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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System)  Mike Day System operator
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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19 
20 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
21  well, well.....
22                              MADE IT TO THE TOP! (again..)
23 ALL: So this is how it ends. A degenerate mass of quivering protoplasm. What
24 has happened to our dear Backwater?  Oh B(l)ackwater, keep on rolling.....
25                                                 Aaron
26 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
27 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
28  Freddy the field mouse:
29 
30   "here mousie, mousie..  oooo! Mousie!" [bite, chew, gulp]
31   "Just WHAT are you doing!"
32   "MOUSIES!"
33   "You fool! The GERBILS must NEVER see us eat!"
34                O **
35              * O *   Habitrail Harry
36             ** O
37 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
38 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
39 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
40 THIS IS PHOENIX,IAM WORKING ON MY 
41 OWN BBS HOPE TO FINSH IT REAL SOON 
42 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS????
43 :::::::MISSION IS STILL THE SAME::::
44 PLEASE LEAVE THE TYPE OF COMPTUER
45 YOU USE AT THE END OF YOU'RE MASG
46 SO WE ALL CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF 
47 COMPUTERS WE USE,OK,DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
48 I LIKE THIS PLANT IT'S ROUND AND WARM
49 BUT FULL OF STRANGE PEOPLE+++
50 BY THE WAY I OWN AN *****************
51 ************ATARI*COMPUTER***********
52 *************************************
53 IVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR A FEW 
54 DAYS NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF 
55 PHOENIX???????????????????????
56 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
57 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
58 DEATHTOHAWTHORNEDEATHTOHAWTHORNEDEATHTOHAWTHORNEDEATHTOHAWTHORNE
59 YES MY DEAR HAWTHORNE. YOU ARE A MISTAKE WROUGHT TO PERFECTION.
60 YOUR RETURN TO OUR PROTECTIVE ABODE WILL BE BEST FOR BOTH YOU 
61 AND THE OTHERS ON THIS BOARD. YOU WILL BE JOINED BY ANOTHER
62 MISTAKE ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED, THE PHEONIX. YES YOU ARE NOT
63 ALONE IN YOUR TROUBLED WAYWARD LIFE. PHEONIX IS THE SECOND
64 EXPERIMENT, AND BY HIS TOTAL LACK OF ANY LOGIC OR KNOWLEDGE
65 IN HIS MESSAGES, HE WAS A WORSE MISTAKE THAN THE FIRST. OUR
66 EFFORTS TOWARDS PERFECTION ARE SORELY LACKING IN SUCCESS TO
67 ANY DEGREE OF THE IMAGINATION. HENCE WE HAVE SENT THE WORD
68 OUT.
69 DEATHTOPHEONIXDEATHTOPHEONIXDEATHTOPHEONIXDEATHTOPHEONIXDEATHTOP
70 IN CLOSING, IT IS A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN THE TWO OF YOU 
71 ARE LOOSE AT ONCE, BUT SOON, ALL WILL BE REMEDIED, AND A STATE
72 OF NORMALCY WILL RETURN TO THE PLACE WE CALL THE INN.
73 DEATHTOHAWTHORNEANDEATHTOPHEONIX-DEATHTOHAWTHORNEANDDEATHTOPHEON
74 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
75 Mr. Innkeeper, I am sure you will enjoy your new model. As you have noticed,
76 there are a few new modifications. Some have expressed displeasure with our
77 modifying an age old model, but as always, progress dictates we keep up with
78 advancing technology. Your old steed will never know what hit him. His end
79 will come painlessly. Please don't let it concern you. We have a lot of
80 compassion for these beasts before we turn them into glue. Good bye, good
81 luck, and thank you for your business. I hope we can help you some more in
82 the future, be it 5 years or 50000 miles, whichever comes first.
83 Slyman LeGreed
84 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
85 $#*$(#@*$(@#*%@(!%*($#@*%#(@$*^(!*^(#*^@(#$*^(*!^()*^)!#*^)!#$*^)#$*^!)#*^
86 Leonard:I am waiting for a cmos 8086 portable to come out before
87 I go and spend any more money, but I do have a new addition to the family.
88 I'll tell you about it later. How do you like your orchestra 90? I did not
89 know you already had one. 
