
1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
2 ************************* INSTALLED: 17 SEP 86 **********************
3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System)  Mike Day System operator
4 ************************************************************
5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
6                     PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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19 
20 .................At the top !!!
21 ____09/17/86__________________JD 2446691.5231_________17:33:19_PDT_________
22 YET SECOUND IN LINE
23 I AM ALSO THE LAST..
24           the  KEEPER.
25 
26 `,`,`,`As close as always`,`,`,`,`
27 --------------------------------------
28 Welcome All story Writers!
29  
30 If you got a good story and would
31 like see it on The Underground Crue!
32 BBS, Call 659-xxxx, and leave me
33 [F]eedback! Only the best story's
34 well be on this system! Different
35 story's every week!
36 -------------------------------------
37 Dear Crue Sysop: Maybe I'll believe in the calibre of the stories on your board when I am convinced that there are more
38 boards on it than just e-mail and feedback.
39 ********3333****333**3 *******
40 
41 PARROT VICE RULES!!
42 
43 CHECK OUT THE ACTION ON THE BLUE PARROT
44 (253-xxxx)
45 
46 IT'S AS HOT AS THE STREET AND AS COOL AS THE NIGHT>
47 
48 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
49 
50 
51 ******** C.P. $001$  C.P. *************
52 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
53 Dear Crue Sysop: I'll believe you are a good judge
54 of story after you learn to pluralize it. And what 
55 is this about "If you got..." 
56 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
57 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
58    It is obvious that the first few hundred lines of this disk were placed
59 by people who enjoy perverting an otherwise friendly and nice place. I,
60 for one, am indignant about this. Gratuitous death and intimacy are
61 obnoxious. Pranks are just stupid. In both cases, they were rude.
62    Why did they place those things here? The Story Teller has put another
63 story up here. One in which the Cistop and a friend are murdered. He, or
64 she, used their names as characters, and then had them slaughtered.
65 Whoever it is that placed those two stories up, nurtures a hatred for this

66 system. Causing me to wonder why the Story Teller has stayed around for
67 these months.
68    The lines following that story were filled with congratulations for the
69 Story Teller, and a prank about the Piper. Understanding these lines is a
70 difficult task. Either the Story Teller wrote hundreds of lines of
71 commentary, or a central terminal was left open for using BackWater. At a
72 gathering of sorts.
73    Whatever the case, one thing is clear. The one way these people are
74 going to be found out, is the one way they can enjoy themselves. By
75 entering more lines. Leaving unwipable, very tracible clues. Which they
76 will do, over the space of time.
77    It's something to think about. Then again, it might be something you
78 want to completely forget.
79 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
80 ____09/18/86__________________JD 2446692.5886_________19:07:56_PDT_________
81 Look! Down on the ground! Is it a car? Is it a baleen? No, its
82 The Flash!                                                -DCC
83 
84 
85 
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87      So I'm filling the catsup bottles at the end of the night, and I'm
88 listening to the radio Mike has stuck up on top of the movable panel in the
89 ceiling, when the door opens and one of them walks in.  I know right away it's
90 one of them - no chance to make a mistake about that - even though it's got on
91 a nice-cut suit and a brim hat like Humphrey Bogart used to wear in
92 Casablanca.  But there's nobody with it, no professor from the college or
93 government men like on the TV show from the college or even any students. 
94 It's all alone.  And we're a long way out on the highway from the college.
95      It stands in the doorway, blinking a little, with rain dripping off its
96 hat.  Kathy, who's supposed to be cleaning the coffee machine behind the
97 counter freezes and stares with one hand still holding the used filter up in
98 the air like she's never going to move again.  Just then Mike calls out from
99 the kitchen, "Hey, Kathy, you ask anybody who won the trifecta?" and she
100 doesn't even answer him.  Just goes on staring with her mouth open like she's
101 thinking of screaming but forgot how.  And the old couple in the corner booth,
102 the only ones left from the crowd after the movie got out, stop chewing their
103 chocolate cream pie and stare, too.  Kathy closes her mouth and opens it
104 again, and a noise comes out like "Uh-errrgh. . . ."
105      Well, that made me annoyed.  Maybe she tried to say "ugh" and maybe she
106 didn't, but here it is standing in the doorway with rain falling around it in
107 little drops and we're staring like it's a clothes dummy and not a customer. 
108 So I think that's not right and maybe we're even making it feel a little bad. 
109 I wouldn't like Kathy staring at me like that, and I dry my hands on my towel
110 and go over.
