NUMBER OF LINES: 629 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTEALLED: 23 JUL 85 ********************* 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. 18 ************************************************************ 19 20 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 21 Well what do you know, I am at the top 22 of the disk. May it be as good as the 23 last... 24 25 Max... 26 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 27 (*{(*{(*{(*{ l'oeuf }*)}*)}*)}*) 28 { damn the 40-col. margins! } 29 30 ...much better...it seems I'm near the top again- I guess I'm just 31 a near-top kinda person... 32 Fencer raised his now-sober head from the position on the table where 33 it had remained for a full two days. The transition from transient to 34 respected, sober inn-habitant had an unpleasant, liquid method- the beans 35 of the C plant- UNIX grown for freshness unrivaled, though nonetheless the 36 method worked. Addressing the masses that had gathered to hear out the 37 story of a quest, he asked "What's going on??" 38 * sorry folks- I've been outa contact with hi-technology for a few daze * 39 * can someone fill Fencer in on the happenings ? * 40 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{l*'*o*e*u*f}*) 41 If any gets on this board between 2:00 42 and 2:30 then leave a message i be back 43 at 2:30 pm. Thank's The s.d.k. 44 Leonard: Most peculiar. I find a message from you, but I have no record of 45 you logging on... Oh well. File area #3 has what you are looking for. I 46 would like to see the B protocol specs, but am in no particular hurry for 47 them. I will have a talk with Fido, and see if he won't let you past this 48 time. ttyl. 49 50 s.d.k.: This is the first time ive used my modem can you help me? 51 I want to find some other boards it seems to be impossible.... 52 ------------------- 53 Other boards: 289-xxxx...253-xxxx...252-xxxx...684-xxxx...233-xxxx...682-xxxx. 54 From there you can find out even more numbers that you can call. 55 ------------------- 56 57 s.d.k.: Thank's for the numbers. 58 Sorry but I have to go to work now. be back at 1:00 am...... 59 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 60 Milchar: disk swap would be fine, or I 61 could give you a copy on cassette... 62 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 64 Max: Cassette? Bite your tounge! Ick, (personality change) nasssty vile 65 little casssssssssettessss... 66 Via disk, please? 67 +++++++++++++++++++ 68 We stared at the interior of a barn, quite like something you would find 69 on a farm. The owner must grow grain, I thought, looking at the modern 70 harvesting equipment in storage. A quick check: yes, still daylight. 71 The Doctor looked out, then at the console. He shook his head, muttering, 72 "No change in position, according to the display, here..." 73 Grann was having similar problems dealing with the new environment, but of 74 an entirely different sort. He was looking at the machines, his mouth agape. 75 He studied them more closely, then asked, "What's U.S.R.A.? Those letters are 76 marked on nearly everything out there. Shovels, machines, everything." 77 The Doctor lookedt the monitor, wondering aloud. "Well, history has changed 78 somewhat, according to Milch. It's probably some variant of U.S.A., or some 79 such." 80 I decided it was time to find out. We would need additional information, 81 anyway. The TARDIS had slipped again; I doubted that the box had drawn us 82 all this way to look at a barn. The real target was probably near, though. 83 I said, "Wait", and sent my self adrift. I searched for a consciousness, 84 found one on a tractor. I merged, delving into memories. He didn't know 85 of such merging, or how to block me out. I didn't plan on being there long, 86 anyway. Staying too long muddied your personality with theirs. 87 Quickly, I found what I wanted, and pulled out. I merged with myself back in 88 the TARDIS, a bit breathless. 89 "I...know some of the changes now, Doctor. This is a place where Russia 90 turned instead to democracy after its revolution. Communism was displaced 91 in the United States, or should I say, the young colony on North America. 92 We are now in the United Soviet Republic of America. This barn is property 93 of the state, on a large communal farm. The only other change I have diserned, 94 other than the ones that would logically follow Communism in North America, 95 is that Latin is not a dead language on this world. It seems to be the 96 universal tounge here, replacing the English on the other Earth." 97 "Communism and Latin? So radical a change in such a 'short' distance across 98 Paratemporally?" 