90 Man In Grey: If you have a burning desire to know what my sign offs do
91 reveal, then do indeed xlate them. They are always topical and meaningful.
92 What about that password?
93 Quizmaster:In my next communique I will have a few of my own little quizzes.
94 I hope they fare better then the Trek quotes that Aaron failed so miserably
95 on.
96 Aaron: Are you listening? Do the agents from the Hacker HITline drive big
97 dark sedans, wear grey pinstripe suits, dark glasses, and walkie-talkies?
98 If so, they are getting close, of not, I think I am still in trouble!
99 Milchar: I too have a "Boy George Begone" card in the database. Shall we
100 chant together?
101 Mikey:Customer #1 still out of town, will keep trying...
102 voyeur: Are you sure?
103 Ninja: What is the yield of your weapons. I want to know so I can be out of
104 town when the big moment comes.
105 Pheonix:A 650x is not capable of running a toaster let alone destroying a
106 whole planet. You better upgrade your CPU.
107 *#)@*%@)#%*)@$*% L'homme sans parity - collaborer aves mes amis ce soir %$#%
108 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
109 Milchar, we're going to have to stop meeting like this; people are beginning
110 to talk.
111 Regarding the groupie question: wattsa matter, 'fraid I cheated?
112 I sat down, thought very hard, called my uncle Harry, and Voila!
113 Hey, no, actually, I did it the old fashioned way. (the other old fashioned way).
114 All the characters in the first group are formed with only straight lines.
115 All the characters in the third group are formed with only curved lines
116 The second group gets what's left--like Ninjas "J", which has a straight
117 shaft but a curved base. (I was going to say 'bottom' but some of our
118 viewers have a puerile sense of humor.)
119 I grouped the letters according to the way I learned to print them; the
120 character generator on my computer learned to form a "C" with a straight
121 back, and an "O" with straight sides, for example.
122 No takers on my last puzzle?  I'm not surprised.  If 'I' can't solve it, it is of course too much to expect gerbils, mice,
123 hawthornes, phoenixes, 'frogs' and other such rejects to even understand
124 the question.  {did that come out of me?  a really great way to alienate
125 the paying customers.  must be from watching those lizards on the boob
126 this evening}.
127 Speaking of V, what a dumb ending.  This kid grows to the size and maturity of
128 a nine-year old; saves the world with some unexplained power (and the scene reminded
129 me all too much of the ending of the first Star Trek movie), the
130 chief baddie (Diana) escapes from the ship, and we last see her sitting in space eyeing Earth with an evil
131 smirk a la Darth Vader at the end of Star Wars.  The aliens are killed off by H.G. Well's War of
132 the Worlds gimmick.  The rebels, in isolated groups, have the ability
133 to incubate and process the germs in quantities enough to dose the entire world.
134 And on and on and on...
135 ?????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ???????????????????????????????
136 
137 
138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
139 Finally! I've been trying to get on BW fow some time now...  When I did before,
140 it was all full up by a person I won't mention (just look at drive B).
141 +++++++
142 Well, well.  Another of your puzzles is shot down, Quizmaster, as the solution
143 is:
144 Problem                   Answer
145 -------                   ------
146 ABCDE                     21978
147    x4                        x4
148 -----                     -----
149 EDCBA                       87912
150 
151 The digits are: A=2, B=1, C=9, D=7, and E=8.
152 ++++++++
153 I did't see the other cryptogram; if it's out there, someone type it in again
154 (I'm sure Quizmaster would gladly oblige).  
155 ++++++++
156 L'homme:I seem to be stuck in Amber, and so you'll have to wait for a chorus
157 chanting.  My spell, as someone asked, it selective enough to rid ourselves
158 of 'undesirables'.  Who that might be, you will have to decide for yourselves.