111      "Yes, sir, can I help you?" I say.
112      "Table for one," it says, like Mike's was some nice steak house in town. 
113 But I suppose that's the kind of place the govenment people mostly take them
114 to.  And besides, its voice is polite and easy to understand, with a sort of
115 accent but not as bad as some we get from the college.  I can tell what it's
116 saying.  I lead him to a booth in the corner opposite the old couple, who come
117 in every Friday night and haven't left a tip yet.
118      He sits down slowly.  I notice he keeps his hands on his lap, but I can't
119 tell if that's because he doesn't know what to do with them or because he
120 thinks I won't want to see them.  But I've seen the closeups on TV - they
121 don't looks so weird to me like they do to some.  Mike says they make his
122 stomach turn, but I can't see it.  You'd think he'd of seen worse meat in
123 Vietnam.  He talks enough like he did, on and on, and sometimes we even
124 believe him.
125      I say, "Coffee, sir?"
126      He makes a sort of movement with his eyes.  I can't tell what the
127 movement means, but he says in that polite voice, "No, thank you.  I am unable
128 to drink coffee," and I think that's a good thing, because I suddenly remember
129 that Kathy's got the filter out.  But then he says, "May I have a green salad,
130 please?  With no dressing, please."
131 
132 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<NK<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
133      Hmmm...  NK:  Not bad.  Let us see some more.  
134                                                    M.W.
135 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
136 
137   NK :    Where have I heard that story before?
138 
139 .................... 9-19-86 .......... 14:57 ........... 138-4T .............
140 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
141 Mr. Day:  May I inquire as to why everything I enter -no matter what it pertains to-
142 is deleted?  I feel I have done nothing wrong,  my last message was even an apology
143 to everybody for continuing this stupid little game that 555 started.  I feel that
144 you are being extremely unfair to me for not letting me post.  At least let me take
145 this subject off of your board.  Let me tell 555 to move this discussion (if he wants
146 to continue) send my mail to me on Parrot (253-xxxx) so we can stop mis-using this 
147 fine board of yours, I myself would like to see BW back to the days of old without 
148 the many childish influences.  At least school has taken the "children" out for 
149 another 8 or 9 months.  After you read this could you delete this as it really has 
150 nothing to do with anybody else?  (Except possibly to tell 555 where to call)
151 
152 ch my/My
153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
154 /  /  /  /  /  /Wi/th/ol/di/ng/ c/om/me/nt/  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
155 /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /**/* /ST/AR/PA/TH/ */**/  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
156 ______09/19/86_____#0004.0___________p1
157 
158 
159 <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
160 LoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLove
161    Your love is like a butterfly, dancing across the leaden skies of my heart.  
162    You have to but grace me with your presence, and my world gleams with the love I 
163    feel for you.  My life can find no other suited to me, and you are who I am.
164 
165    Butterfly, dancing on the winds of whim and fancy, won't you light on my shoulder
166    and make my life complete?  I need your light,  and all things pale in comparison.
167    Yours is the truth and touch of gold that makes my heart sing when you are near 
168    and cry for you when away.  Won't you see what you do to me, and let it be? 
169 
170    I cry for want of you, and all I would do is exist in your warmth.  You are the 
171    differance between all things, and I need you.
172 
173                                  Lovelorn
174 
175 LoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLove
176 ____09/19/86__________________JD 2446693.6795_________21:18:53_PDT_________
177 ____09/19/86__________________JD 2446693.6800_________21:19:16_PDT_________
178 

179 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
180 BEEM...
181 
182 6060606......  ....g.g.gd..g.d.4r.6...
183 
184   L" Your love is like a butterfly, dancing across the leaden skies of my heart?^
185 sounds like a line from a country western song. I won't subject you to my 
186 opinions about country western songs. Lovelorn: try to tone the cliches. Love
187 is overrated and talked about entirely too much as it is. Let's not perpetuate 
188 this ridiculous mystique about the fulfillment of basic human lust. There is no
189 real love but self love, need for security, or lust. Humans are selfish 
190 creatures. Love is giving. Contradictions Ahoy!
191 
192 NK... LOVED! the beginning. Post more.
193 
194 the Lunatic
195 ::::::;:::::;:::::;:::::;::::;:::;
196 .-.-.-.-.happily.married.-.-.-.-.honeymoon?.-.I.Wish!!.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
197 And lunatics are so full of self-serving contradictory rhetoric that I find
198 it very difficult to keep my cookies. Humans are selfish creatures? When seen
199 through your eyes they are. Fortunately for the rest of us creatures, these
200 feelings of persecution and self-doubt you wear on your shoulder are not
201 shared. How dare you make such accusations. Your own moniker indicates a
202 lack of understanding and the absence of reality from your world. But does
203 that stop you from making gross generalizations of psycho-babble examinations
204 regarding human emotions.