99 "Only one or two decisions difference, Doctor. But very important ones." 100 "Well...I suppose we ought to go looking around, for whatever we've arrived 101 for. I think I'll gather travel packs." 102 "Better hurry," Grann said. "Looks like company has arrived outside." 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++ July 23, 1985 ++++++ 104 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===== 105 The cute little grey rabbit rested on the shoulder of the Trainor. 106 Txe Trainor ran xis fingers across the little fur-ball's shead, stroking 107 it gently. 108 :::::=====:::::===== 109 Damn! Forgot it was in first person! 110 Let's start again! Oh how I hate enter only! 111 :::::=====:::::===== 112 I rested on the shoulder of the Trainoor as he stroked my soft grey 113 fur gently. I streached out all 4 of my feet and opened my mouth in a 114 surprising yawn. I curled up atop his shoulder as more and more people 115 began to say that they would hel,p, too. Good. i didn't want this to be 116 a lonely trip and it looked like it wasn't, from the way people were 117 beginning to wake from their ale induced sleep and their ale enduced 118 blind jollyness. "I'm in." sounded from Emu and Piper, and some others 119 who I didn't know quite by name who had come in earlier. I cturned and 120 spoke to the Traiinor, asking "Where exactly are we going, friend?" 121 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===Zephyr:=====:::::=====:::::===== 122 ZEPHYR! When you leave the board you do a few little things... 123 1) Hit return after the end of your last line. 124 2) Hit control C to get the command prompt '>' 125 3) Then you type 'off' or 'OFF'. Don't forget this one! 126 4) Then you can pull the plug out of the wall or do whatever 127 to hang up. 128 Sound fun? Sound easy?!?!?! 129 Here we go, I'm going to try it now... 130 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 131 THE TALL MAN WATCHES AS THE BLUE BOX VANISHES. THEN SEVERAL COPS LOOK AT TH 132 NOW EMPTY SPOT. ONE LOOKS AT ME I SHAKEMY HEAD AND I GET BACK INTO MY CR. 133 THE CAR STARTS EASY AND I MOVE BACVK INTO TRAFFIC. I LEAVE THE PLACE OF THE STR 134 ANGE HAPPENINGS. 135 136 """"""""""""""""""""""""MISSFIRE""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 137 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI 138 Trainor gazed around at his new found friends, but the movement of his 139 head caused the small rabbit to suddenly leap to a nearby table. "Piper, Emu, 140 and perhaps even you Faire Lady are very gracious to offer your aid. I thank 141 you with all of my essence for your calls of solidarity. Oh Zepher, you too 142 are very gracious to offer your kind assistance, and perhaps I am out of line 143 to question help since I need it so much. But I have seen many things in 144 my travels, and I have been many places in my Pell-mell, but never have I 145 seen a rabbit such as you! I do not wish to drag such a small creature as 146 yourself into a fray such as I see ahead of us. The going will be tough, and 147 I am afraid to say that survival is no guarantee. I would not think any less 148 of you if you decide you would rather sit this adventure out. 149 But enough of this downcast talk! Is there anyone else who wishes to 150 help? You good bard, with your lute and your songs? Could you see your way 151 clear to come with us and do battle on the side of right? Any others, those 152 who hang the the outer fringes of the Inn. Are you ready to stake life and 153 limb on this most important of quests?" 154 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI 155 156 The Master's Shrinking Song (sung to Its a Small World) 157 By: The Companions of Doctor Who 158 159 Once I learned a wonderful trick to play 160 On a planet light years 161 From Gallifrey. 162 Now opponents I shrink, 163 Quicker than you can blink, 164 Till they stand ten inches tall! 165 166 Chorus: It's a small world after all; 167 It's a small world after all; 168 It's a small world after all; 169 It's a small, small world. 170 171 There's a billion worlds each around a sun, 172 And a planet to conquer for everyone. 173 Oh, how grand it would be, 174 Even on Gallifrey, 175 If I shrank them one and all! 176 177 CHORUS 178 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 179 The Bard looked up from his pack. He had been working on something 180 inside it. He had presented a rather startling view, bent over with both 181 arms and most of his upper body inside a pack that didn't *look* to be more 182 than a foot deep. As he straightened there was a mechanical sound from the 183 pack (as of a bolt being released). 