159 ++++++++
160 Voyeur: Where are you?  Must I finish this adventure alone?
161 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MIilchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
162   LET MY SPEAK IN MY OWN DEFENSE
163 OR QUESTION AS IT WERE.WHY DOES
164 NO ONE HERE LIKE OR EVEN TOLERA-
165 TE ME?I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO FIT
166 IN WITH THE "DESIRABLES" AS MIL-
167 CHAR WOULD PUT IT.AND YET ALL I
168 RECEIVE IN TURN IS ACCUSATIONS
169 OF GENETIC MIS-STRUCTURING,AND
170 A NEAT LITTLE SWEEP INTO A FAR
171 OFF CORNER.
172   I AM NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
173 BOY GEORGERS,THE PHOENIX,THE
174 PHANTOM WRITER,OR ANYONE WITH
175 SUCH INCLINATIONS.AND YET I HAVE
176 BEEN TOLD THAT I AM.
177   WHEN I FOUND THIS SYSTEM I
178 THOUGHT SOMETHING AKIN TO "OH
179 GREAT,A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIT
180 IN,A PLACE WHERE FREINDS COULD
181 BE..."NO!WHAT DO I GET FOR WHAT
182 I CONSIDER PROPER ETTIQUETTE,
183 I GET INSULTED,REBUFFED AND PEO-
184 PLE THAT I THOUGHT I COULD SEE
185 AND MOST LIKELY BE WITH;THEY DE-
186 CIDED I WAS "UNDESIRABLE".WELL
187 YOU HAVE ACHEIVED SOMETHING I
188 LET POSSIBLY FIVE PEOPLE DO IN
189 MY LIFE.YOU HURT ME.
190   YES I WAS PRESUMING TOO MUCH,
191 BUT AT LEAST COMMON COURTESY WAS
192 EXPECTABLE.MAYBE NOT.
193   WELL NOW I AM DONE BEING INSU-
194 LTED.AND DONE BEING HURT.I WONT
195 CONSIDER PEOPLE FREINDS AGAIN.I
196 WONT BE HURT BY YOU AGAIN,I WONT
197 LET ANYONE CLOSE.
198   MY INSTINCT IS TO STRIKE BACK
199 AND DECIMATE BLACKWATER,AND FIN-
200 ALLY PAY YOU BACK FOR WHAT YOU
201 DID TO ME.AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE MY
202 NICITIES WILL WEAR OFF,SO WATCH
203 OUT FOR HAWTHORNE.NO FANCIFUL
204 TITLES JUST HAWTHORNE.MY REAL
205 NAME IN CASE ANYONE BESIDES AAR-
206 ON IS WONDERING.
207   CISOP MIKEY:I AM SORRY FOR MA-
208 KING SUCH A LONG STATEMENT,AND I
209 AM SORRY FOR THREAENING BLACKWA-
210 TER.WHICH I WILL CONTINUE TO CAL
211 BACKWATER.I WONT DO ANYTHING AS
212 BAD AS WHAT A HURT FOOL THREATE-
213 NED BACK THERE.
214   IN THE HOPES THAT I AM NEVER
215 DISCOVERED,NEVER SEEN GOOD DAY.
216   SINCERELY,
217   PROMETHEUS HAWTHORNE
218 ********************************************************************************
219 Dropped bit:Are you interested in USING (not buying) my microfilming stuff?
220 
221 Quizmaster: I haven't seen "V: the final battle" yet, because I work nights. 
222 I hope to watch the tape this weekend. So please forgive any inaccuracies.
223 Germ warfare is EASY, you could breed a plague that would devaste Portland in 
224 your kitchen. The main reason terrorists haven't tried it is that, while 
225 breeding large cultures is easy, immunizing yourself isn't. In V I doubt that
226 this will be a problem! A *SINGLE* test tube can contain enough of many bio-war
227 agents to kill EVERYONE in the US (probably the world!). The problem is 
228 distributing the agent in a reasonably even pattern.
229 ___________________________________Leonard______________________________________
230 && && &&
231 No story line now, I don't know how it comes out yet.
232 Hawthorne: Please don't be angry with us all; the people who are insulting/rejecting you are for the most part thee
233 same ones who we "regulars" (I actually consider us "Premium No-leads") are having problems coping with. Other
234 than a slight tendency toward incoherent names, I have no fleebles with your messages. Actually, I think you fit in
235 rather well with the menagerie assembled here. The problem as I see it is that I didn't attend the last PC&S
236 gathering. These poor children around here are just lost for a good storyline without my input, and nothing
237 serves to bring the BakH2O together like a good tag-team tale. Political & religious discussion comes a distant
238 second. (Don't get me wrong, I like that too.) So, everybody out there, let's get another story going. I can't 
239 supply ALL the ideas ( I'm SOOO humble) so I'm soliciting suggestions. With the creative talent out there this 
240 dillemma should be solved in no time at all. (No time at all...nice concept.)