205 A famous author once wrote, through the words of a great hero, 'There is no
206 such thing as a contradiction. If you find yourself in such a situation, check
207 your premises.'
208 I suggest, dear Lunatic, that you do so.
209 -------------------------------> Dagney <--------------------------------------
210 {+|+}  <210>  860920^1332
211 
212                 Woodie-Moscow!!!!
213 
214 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
215 EXPLOITED: PUNKS NOT DEAD!!!
216 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
217 
218 
219  Dok so ida telema di ick Woodie Moscow!
220  Del int calfic dishi nam?  Ich frax ible?
221  Ibble nine.....Woodie Moscow.
222 
223 
224 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
225 Oh,  now I'm really scared!  But anyway,  555: if you are going to continue to
226 make yourself look like a fool then do it someplace else.  I tire of this 
227 game.  Move it to Parrot and I might reply again,  otherwise I have lost 
228 interest in getting your blood all over my hands.  And what is thius "we" 
229 stuff all about??  Too scared to come alone?  That's the only possibility that
230 that I can see.  It's hard to believe that someone that is supposed to be
231 so "tough" is afraid of someone he's never met....  Rather amusing to me.
232 ENOUGH
233 Topic dropped.
234 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
235 
236 Well, I have been watching this thing all along and I find it funny that Darbon
237 Makes a big deal out of dropping the subject but then what does he do? He has to
238 get in his parting 'Tough guy' shots at this triple five jerk. If you are going 
239 to drop it Farbon, drop it, don't capitulate the overwhelming diopsis of your 
240 obviously subversive nature.  
241 
242 Everybody: What is the number of the Blue Parrot?
243 
244                        Lurking
245 
246 .............. 9-20-86 ........ 16:33 ........ 245-2T .............
247 Blue Parrot	:253-xxxx
248 ____09/20/86__________Leonard_JD 2446694.5737_________18:46:08_PDT_________
249 I know you're seven Eddie. I know you're seven.  But you'll be a seven year old 
250 walkin' the dog no house.....
251 
252 
253    ...Tis' not nice to plagiarise, even from Eddie Murphy.  Think 'yall'r
254 tough tough 'cause you can talk about violence?  Why take that to ANY board?
255 Who do you know who wants that crap on their board???  This is a STORY board,
256 rem
257 
258 oops...  Remember???  I hope so.  Get back on track...
259  
260 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * *
261  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * * *
262 :   Darbon, those of us normal Backwater users understand. It is not a loss of
263   face to go to the Parrot for this. Prowess, physical, doesn't matter to
264   most of us. It can all be forgotten in a few days. For one, I wish it was
265   forgotten now.            Imperion - WC Wasp    Bybee - The Trader Prince   :
266 
267 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
268    A consultant got a desparate call from a large company which develops dog 
269 food. "Help. Our dogs are getting fat." he is told. It turns out they run a 
270 large kennel with automatic feeding stations run by a Vax and the Vax was 
271 regularly crashing for reasons DEC couldn't figure out.
272    Sure enough, he showed up the first time just in the middle of a crash.
273 Pandemonium reigned as technicians ran around trying to reboot the system and 
274 the dogs were going wild because whenever the system crashed, all the food 
275 servers dumped the food.
276    Since they had had a PDP-11 recently with no problems, and they upgraded 
277 the power to handle the Vax, he started looking around at the power system. 
278 Sure enough, the cable went through one smart dog's cage. It had a broken 
279 sheath, so some simple Pavlovian conditioning had taught this dog that 
280 whenever he relieved himself on that one spot, he was fed.
281 %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`) %`)
282 
283 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
284 VOYEUR:   Message starting at 558 on drive B is not mine.  Hence, no Shatterday
285           connection.  After all, I do live out-of-state, a point overlooked
286           by an otherwise expert mimic.
287  
288 ALL: What?!? No comment on my entery on B??  I am saddened...
289  
290                                                            PEN NAME
291 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
292 p.s.  For all you know I could really be the expert mimic and that other guy
293 on line 558 is the real PEN NAME.  These border wars get tiring and confusing.