184 "Yes, I believe I shall accompany you. However... it might be wise 185 do send someone to do some scouting. I also think that we may need some 186 HEAVY firepower, that is of course, if we need any at all.", he paused, 187 "Has anyone seen Fast Fred?" 188 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 189 Jim: that session was aborted by YOUR board hanging up on me! I might add 190 that I got hung up on BEFORE THE FOURTH LINE OF THE LOGON BULLETIN *four* 191 times... it looks like you've got some serious problems there.... 192 __________________________Leonard__________________________________________ 193 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'& 194 "It would appear, Dear Isabell, that we left a little too soon. I guess 195 my fault lies in my anxiety for action. Should I go back for a moment, too 196 call them outside?" With that, I pulled the reins and Isabell slowly turned 197 and then leapt forward in a bolt of speed. 198 After she had slowed from a canter to a trot, something told me she had 199 done that for a reason. I never did decide what reason it was, only that she 200 had a reason. 201 I left Isabell at the hitching trees to the side of the Inn and walked 202 briskly to the door. Opening it rather quickly, I poked my head inside and 203 said, "Anyone coming?" 204 &'&'&'&'&'M'U'R'D'E'R'&'&'&'&'&'C'O'N'S'E'Q'U'E'N'T'I'A'L'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'& 205 206 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 207 an archived report... on the activities of german general shermer of the 208 nazi african corps... leading up to his demise at the hands of a british patrol 209 in 1943... 210 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 211 "i expect another fity kilos of explosive placed by dawn... if they are 212 not placed... we will not have enough explosive force for operation Khamsim..." 213 the general was on the radio to a colonel towards the brittish front... the 214 antenna bobbed as the car made it's way through a desert wind storm... 215 dust flew at the windshield and the driver was depending on the smallish 216 green compass on the dash... the needle would go of the center mark... and the 217 car would turn to straighten with the needle... 218 a simple and effective way for a car to navigate... in the deep desert... 219 general shermer lit a cigarette and turned the knob on his radio... a song 220 about someone named 'lilly' danced over the static... 221 shermer wore a crooked little smile... due to a scar lengthwise along his 222 lip... a polish soldier had marked shermer with it... during the blitzkrieg... 223 on his lap there was a report... the top was marked with a swastika in red 224 and gold... with the words confidential in black stamped letters... strewn on 225 the page by a careless secritary in berlin... 226 the report read... "with this series of explosions... timed to the tides 227 and the desert Khamsim windstorm... we believe that the coast could recede... 228 past maradan and to the sea of calanscio..." shermer crooked his smile... 229 it continued... "thereby engulfing both sand seas with the mediterrainian 230 ocean... over half of africa would be sunken... most being allied strongholds 231 and settlements..." shermer laughed out loud at this... 232 "the writers of this report do not intend to tell the high command strategy 233 but we all feel... that this would turn the tide of the africa war in our favor 234 and support the manifest destiny of the master race..." 235 shermer closed the file and put it into his attache case... the operation 236 had been cleared through berlin... and rommel... expolsives were being placed 237 along the designated routes... soon the winds and tides would reach a peak... 238 and soon the desert would become a sea... 239 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 240 he was the driver... a competant sargeant of the africa corps... assigned 241 to deliver general shermer to the garisson at benghazi... 242 it was the desert storm... a torrent of wind blowing over the desert... a 243 hell to navigate through... in fact... the driver noticed something on the top 244 of the dashboard... a small notebook... with a pencil inside it... held fast by 245 a magnetic plate... 246 it had been drawing the comppass off course for at least the last hundred 247 miles or more... they had been driving... in circles... 248 the driver halted the car... he dropped the notebook... and turned to the 249 rear seat in order to tell the general... from outside the rear window he spied 250 a large searchlight... an enormous pole... a brittish tank... 251 the doors to the car openned and brittish soldiers streamed in... shermer 252 drew his luger... the driver was wrestled to the ground... shermer shot himself 253 and the driver cringed... 