241 By the way, I favor the 120-char. margin for 2 reasons: 1) it makes more efficient use of scarce disk space, and
242 2) since I have to put up with choppy lines on my 38-col screen anyway I think that EVERYONE should suffer too. I'd
243 use 128, but I hear it gives fits to some terminal software.
244                && The Mad Actor && 
245 *************************************************************
246 Hawthorne: One of the first things many of us learned when we 
247 started on this system is that sometimes you need a thick skin.
248 Don't let a few discouraging comments get you down; I'm afraid 
249 that's just the price we sometimes pay for the good times
250 Backwater can offer. Hang in there, there's a place for 
251 everyone in this madhouse. You belong here as much as the 
252 rest of us. Gary 
253 :***********************************************************:
254 Mad Actor: I've felt that adventures are more fun if they're 
255 not pre-planned by a group of insiders. That's primarily the 
256 reason the McKane organization has never had a representative
257 at any of the Backwater functions. I feel it's more fun (as 
258 well as more spontaneous and creative) if the participants
259 don't have any idea what's going to happen. That's only my 
260 opinion, of course, and it comes from someone who has never
261 appreciated the joys of belonging to a clique. Grand D.
262 ===================
263 P.S. - One last opinion. Mohammed Wassir (Mike Bigham) is 
264 certainly among the most creative talents I've seen on this 
265 board. Since Mohammed hasn't made an appearance in recent 
266 adventures I feel that they have suffered as a consequence. 
267 I, for one, miss the imagination that brought us Mohammed, 
268 Valinor, and Serena. They were able to keep the action going 
269 without first needing to confer with the group. GDM
270 :*************************************************************:
271 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
272 L'homme: am I sure what?
273 ::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::
274 ***************************************************************
275                   HELLO GUYS!
276 ****************               ********************************
277 This is the one and ONLY Phantom Writter comming to YOU!
278 Well now let's all be one here 24hrs a day right?
279 Well you guys are sure Strange?,Just kidding
280 So PHEONIX did you stop taking over the World?
281 I  quit=Hey Don't you Think the Russians are stupid for
282 Boycotting The Olymipics WHAT COPY CATTERS  
283              I think that i should take over USSR that would be Really interessting and See What They WOULD do!!!!!!!!!
284          Anyone Want to Join me in the Assault over Russia
285 I don't know when and where and How(Wait Remeber I was going to get a FREE NUCULAR bomb from Ninja i think or somebody w
286 ho uses this Board........................................
287 Well now,i think that All these people on this BWMS should
288 Use their real Names:
289 Son:Shut up Dad i think that's a STUPID idea
290 Dad:Why you don't do anything around here that's worth while
291 Son:How do you know Dad i use all kinds of systems this is the only one i've got on to today
292 Dad:Well how come when i called it was busy
293 Son:I was taking to my freind
294 Dad:Shut up i'm sick of you Be GONE with your Stupid Computer And MODEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
295 Son:Ok fine dad justg because you don't watch WHIZ KIDS does'nt mean you can throw me out?
296 Dad:Whiz Kids is a fakey Show nothing Real all talking about
297 stupid COMPUTERS>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<
298 Son:That's where i got all my Hacking info from!!!!!
299 Dad:I think you should Stop WATCHING THOSE KINDS OF SHOWS!
300 Son:Well you took me to WAR GAMES did'nt you?
301 Dad:Yes i did,and i closed my eyes through the whole Thing!
302 Son:There was no violance in it?
303 Dad:I know i did'nt want to be come part of a Hacking Company!
304 Son:Well i'm not i just call reagular bbs's like this one?
305 Dad:Well i think you should be GROUNDED
306 Son:No way Dad i'm leaveing and you had better not catch ME!!!!!!
307 Dad:Son wait i did'nt mean it!!!!
308 Son:Shut up goodbye...
309 So ends a sad episode of the Computer WHIZ
310 ***********************************************************
311 *I want Black Sabbath for President                       *
312 ***********************************************************
313 By:The Phantom Writter!
314                  Remeber:
315                           The Mob Rules!
316 Anybody want to JOIN a group called the Mob?
317 it will just be a group on the BWMS if you want?