294 One last point is that Backwater was never created to be a writer's board.
295 Writers have just seemed to flock to it.  Personally, I have no gripes.
296                                                   (the real?) PEN NAME
297 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
298 
299 
300 What is going on here?
301 
302 
303 
304               WHO CARES?
305    
306 
307 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
308  I care, that's who.  Do you find yourself not caring on a regular basis?
309 I find that a hot bowl of lemon fat often helps.
310 
311 
312                       DOC
313 
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315 
316 
317 ____09/21/86__________________JD 2446695.3041_________12:18:10_PDT_________
318 

319 
320 
321 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
322 
323      A man in a light brown trench coat slowly opened the wooden door to
324 the darkened room.  Artificial light spilled in from the corridor behind
325 him forming a sharp silhouette about his figure.  He was tall, six feet
326 four maybe.  His coat collar was upturned and the fedora was at a downtilt
327 which hid his face in shadows.  He stood immobile, waiting expectantly with
328 right sleeve ending in a large pocket on the outside of the coat.
329      The camera could see all this despite the dimness of the unlighted
330 room.  A small man sat before a 6-inch screen and focused the camera on the
331 silhouette.  He could not tell that the vague form was wearing a light
332 brown trench coat or even that the fedora was dark brown; nor did he care. 
333 He only knew that this was his enemy.  This was the one man who the small
334 man wished forever absent.  This dark vague form was evil.  Slowly he
335 followed the right sleeve down the side of the screen until he noticed a
336 slight bulge in the pocket where it ended.  A weapon undoubtedly, only the
337 variety left him wondering.  It may have been a pistol, explosive or some
338 other new gadget.  It did not matter though.  Nothing would save his enemy
339 now.
340      The small bald man deliberately looked away from the screen as he
341 ushed the glowing red button on the console in which the screen was inset.
342  All the vague form's expertise could not save him from the blinding flash
343 and thunderous sound that ensued and he was incinerated.  The roar of the
344 explosion reached the small man's ears and he chuckled.
345      "It doesn't matter now, does it?" he spat.  The figure had disappeared
346 from the small screen and was replaced with minute dancing white and black
347 images accompanied by the pleasing sound of static.
348 
349 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^FEDORA^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
350 
351 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
352   NEVER "TRIP" WHILE RUNNING ACROSS A COW PASTURE.
353 
354 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * *
355  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * * * * *
356  
357   ...Got those Cilicybin blues, mama, everything's a ball...
358  
359 It's okay to trip, so long as you don't step in the meadow muffins...
360  
361 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * *
362  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * * * * *
363                                                        **
364                                        MEADOW MUFFIN  *  *
365                                                        **
366 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
367 G2                STOP        THIS            WAR        NOW     !!!!!
368 
369 These days Backwater seems like a house with all the children gone. *sigh*
370 
371 
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373 
374 
375 You don't spend time with the dog Eddie. The dog's so stupid he doesn't even
376 know his name.
377 
378 
379 
380 ******_____))))))((((((****&&&&^^^^^%%%%$$$$####@@@@QQQQQQ[[[[["""">>>>>>>>
381 gee......... how did you know???????????????
382 >>>>>>>>>>""""""[[[[[[!!!!!@@@@####$$$$%%%^^^^&&&**((())____]]]]]]~~~~~~
383  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * *
384   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * *
385  
386    You're just jealous 'cause you can't spend time with the dog.  It would
387 like you if you only quit making eyes at it...   555 quit your petty squabbles
388 and join the human race.  At least you will retain some face that way...
389  
390  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * *
391   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * *
392 ____09/22/86__________________JD 2446696.5492_________18:11:27_PDT_________
393 WHO CARES?
394 ------------------------------->>>><<<<---------------------------------
395 Hello,
396      Just moved to Portland and checking out the action
397 
398                              bye
399                                  JFK
400 ------------------------------->>>><<<<---------------------------------
401   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * *
402    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * * * * *
403  
404 This is NOT my best, but I want to post, and everything's buzy, so if you don't
405 like it, then say what you will, but tell me how to get better...
406  
407     The ocean tossed and rolled violently, mother nature's fury venting itself
408 at the bulk of mankind.  With nothing to watch the awesome display, a typhoon
409 had whipped itself up in the pacific.  Not ANY typhoon, this one evidenced
410 ite
411 itself only five minutes before it raged.  From within the typhoon, the 
412 swirling vortex of mist spun energies of vast and unchained proportions.  Then,
413 the typhoon exploded in a displat of force and energy.  From deep within the
414 planet, the sleeping god neptune rolled over...