254 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 255 the brits captured the plans for operation Khamsim... they proceded to 256 attack at el alamein... in time to distract the mine laying efforts and destroy 257 the nazi attempt to flood africa and turn the tides of war... 258 after the war... the documents and attache case were transferred to the 259 london historical archives... recently... terrorists detonated several bombs in 260 the archives... trapped due to an accident in laying the explosives... they 261 discovered the plans for operation Khamsim... 262 The plans were sent to tripoli and libyan Prime Minister Khaddaffi... soon 263 the plans were being set into motion by Khaddaffi who believed they would flood 264 all of africa... except his little island... of terrorism... 265 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttmttttttttitttttstttstitttottttttttnttttttttt 266 267 DEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDE 268 Xi! My name is Dennis. Wxat is your name out txere? 269 Xey! Xave any of you xumans seen my rabbit? X'e's missing! 270 Txanks in advance!!!!!! Dennis!!!!!! 271 DEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDBRUSH 272 OFF 273 274 ******* The s.d.k. ******* 275 276 Whats this about your rabbit you silly 277 thing you. whats up dock. 278 ******* 279 Is any one out there be back at 5:35 am 280 7-24-85 281 Please leave a message (" I am very 282 board ")!!!!!..... ? 283 284 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 285 The piper streched his arms to work the kinks of inactivity out of them, 286 then turned to the bard. 287 "No, I haven't seen Fast Fred around for quite a while. Perhaps he's 288 lurking in a corner." 289 Taking a large breath, the piper let out a bellow that startled the 290 chattering innhabitants to a momentary silence. 291 "FAST FRED! ARE YOU HERE?? 292 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 293 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{l'oeuf}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*) 294 Fencer, stirred by a mighty cry from across the room, shook the last cob- 295 webs from his groggy mind and let out an equally loud cry- "TRAINOR- I'M 296 IN !". Fast Fred- now where have I heard that name before? 297 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(**)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*) 298 +++++lurkmode-testingnewterminalprogram-problemswith'ZZZZZZZZ'...+++milch+++ 299 :::::::::::: jesus, milch. it's a wonder you're ever on :::::::::::::::::::: 300 A lurking Milchar? Never seen it! 301 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===== 302 Sorry about this. I know. Only write entries once a week, but I just 303 can't resist! 304 :::::=====:::::===== (And you will see why I can't) 305 "Me?" I said, my pink nose twitching in irritation, "ME? Abandon a q 306 perfectly wonderful quest? Are you insane, lad? Nay! I'm going to come 307 along no matter what! " my whiskers fluttered up and down, showing my 308 abhorance at the very thought of taking a perfectly good quest and tjust 309 ignoring mit. Once again I hopped up onto the shoulder of the Trainor, whispering "I'm coming along, now just tell me 310 where we're going!" The Trainor smiled, as he pat my head gently. 311 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===== 312 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 313 THE TALL MAN DROVE THE CAR DOWN THE L.A. FREEWAY INTO THE LOWER CLASS AREA 314 OF TOWN. HE DROVE UP TO A BUILDING AND PARKED HIS CAR. HE GOT HE G 315 HE GOT OUT AND LOCKED THE CAR HE BUZZED THE BELL AND LOOKED INTO THE CAMERA 316 THE DOOR OPENED AND HE WALKED IN. THE HALLWAY WAS CLEAN AND HAD PAINTING HANG- 317 ING ON THE WALLS. 318 HE CLIMBED THE STARS AND WALKED DOWN THE HALL. A BEATIFUL WOMAN LEAVES HER 319 APARTMENT AND SAYS HELLO AS SHE WALKS BY. HE NODS HIS HEAD AND WALKS ON. THE 320 MAN COMES TO THE END DOOR AND REACHES FOR A KEY IN HIS POCKET BUT AS HE PUTS 321 THE KEY IN THE LOCK THE DOOR COMES OPEN..................... 322 323 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""MISSFIRE""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 324 CRAZY CRAXZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY 325 Dr Stu here, but, in order to eliminate confusion, I'm going switch to my 326 alternate handle--Crazy Eddie 327 By the way, I picked up that nickname in college when I was watching Dr Who 328 every day on TV. Also, sorry about using someone elses border my first in 329 I didn't realize that people had there own individual borders. 