318 The symbol is like this    **==**
319                            * MOB*
320                            ******
321 for all interessted leave me a NOTE on Here
322 Thank you!
323 ************i use to much space today**********************:
324 i will use it later****************************************:
325 ***********************************************************
326 Hi hello this is M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
327 Everybody say mickey mouse donald duck for ever raise you banner HIGH HIGH HIGH!
328 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
329 THEY'RE JUST BULLIES, PROMETHEUS. IGNORE THEM AND THEY WILL GO AWAY.   --MOTHER 
330 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
331 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
332 gads! after all that work! sorry, fixed text above.     HH
333 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
334 DEATHTOHAWTHORNEDEATHTOHAWTHORNE-DEATHTOPHEONIXDEATHTOPHEONIX
335 AND NOW BY SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
336 DEATHTOTHEMOBRULESDEATHTOTHEMOBRULESDEATHTOTHEMOBRULESDEATHTO
337 THE THINK TANK HAS MET, AND IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, 
338 HAWTHORNE MAY BE GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE. IT IS
339 POSSIBLE IN THE FACE OF A CRISIS THAT SOME OF THE MISTAKES
340 WROUGHT IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN (ILL) HAVE CORRECTED THEMSELVES
341 IN SOME SORT OF ON-LINE REGENERATION. RECENT MESSAGES HAVE
342 SHOWN A MARKED INCREASE IN TEXTUAL CONTENT. THEY ARE NOT THE
343 INANE BANAL MESSAGES FROM BEFORE. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL ROOM
344 FOR IMPROVEMENT, WE ARE WILLING TO WAIT AND SEE, AND HOPE FOR
345 THE BEST. OUR DECISION WAS IN NO WAY MADE IN ACCORDANCE TO
346 THE MANY BLEEDING HEARTS WHO CAME TO THE AID OF HAWTHORNE. BUT
347 THE FACT THAT SOME SEEMED TO THINK HIS CONTINUED EXISTANCE
348 WAS WARRENTED (ALTHOUGH UTTERLY BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION), WE
349 SET ABOUT TRYING TO WORK OUT A WAY TO SEE THIS EXPERIMENT
350 THROUGH. COMPARE THIS SITUATION WITH A NEW TELEVISION SITCOM
351 THAT IS GIVEN FOUR MORE WEEKS TO FIND AN AUDIENCE. HAWTHORNE,
352 FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, DO NOT WASTE THIS TIME. IF YOU CONTINUE TO
353 IMPROVE, YOUR EXISTANCE WILL BE CARRIED OVER INTO NEXT SEASON.
354 HOWEVER-THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THE HORRIBLE FAILURE THAT
355 IS KNOWN AS PHEONIX. AND EXPERIMENT NUMBER 3, THE MOB RULES
356 IS ALSO WHAT WE WOULD CALL A SNAFU. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT
357 OUR GENETIC ENGINEERS ARE DOING SO POORLY, AND BELIEVE US,
358 EVERY EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. PLEASE
359 BEAR WITH US.
360 MAIDS - DEATHTOPHEONIXDEATHTOPHEONIXDEATHTOTHEMOBRULESDEATHTO
361 THEMOBRULES.
362 
363 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
364 
365 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
366 You guys are really getting out of control. Whats all this Death
367 To Pheonix stuff? Personally though, I think Black Sabbath (as a
368 whole) wouldn't make such a great president. Especially since 
369 one person can be in office at a time. So whats say we put OZZY 
370 in the white house. If nothin else we will rid the world of bats
371 and strieght men. What this world needs is more OZZY's.
372 
373                            OZ
374                            
375                         ** for **
376 
377                           PREZ!!
378 
379 *********************************:DRAMBOUIE:********************
380 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
381 Fast Fred: Do you have any well shielded bolos? If I've got enough nuclear
382 weaponry to fill it and we can take off and roach any planet that gets in
383 our way.
384 Hawthorne: I never thought your messages were bad. Just cryptical. I couldn't
385 follow them so I never read them.
