503 
504 I'll sing you one, oh
505 High fly the Nazgul, oh
506 What is your one, oh
507 One for the One Ring, lord of all
508 That was destroyed by Frodo
509 
510 I'll sing you two, oh
511 High fly the Nazgul, oh
512 What is your two, oh
513 Two, two, the watchful towers
514 Guarding over Mordor
515 One for the One Ring, lord of all
516 That was destroyed by Frodo
517 
518 I'll sing you three, oh
519 High fly the Nazgul, oh
520 What is your three, oh
521 Three, three, the Elven rings
522 Two, two, the watchful towers
523 Guarding over Mordor
524 One for the One Ring, lord of all
525 That was destroyed by Frodo
526 
527 I'll sing you four, oh
528 High fly the Nazgul, oh
529 What is your four, oh
530 Four for the names of the hobbits brave
531 Three, three, the Elven rings
532 Two, two, the watchful towers
533 Guarding over Mordor
534 One for the One Ring, lord of all
535 That was destroyed by Frodo
536 
537 I'll sing you five, oh
538 High fly the Nazgul, oh
539 What is your five, oh
540 Five for the wizards of the west
541 (Etc.)
542 
543 I'll sing you six, oh
544 High fly the Nazgul, oh
545 What is your six, oh
546 Six for the names of Strider
547 (Etc.)
548 
549 I'll sing you seven, oh
550 High fly the Nazgul, oh
551 What is your seven, oh
552 Seven for the rings of the Dwarf lords
553 (Etc.)
554 
555 I'll sing you eight, oh
556 High fly the Nazgul, oh
557 What is your eight, oh
558 Eight for the battles of the Ring
559 (Etc.)
560 
561 I'll sing you nine, oh
562 High fly the Nazgul, oh
563 What is your nine, oh
564 Nine for the Nazgul riders
565 (Etc.)
566 
567 I'll sing you ten, oh
568 High fly the Nazgul, oh
569 What is your ten, oh
570 Ten for the Kings of Arnor
571 (Etc.)
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575 Perhaps trying to capture the mood of the story, but not a copy or a 
576 reasonable facsimile.
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579   The piper drained his glass as the bard finished his song.  The common
580 room of the inn was showing its warm and worn surfaces covered with
581 litter -- the debris of less than fully civil conversations.  The warm summer
582 evening entered through the thick wooden door, filtered through the rowan tree
583 outside the entrance, stroking the candle flames with gentle fingers to make
584 the light filling the inn tremble in the evening's gloom.  The piper looked
585 at the bard seating himself and applying the proper lubricant to a throat
586 dry from singing.
587   "What we need," the piper suddenly said, "is another tour."
588   Catching the startled look the bard flung, the piper continued.
589   "You know what I mean -- an outing, an excursion.  Oh, I know," he continued,
590 "that we're not disciplined enough for any sort of organized adventure, but
591 if we just set out to see some different part of reality, we end up in enough
592 trouble to satisfy anyone's lust for adventure."
593   He sat for a few moments rolling the ale mug between his palms.
594   "I long to hear the song of crystal birds tinkling through the prismatic
595 stillness of an enchanted forest, or the thunder of an abstract waterfall
596 of ideas leaping off a precipice of reason into an indefensible conclusion."
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599     "Steaming tendrills, and all that,"  Said the Former quite sternly.  After
600 a safe period, he laughed out loud.  Slowly he began to realize that only a few
601 people were also laughing.
602     The rest were going through the motions of thinking.  Rubbing their jaws
603 seriously, as if on the verge of screaming "Eureka" or something equally weird.
604     "I suppose one of us knows somewhere to go,"  Said someone non descript.
605     "I suppose.  But I don't think any of us wants to risk being wrong,"  Posed
606 the same non descript person from inside the shadows.
607     "No one minds a mistake when it is made with good intention, so tell us, do
608 you know somewhere interesting to both get to, and be?"  Asked the Former quite
609 sternly.  This time he did not burst into laughter afterwards.

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623          ------THE GAZOO-------
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628 DOCTOR:  Sorry about that.  I had just returned from the Westermark/An Tir War
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