330 You probably won't hear much from me for a while, I'm mostly going to observe 331 and try to decide how I can best contribute to the board. 332 CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY EDDIE 333 Xas anybody seen my rabbit around xere? I was following 334 xim just a moment ago, but now xe is gone! I am in sucx 335 a state. Ox wxere ox wxere could txat rabbit xave gone? 336 Mr. Rabbit witx txe funny xat? Wxere are you? 337 Alice from wonderland 343 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 344 Some people came, some people went, and some that stayed put up bits 345 of their writings on the wall for others to see at a later time. 346 Over the pieces of conversations and inane spoutings that filled the 347 Inn I sat still while listening only to the voice of Emu. His relaying 348 of the passage and tribulations of Trainor filled my ears as my eyes 349 peered into the flames that danced frivolously before the man whose 350 tale I know heard. I sipped from the mug, and for an instant I imagined 351 that I was present at the holocaust. I cringed at the moment the tale 352 concluded, only to be met with silence. 353 "And his fleeing this terror has brought him here? In search of those 354 daring enough to hear him out and volunteer aid in his crusade?" I 355 asked over the crackle of the fire. 356 "Yes, that is how the situation stands. Though many have spoken with 357 this Trainor, it remains to be seen how many of us shall attend." 358 "Ah, you are going along with them then." 359 "It would appear that a good handful of us shall. Anything to break 360 the unending tedium of an evryday life." 361 I paused before speaking again. Gently putting down an empty mug I 362 then said it. "Tayree." 363 "What was that?" 364 "Tayree. You asked me for my name and now I am giving it to you." 365 He thought for a moment before replying. "And a befitting name it is." 366 Shortly, a crowd would gather outside to investigate the machine that 367 stood pominously outside the walls of the Inn. 368 "I, for one," stated Emu, "would like to take a closer look at this 369 device that is the cause of such calamity. Would you care to... 370 join me, Lady Tayree?" 371 "That you have asked, and that my curiosity has been found, my 372 answer for you is yes. I would join you." Genuine and distilled 373 courage soon found its way bak to the door to view the marvelous 374 contraption that would prove my feeling that this would be no simple 375 risk-free jaunt. 376 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& the scarlet lion &&&&&&& 377 **********Replace This Line With A Hamburger********** 378 379 And they was usin' up all kinds of cop equipment that they had hanging 380 around the police officer station. They was takin' plaster tire track, foot 381 prints, dog smelling prints, and they took twenty seven eight by ten color 382 glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of 383 each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us. 384 Took pictures of the aproach, the getaway, the northwest corner, the 385 southwest corner, and that's not to mention the aerial photography. After 386 the ordeal we went back to the jail, Obie said he was going to put us in a 387 cell, said " Kid, I'm gonna put you in the cell I want your wallet and your 388 belt" and I said "Obie, I can understand your wanting my wallet so I don't 389 have any money to spend in the cell but what do you want my belt for?" and 390 he said "Kid we don't want any hangings" I said "Obie, did you think I was 391 going to hang myself for littering?" Obie said he was making sure, and 392 friends, Obie was cause he took out the toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself 393 over the head and drown, and he took out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend 394 the bars roll out the roll of toilet paper out the window slide down the roll 395 and have an escape. Obie was making sure and it was about four or five 396 hours later that Alice, remember Alice? The song's about Alice. Alice came 397 by and with a few nasty words to Obie on the side bailed us out of jail and 398 we went back to the church for another thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be 399 beat. -Arlo 400 401 **********Replace This Line With An Order Of Fries********** 402 all: Sorry for the line feeds, may come back and fix that after work. 403 Tanya: Are you alive? Call me... 404 Guardian: See above (to Tanya) 405 -so 406 :::::::::::::::O O::::::0725::::::::::::::::::::::::08:18:::::O O::::::::: 407 Cistop: have you figured out the vector problem yet? I posted the quesion 408 on Compuserve last night, so perhaps you can find the answer there. 