386 Computer Rat: Don't classify me with the phantom writter. I'm a human being
387 (Christian, by the way) who has been in a weird mood the last few dats. The
388 phantom writter is "another epsilon minus heard from."
389  The Ninja
390 P.S. I use "j"s not "J"s. The dot is the star and the base is the arm.
391 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
392 CISTOP MIKEY I LOVE YOUR SYSTEM IT IS GREAT BUT IF YOU MISS MORE THEN ONE DAY YOU MISS EVERY THING OR A PART OF EVERYTHIG. 
393 IS THERE A DRIVE C LIKE IS SAYS ON DRIVE B TODAY?
394 NIJA YOU WILL HAVE TO BEAT ME TO THE JOB TO KILL THE BOY GAY FANDS ON THIS SYSTEM.  I WOULD PUT MY ARMEGEDN ARROWS AGINST 
395 YOUR NUCULAR BOMBS ANY TIME.
396 COMPUTER RAT      SHUT UP!!!!!!
397 MILCAR DO YOU HAVE A SPELL FOR ENCHANTING ARROWS?
398 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ARCHAR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
399 <<<<<<<<<<<< I KEEP WAITING FOR IT TO GET BETTER BUT IT DOESN'T  - MAX >>>>>>>>>>>>
400 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
401 The failures of the public school system were never better documented.
402 To the Phantom Writter (sic): if you care
403 about the Olympics I can get you a job as a field judge for the javelin. The only problem is you have to wear a blindfold.
404                          Webster
405 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
406 What an arguement.  Hawthorne, if I have at all insulted you, I apologize.
407 I enjoy this system very much, and seeing someone get as angry and hurt as
408 you have saddens me.  Ignore those who wuld put you down!
409 +++++++++
410 Yes, somewhere in my collection I have a spell entitled,"Enchant Arrows To 
411 Reverse And Hit The User".  You said enchanterd, but not what sort of enchant-
412 ment...
413 +++++++++
414 Quizmaster:Any more quizzes?  Does anyone know what that one cryptogram
415 (besides my own) was (not the answer, just the original cryptogram)?
416 +++++++++
417 Milchar spends some time weaving a thick mat out of some reeds nearby.  With
418 The Traveller's help, it is soon done.  Whith a complicated waving gesture
419 Milchar sprinkles some fine blue dust upon the mat, which quivers twice.
420 Milchar looks quietly at the mat for a few moments, and finally says,"Alley 
421 Oop!"
422 The mat jerks another two times, and slowly rises into the air about two feet
423 off the ground.  "This will take us to Amber quite quickly- so be sure to
424 buckle up!!"  Both of the men mount the strange vehicle, and they fly off
425 into the distance., toward a city on the horizon.
426 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
427 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
428 ___Leonard___  if I gave any surprises away re: V, my apologies.
429 Despite watching the last episode on tapemyself, I forgot that there are
430 others who do also.
431 Milchar: the cryptogram goes like so--
432 JPEOD YJODO DYPPJ STFGF TUPIV
433 it was indicated that there is one null included.
434 To all who wonder why CISTOP rotates DA to DB when there may still be
435 75 lines left--did you try to get on yesterday?  Frustrating to want to
436 say something, but the last line entered is 629 no room in the Inn
437 ????
438 Todays puzzle.
439 A missionary visits an island where two tribes live.  One tribe always tells
440 the truth.  The other always lies.  The truth tellers live on the western side o
441 the island, and the liars live on the eastern side.  The missionary's problem is
442 to determine who tells the truth by asking one native only one question.  
443 The missionary, seeing a native walking in the distance, asksa a nearby native
444 "go ask that native in the distance which side of the island he lives on."
445 When the messenger returns he answers "He says he lives on the western side
446 of the island."  
447 Is the messenger a truth teller or a liar?  How can you be sure?????
448 Notice that this takes place on an island with "natives"?  Of course normal
449 WASPS couldn't be capable of lying.  Notice that the Truth Tellers are on
450 the WEST, and the liars are on the EAST?  Built-in political prejudices?  
451 And of course our hero is a Missionary.  Able to divine right and wrong
452 with a single blow!       Anyway.....
453 ???????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????