415  
416      Struggling for atmosphere, klyr paddled as best he could, the ocean a 
417 vast empty tomb.  Clawing at the surface to stay afloat, klyrpondered how he 
418 arrived.  There was a hole in space, pulling him in, and then he was here.  It
419 does not matter, though.  14 hours later, the first intra-dimensional traveler
420 was not even floating...
421 
422 
423 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
424 
425 Anybody know of local BBS's that have adventure games (especially for
426 the commodore 64 or 128).  If not, how about games of any kind?
427 Leave a message for COBRA .
428 
429                 9/23/86  7:30 a.m.          COBRA
430 
431 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
432   
433 :   Mikey, I know it seems like a tough thing to do, but keep on with this.
434   We, you know us all, and who we are, appreciate your trouble. The time
435   you spend on that kind of crap. Feeling that someone has just taken
436   advantage of you in that way. Leaving messages like those that were above
437   this. Thanks for going to the trouble of operating the board. Please
438   remember how good it has been, and will be again.       Trader Prince   :
439 
440 ok...ok...ok...
441   i'll trade you for a frog....
442                ok...ok.... ok....
443 WHO CARES?
444 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-
445 TO :COBRA 
446 TRY 6560418/2816141/ANDTHIS HAS A BBS LIST/2398465
447 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=.
448 !"#$%&'()0{}|+-\ `~@*^[]=:;=<>?,./!"#$%&'(){}|+-\  `~@*^[]=:;=<>?,./!"#$$%
449  
450                         THE TYPEWRITER REVOLUTION
451 
452                        
453                         The typeriter is crating
454                         A revlootion in poetry
455                         Pishing back the frontears
456                         And apening up fresf feels
457                         Unherd of by Done or Bleak
458 
459                         Mine is a Swetish Maid
460                           Called FACIT
461                         Others are Olimpya or ARUSTOCART
462 R                        RAMINTONG or LOLITEVVI
463 
464                         TAB e or not TAB e
465                         i.e. the ?
466                         Tygirl tygirl burning bride
467                         Y, this is L
468                         Nor-my-outfit
469                         Anywan can od it
470                         U 2 can b a
471                         Tepot
472 
473                         C!  *** stares and /// strips
474                         Cloaca nd +-
475                         Farty-far keys to suckcess!
476                         A banus of +% for all futre poets!!
477                         LSD & $$$
478 
479                         The trypewiter is cretin
480                         a revultion in peotry
481                         " "All nem r =" "
482                         O how they # away
483                         @ UNDERWORDS and ALLIWETTIS 
484                             without a .
485 
486                         FACIT cry I!!
487                                                        D.J. ENRIGHT
488 
489 
490 Just thought I'd treat you to some real poetry.
491 
492 !"#$%&'()0{}|+-\@*^ `~[]=:;=,./<>?!"#$%&'(){}|+-\@*^ `~[]=:;=/,.<>?!"#$%&'      
493 ************ C.P. $002$ C.P. **********
494 WHO CARES?
495 
496 
497 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
498 
499 "In times of trouble... The best we can do is do our best."
500                         Benjamin Disraeli
501 
502  
503  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
504 |:0.445 after launch, a plume of black smoke burst from the side of the     |
505 | right-hand booster and was visible for about 12 seconds before            |
506 | disappearing. It was near a joint sealed by a pair of rubber O-rings      |
507 | intended to prevent hot gases from escaping from between two segments of
508 | the booster.                                                              |
509 |:58 seconds, smoke appeared on the side of the right-hand booster near a   |
510 | strut that attached it to the external liquid fuel tank.                  |
511 |:59.249 seconds, an intense plume of flame appeared in this area, and the  
512 | chamber pressure in the booster rocket started to fall. Because of the    |
513 | pressure difference, the left-hand booster had more power and began       |
514 | tugging the shuttle slightly off course.                                  |
515 |:62.484 seconds, the shuttle's computers tried to compensate for the       |
516 | difference by moving the right wing flap. Mizell said the flap was moved  |
517 | so abruptly that it created a "spike" in radio data, indicating that the  |
518 | flame must have broken through the right-hand booster in explosive fashion|
519 |:63.924 seconds and at 65.524 seconds, the computers directed first the    |
520 | right-hand main engine nozzle and then the left-hand main engine nozzle to|
521 | swivel to try to compensate for the off-course motion. Mizell said this   |
522 | subjected Challenger to an up-and-down motion "like a porpoise moving     |
523 | through water."                                                           |
524 |:66.174 seconds, bright spots and then a large glow appeared on the side   |
525 | of the right-hand booster.                                                |
526 |:67.684 seconds, pressure dropped in the oxygen tank that fed the system   |
527 | of small jet thrusters that steer the shuttle, indicating that one or more|
528 | of the jets were firing to try to keep Challenger on course.              |
529 |:From 72.01 and 72.281 seconds, Challenger was rocked severely when the    |
530 | two boosters began working against each other. One tried to move left and |
531 | the other right and then suddenly, one pitched slightly up and the other  |
532 | down and the spacecraft moved sideways. Mizell said the crew probably felt|
533 | this but had no time to report it.                                        |
534 |:73.175 seconds, a puzzling cloud, perhaps from the liquid hydrogen fuel   |
535 | tank, appeared alongside the external tank.                               |
536 |:73.201 seconds, fire flashed between the shuttle and the external tank.   |
537 |:73.226 seconds, the external tank exploded near the forward attachment    |
538 | strut.                                                                    |