409 :::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::: 410 Leonard: As you probably know by now, YMODEM.DOC is on CBBS/NW. You can get 411 it there, or my board (if you can get on at all...I have complained to PNB 412 but what good it will do, I'm not sure). Sorry for the problems. Jim 413 414 By frob! A new face! 415 SAD 416 Dunderson fretted, As well he should. It is not everyday such a low 417 man on the Company's totem pole has quite so much responsibility. Oh he was 418 the executive assistant to the head of the Company (SAD liked the term 419 company, so what if the CIA already used it too) and he did have some 420 weight around the place, but seeing to an operation single handidly like 421 he was doing now? Dunderson was worried and with good reason. Directing 422 several agents in a cross country operation was difficult enough, but 423 this time NET was involved, and that made the task even more formidable. 424 425 Why?, Dunderson thought to himself, why did I ever get myself into 426 this mess. I can't be expected to watch over those agents when they are 427 3000 miles away. And who can trust Joshua to make it easy for the the agents 428 to follow once he leaves Nirvana? This is all too much for one man to 429 take. 430 "Ella? Yes, I want you to book me on the next flight for San 431 Francisco. Yes, that's right. Oh no need to inform him right away. I will 432 take care of that. Yes, standard issue travel parcel. I'll pick it up 433 on my way out. Please ring me when you have confirmed reservations. Yes 434 Ella, I know what I am doing. Thank you, no, Ok, thank you. Good bye Ella." 435 It's the only way, he thought. Boss will appreciate my devotion. 436 Sure he will. I hope. 437 438 "Yes Ella. It leaves in 45 minutes? That is fine. Please have them 439 bring my car around. No I'll drive myself. I can use longterm parking. No 440 I will be fine. Good bye Ella." 441 That's it. Nothing more I can do now except not miss my plane. Joshua 442 will have a party waiting for him when he arrives in the bay area. I will be 443 at the head of the party. Not bad, if I do say so myself. Not bad at all. 444 SAD SAD 445 446 Is that really "the the" ? I bet he meant just one "the" there. It 447 all makes sense now. The-the-that's-that's all folks. 448 Porky 449 450 """"""""""""""""""""""7-25-85"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 451 THE TALL MAN LOOKED AROUND THE DOOR THE LIVING ROOM WAS EMPTY AND THE LIGHT 452 WAS ON THE DOOR TO HEIS STUDY WAS STILL CLOSED. HE QUITLY PULLED HIS 38 SNUB- 453 NOSE PISTOL OUT FROM HIS SHOULDER HOLSTER. HE SLIPED THROUGH THE DOOR AND 454 LOOKED INTO THE KITCHEN/DINING ROOM NOBODY THERE. THE DOOR TO HIS BEDROOM WAS 455 CLOSED ALSO. "WAIT," HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF "I LEFT THE DOOR OPEN WHEN I LEFT 456 THIS MORNING..................... 457 458 """""""""""""""""""""""""""MISSFIRE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 461 462 joshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshua 463 I lay by the pool, enjoying the sun and the scenery. NET keeps its R&R 464 facilities well stocked. All it needed to make it perfect was a little 465 diversion, but that was too much to ask for. But wait! what's that vibration? 466 Turning my head as little as possible, I see Ian approaching. Great, 467 someone must have heard my request for a little diversion, for here he comes. 468 As he neared, he eyed the chair sitting closest to the pool suspiciously, 469 and sat in the other one. Pulling a file folder from his capacious pocket, 470 he opened it, scanned it briefly, then handed it to me. 471 "while you've been a total blob here for the past several weeks, L'homme sans 472 Parity (you remember him don't you?) has been on a mission in San Francisco. 473 He is long overdue, and we haven't heard from him since shortly after he arrived 474 there. Your job is to get down there and find him (or his body) and report 475 back here. Everything we know about the situation is in the folder. 476 You can leave when you are ready, as long as you're ready by tomorrow night. 477 You can browse through the garage and see if anything there is up to your 478 standards (and durable enough), or you can arrange some other transport. 