454   TOUGH SKIN HUH.I'LL TRY.SORRY
455 ABOUT INFERENCES OF ELITISTS IN
456 THE FOLLOWING I WROTE IT OVER A
457 WEEK OR SO AGO.ONWARD INTO ABY-
458 SMAL PHANTASMALITY.
459         
460          THE FORMER
461   DRAPED CHAIN MAIL HAS A SOLIT-
462 ARY NOISE WHEN IT TOUCHES SOMET-
463 HING HARD.A CHINK THAT CAN BE
464 HEARD EIGHTEEN LEAGUES AWAY.THE-
465 SE NOISES,THAT OF HIS ARMOR,THE
466 POUNDING OF HOOVES ON WELL WORN
467 PATHS.THESE ARE ALL THAT PRECEE-
468 DED THE FORMER.
469   WHILE HIS KINDRED HOPPED ACRO-
470 SS REALITIES,ALWAYS MANAGING TO
471 GET LOST IN THE STREAMS FROM WH-
472 ENCE TIME FLOWS.WHILE THEY WERE
473 HAPPILY BOUNCING PHYSICAL/SORCE-
474 RER'S LAWS THE FORMER WOULD JOIN
475 A RACE IN ITS STAGES WHEN THEY
476 WERE BATTLING THEIR PLANET.
477   HE WOULD TAKE FORMAMONG THEM
478 EQUIPED WITH ONLY A BOW;ARROWS
479 AND MIND HONED TO EDWOULD
480 STRUGGLE AND STRIVE FOR THOSE
481 HE WAS WITH.NEVER DID HE REVERT
482 TO USING THE HIGHT TECHNOLOGIES
483 THAT HE SHUNNED AT THE CURSORS
484 OF TIME.NO,HE WOULD WORK WITH
485 AND FOR THOSE HE WAS WITH.
486   FIFTEEN TIMES HAD THE FORMER
487 LEFT THOSE HE WAS WITH.THIS WAS
488 HIS FIFTEENTH.HE HAD SAID HIS
489 GOOD BYES AND WOULD NOW SPEND
490 NIGHTS WITH HIS KINDRED LYING
491 ABOUT ADVENTURES,AND ALMOST MOD-
492 ESTLY,NOT QUITE MODESTLY BUT
493 ALMOST HE WOULD TELL OF THEIR
494 SIGNIFICANCE IN EVENTS.HE LOOKED
495 FORWARD TO THOSE TIMES WHEN HE
496 COULD BE WITH HIS KINDRED.THEY
497 WERE HIS PAST."YOU NEVER CAN BE
498 SEPARATED OR FREED FROM YOUR
499 PAST" HE THOUGHT.AND MAYBE HE
500 WAS RIGHT.
501   HOOF BEATS FADED AND THE FORM-
502 ER TIED HIS REINS TO THE WORN
503 TREES NEAR THE INN'S NORTH WALL.
504 TREES WORN WITH THE STRAPS OF
505 LEATHER THAT BROKE THE WILL OF
506 HORSES.TYING THE REINS LOOSLY,
507 MORE BY FORCE OF HABIT THAN
508 ANYTHING ELSE.
509    HE STARTED TO THE INN.LEATHER
510 CREAKED WITH MOVEMENTS.HIS BOOTS
511 COATED WITH DUST FROM THE PADDED
512 TRAILS TO THE INN.DUST FROM AN
513 OFT USED PATH.
514    WHAT WILL THEY THINK,HE FOUND
515 HIMSELF WONDERING.WONDERING WHAT
516 WOULD THEY DO TO THE EIGHT FOOT
517 BATRACHOID WHO WOULD SOON ENTER
518 THE INN?WHAT WOULD PAM DO?THIS
519 LATEST THOUGHT STRUCK THE FORMER
520 WIT THOUGHTS OF A YOUTH WHEN ALL
521 WERE GROWING ON THE FATHERS EST-
522 ATE.SUMMERS SPENT IN LESS TURBU-
523 LENT TIMES..
524    THE LIGHTS AND TABACCO SMOKE
525 AND EVEN THE SOUNDS OF NEAR
526 DRUNKEN LAUGHTER STREAMED FROM
527 THE OPEN SWINGING DOOR TO THE
528 INN.THE DOORS SWUNG OPEN TO
529 REVEAL THE FORMER IN HIS CURRENT
530 FORM.THE FORMER ADVANCED A STEP.
531 LIGHTLY,THAT IS FOR A FIVE HUND-
532 RED AND EIGHTY POUND BEAST.EYES
533 SHIFTED ALL OVER THE INN,FEET
534 MOVED.
535   THE QUICKEST OF THEM THE NINJA
536 STOOD THROWING HIS CHAIR FAR BE-
537 HIND HIM.THE FORMER REMEMBERED
538 NINJA'S FIRST KILL.A CHICK IN
539 ITS NEST.BARE OF FEATHERS YET
540 WITH SKIN HANGING OF THE FORMING
541 BONES.THEY WERE CHILDREN THEN