539  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
540  
541 In memorium of a brave crew, and a doomed mission.
542 
543 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * * * * *
544  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * * * * * *
545  
546   Interesting, I wonder where this information came from?  Idelle?  Hmm, 
547 well, anyway Guess this disk has had it.  Goodnight (Next disk...  Heh heh)
548 *************** NOT QUITE..... ***************************
549 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
550 Hmm,  doesn't look like the end to me.....   Should I start posting like when
551 I originally started calling BW so long ago??  It would certainly be a change
552 from current entries,  for better or worse I know not.  Does anyone even know
553 what I used to enter??  Does anyone remember??  I'll wait,  maybe sometime in
554 the near future I'll start again.
555 
556 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
557  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * *
558   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  W  * * * * *
559  
560    Hmmm.  I guess you're right.  Zounds, it smells as though editing hath 
561 commenced.  Wonder how much space we have now.  I could fill it with garbage,
562 like some of the people around here do (666, a little hokey) but I'm not that 
563 way.  Ah well, not important.  Hope the disk changes soon.  I have some 
564 interesting story lines to explore...
565  
566  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * L t r * o * P o l * * * * * * K * H * * * * * *
567   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * a e * * n * e p e * * * * * *  W  * * * * * *
568     What does the president of South Africa have in common with a ballerina
569     with static cling?
570     A Tutu he can't control.
571 harharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharharhar
572 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
573 Emu: My congratulations, as late as they are, are yours.  Perhaps I shall see
574 you about in a week or so?
575 +++++++
576 Busy, busy.  Programming, The Commodore Show in LA, and travel arrangements
577 sadly have made me shift to lurkus modius infreqentus.  Despite the fact that
578 "The Commodore Show" turned out more like "The Amiga Show" (my company has a
579 C64 product), I enjoyed myself.  The view of the smog from the LAX Hilton is
580 impressive.
581 +++++++++++++++++++ September 23, 1986 at 11:55pm +++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++
582 
583 Ten minutes later, I called.
584 - Dweebe
585 
586 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
587 
588 WHO SENT SENT THE MESSAGE TO COBRA??
589 
590 I called those numbers, and I couldnt get access.  It asked for my name 
591 and after I entered it , it just sat there for awhile and then hung
592 up?????  What am I doing wrong?
593 
594                        HHHEEELLLPPP!!!!!!!      COBRA
595 
596 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
597 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.
598 TO:COBRA:
599 CALL<VOICE>282-xxxx AND I WILL HELP
600 THEY SHOULD HAVE LET YOU HAVE ACCESS I HAVE A LIST OF 210 BBS IN PORTLAND
601 I WILL TALK TO THE SYSOP'S OF THE BBS YOU CALLED AND SEE WHAT IS UP!
602 CALL FROM 10 AM TO 11PM TNX :|>
603                               |PRINCE DRAGON|
604 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=
605 ....................
606 ....................
607 ....................
608 ....................
609 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
610 WHO CARES?
611 
612 
613 Were they really brave astronauts?  Were they really the people we idolize them
614 as now that they are dead?
615 Who is to say that they were not up there just to get glory and publicity?  Granted, they were
616 people and did not deserve to die, but we must remember that people are not always what they seem
617 to us after they are gone. Was the hipe too much? Who's fault was it?
618 Many more will die. They knew the risks.  It was never a game, it was never 'safe' and it
619 never will be.  The technological threshhold has been crossed. Whenever we butt up against this
620 limit with anything....we loose.                           DOC

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