479 In other words, you are, as usual, on your own. Oh, by the way, 480 you'll also find a little information in the folder about some new small-time 481 subversive group which has been making attempts lately at moving up in the 482 world. Our intelligence suggests that they might try something with you. 483 whether it will be friendly or hostile, we're not sure. Just be aware of 484 the possibility. They'll probably turn out to be nothing more than that other 485 group, what was their name? underground? Anyway, keep your eyes open." 486 As he started to get up I said, "hey Ian... do the words 'deus ex machina' 487 ring a bell?" At the sound of the key phrase, the small voice-activated 488 charge in the leg of the chair went off, tumbling Ian toward the pool. 489 As the sparks flew and I covered my head, I thought, 'its a good thing 490 I'm leaving. They don't mind me breaking in a few of their androids, 491 but I think I'm a little too enthusiastic. Besides, Ian would make a 492 formidable opponent, even if just on the practical joke level.' 493 "Hey, Ada? I regret to report the passage..." 494 joshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshua 495 joshuajo... I hate entering on-line ...shuajoshua 496 497 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 498 Joshua: Never fear, we shall return in force when other storylines die down. 499 One story is easy enough to keep going, but two or three gets a little rough... 500 We lurk, we watch, and we always make careful note of the actions of others... 501 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ UNDERGROUND [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 502 503 ******************************************************************* 504 Voyeur: Found the vector, but still having problems, some sort of weird 505 interaction with the keyboard. Every time I get any input from the serial 506 port it locks up the keyboard. I'm in the process of disassembling the 507 code in the 2000 to see what they do to make it work. It'll take a little 508 time, but I think I can get it figured out. I found the vector by making 509 an educated guess, and then looking for recognizable code at the address 510 pointed at by the vector. For what it's worth, the vector used for the 511 serial port in at interrupt 72. 512 ***************************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************** 513 514 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 515 Milch: I finally got on. I really should enter some of the storyline...but 516 sometimes, ya gotta say "what the f**k!" 517 Later. (sleep now, payday tomorrow!) 518 ???????????????? The Doctor ??????????????????????? July 26, 85 at 12:43 ?????? 519 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 520 sad agents... not exactly doing exhaustive researching are you... there is 521 an entry for sad in some referecnce work of mine... it reads like this... 522 "sad... special analysis division... under emergency preparedness program 523 to develop ways to control information and impose censorship in the us..." 524 do not worry... i wont flamme you in a story if you explain it craftily 525 enough... and you seem to be crafty if nothing else... 526 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 527 tilean surveyed the meal as it arrived... his perspective swinging as the 528 waiter approached... taking a slippery route through the other tables... at the 529 other tables lurked men in varius states of finery... turbans and veils were 530 rare... and most everyone was attired in business suits... 531 the loud din of noise from each conversation was unnerving tilean... who 532 could not seem to make out aany single voice... they all faded into one another 533 and distinguished themselves... 534 someone at his table asked if tilean was feeling ill... tilean admitted the 535 algierian food was not healthy for someone with a delicate stomache... to which 536 someone answered "and you say you do not like candied grasshoppers..." 537 loud crunching noises stopped as everyone realized what it was that they 538 had been eating... nervous glances were exchanged... everyone put down their 539 portions... 540 "europeans... i bet your mothers had to force cheese down your throat... 541 stomaches of glass... each and every-" the arabian put a grasshopper in his 542 mouth and bit harshly... he went on... "one of you..." 543 the arabian belched loudly and everyone seemed to become rather ill... 544 "when did khadaffi get the plans for operation Khamsim..." asked an agent 545 sitting next to the arabian... the agent looked almst nervous aboutit... 546 "the impetuous fool... he got the plans sometime in february this year... 547 it took him two weeks to realize the signifcance of it... and then the mad man 548 actually set the plan in motion once again... damned fool..." 549 tilean ignored the arabian's feelings toward khadaffi and asked how they 550 were setting the plans in motion... and where... 