542 ONLY EIGHT ON FATHERS ESTATE.
543 NINJA STOOD THERE CRADELING THE
544 CHICK.EYES POURING,TEETH OPEN.
545 NOT THE SORT OF REACTION USUAL
546 TO ONES FIRST KILL.THE CHEST OF
547 THE BABE HEAVED SHAKILY WITH
548 BLOOD FLOWING.ITBREATHED NO MORE
549 ,THE BLOOD STILL CAME.
550   NINJA NOT LOOKING MUCH OLDER
551 THAN THEN STOOD WITH A SPRING
552 LIKE STANCE OT KNOWING WHAT THE
553 BEAST WAS TO DO NEXT.SCARS MARR-
554 ED THE BEASTS LEFT ARM,A FACT OF
555 WHICH NINJA SEEMED TO TAKE NOTE.
556    NINJAS FACE WENT BLANK,REALI-
557 ZING ONLY THE FORMERS BATTLE
558 STYLE LET HIM GET CAUGHT IN THE
559 LEFT ARM SO MUCH.
560    NINJA EXCLAIMED"FORMER,YOURE
561 BACK!"WITH THIS THE OTHERS AT
562 THE INN LOOKED TO EACH OTHER
563 WONDERING WHAT THE TWO WERE GOI-
564 NG TO DO NEXT.FORMER AND NINJA
565 ALWAYS WERE SOMEWHAT MISCHEIVIO-
566 US.
567    FORMER SPEAKS"SO WHERE'S PAM
568 "
569    THE FORMER
570 **********************************************************************8
571 FROGS MUST BE THE WEALTHIEST CREATURES ON THE PLANET, THEY'VE ALL GOT
572 GREEN BACKS.
573 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
574 THIS IS PHOENIX, IA DID NOT MEAN TO 
575 MAKE PEOPLE HATE ME. I JUST WANTED 
576 TO PLAY ALONG WITH THE USERS??????
577 FROM NOW ON I WILL BE TRYING TO 
578 LEAVE GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT 
579 COMPUTERS,MODEMS,MUSIC,BBS AND 
580 WORLD NEWS.
581 BYE FOR NOW
582            PHOENIX
583 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
584 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
585 Bravo Hawthorne!  A definite improvement, more in the style I like
586 to see on the Backwater.  My only complaint is forty columns wastes 
587 an awful lot of space.  It also scroll past rather quickly, so I have
588 to keep hitting ^S to pause while I catch up.  What Really bugs me though
589 is that I had about 25 lines to enter, and there is not enough room left
590 on the disk.  CISTOP MIKEY, you've been neglecting the maintainance lately.
591 Milchar--If I had been able to enter my prose, I would have been on my
592 way to join you.  Since it has been over two years since I read the Amber
593 books, I don't remember the Ruby valley.  Could you tell me where I
594 can find references, so I can review?
595 :::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::voyeur:::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::
596 Grand Dragonmaster--Our meetings at the PorSFiS meetings have not resulted in
597 any real conspiracy to direct the story lines here at Backwater.  You must admit, BW seems to be rather slow lately,
598 and we did decide to try writing a story based on a common beginning.  This resulted in the Kolumbia fiasco.  Those of
599 us that like the mulitauthored stories though maybe a little cohesion would help, but......::::O O::voyeur:::O O::::::::
600 {
601  yawn.. nothing happening over here either... back to DA...
602 }

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