551 "the idiot will detonate bombs in each of fifty oil wells along the desert 552 until the sea flows far enough past the coast... that a river will form... and 553 the continent will sink... all of this done in accordance with the tides and 554 the weather... the interminable fool is going to try to sink his continent..." 555 the arabian was frustrrated at the seeming stupidity of the libyan prime 556 minister... alarmingly frustrated... although he did enjoy candied grasshoppers 557 to no end... 558 "these wells... do we know which wells..." asked another agent who sat on 559 the other side of the arabian than the last one... 560 "the wells are nationalized and numbered one to fifty... starting with the 561 first one... offshore and going all the way to fifty... near the north bank of 562 the sand seas..." the arabian's spirits lifted with the arrival of some green 563 leafy things... garnished with a ring of deep purple slices... 564 seeing this as a convenient time to make an exit... tilean stood and bid 565 his thanks to his host... the arabian... and asked the other agents if they 566 wished to enjoy some of the night life of algiers... he signalled them to agree 567 and come with him... in turn they all stood and exitted... 568 all five agents left the darkened and stuffy atmosphere of the restaurant 569 and were promptly blinded by the naked sun... as their eyes adjusted they began 570 to make out the fablulous traffic in this north african city... people yelling 571 at one another and offering their wares as they have been for hundreds of years 572 and more... without any significant change since the days of the barbary states 573 and before... 574 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 575 the arabian sat firmly... sweat began to bead on his ofrehead... and he 576 wiped it off slowly... his mind churning out comments on the agents who left 577 seconds ago... two of them were nothing significant... but the other two... 578 they were significant in that they felt... they understood the vastness of the 579 trouble ahead... 580 only those two seemed affected by the tale of desruction that was his job 581 to tell them... and both of them seemed quite confident in their positions... 582 what were their namesns now... according to his reports... they were tilean 583 and allean... the other two were not even worth considering... 584 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 585 586 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (-so) 587 Yes. I am alive. Hardly breathing for reasons beyond my reckoning, but 588 I am still one of the living. You, my friend, are now in another state of 589 consciousness at the moment and shall not be disturbed by me now. 590 I was.... 591 I am EXTREMELY disconcerted with the fact that small box of holding 592 has once again decided to up and ******* emptied it's ENTIRE contents into 593 another dimension. ********! ***** *** ***** ** ****! But enough of such 594 vulgar language, I should now rest so as to retype about three weeks of 595 material from scratch. Where's my bottle firey relaxants when I need it? 596 Four stories ready for the uploading... >>>POOF!<<< 597 As for me? The same. Don't expect to see my name here again for a 598 short while... perhaps a year or two. 599 (You just had to ask, didn't you?) 600 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---> 207. I think. 601 All typing errors, improper usage of punctuation, shifts in tense, et cetera 602 were placed in the previous message intentionally so as not to break a 603 particular person's "track record". Not that the message mattered, nor 604 that the particular person ever existed. He doesn't. 207:04 605 606 **********Replace This Line With A Plate Of Fish And Chips********** 607 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 608 not at the bottom yet, but... 609 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 610 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\bordermark 611 HI!! 612 613 614 >_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 615 NEOHAMA 616 >_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 617 Hey y'all 618 Awile back, I did some reserching on 619 Mars to see if there was a way to thicken 620 it's atmosphere. IIt was useless. 621 Now I'm working on Venus. It's problem 622 is that it's average tempeture is 623 600d F. due to the thick clouds it has. 624 I'm trying to find a way to remove them. But I need all the help I can get 625 If any of you dudes have any ideas, 626 I'd apreciate knowing them 627 628 Thanks NEO. 629 >