NUMBER OF LINES: 999 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2$************************* INSTALLED: 15 SEP 88 *************************** 3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator 4$************************************************************************** 5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately 8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general 9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the 10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all 11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the 12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data 13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out 14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering 15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to 16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up. 17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18$************************************************************************** 19$ 002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/15/88 20:52 Msg:2296 Call:10004541 Lines:5 20 If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least 21 once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. 22 Rene Descartes 23 ************************************************************************ 003=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/15/88 21:02 Msg:2297 Call:10004542 Lines:7 25 THIS IS WORLD WATCH THREE>>>>>>>>>>> 26 Looks like we're on to@p again! 27 Such a spiffy place to be, too. So 28 sorry I've nothing to say. 29 30 Has anybody noticed a few of the 31 system commands DON'T WORK! I 004=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/15/88 23:41 Msg:2298 Call:10004547 Lines:6 32 remember a few from way back when, 33 but that was befor the revision of 34 the system. Are they nolonger used? 35 ^b 36 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 37 006=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/16/88 03:36 Msg:2300 Call:10004550 Lines:65 39 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 40 All righT! A new Disk! Well all, lets see. Hmm. I know, I'll enter the 41 next part in the continuiing adventures of John Eddison, Inter Dimensional 42 police Officer! 43 44 (When we last left our adventurer he was drunk out of his mind and flying 45 blindly through the space time continue. The brownie was gone, Will he return?) 46 47 John Eddison came slowly back to reality. (Or what ever passed for reality 48 in this fractured place.) His head ached and his body throbed. Or perhaps it 49 was his head that throbed and his body that ached. 50 51 The space all around him was a dull gray. Instantly he knew that he had 52 somehow ded up in the Inter Dimensional ether. Sh*t!, Ouch!! he said feeling 53 the effects of his over indulgence. 54 55 He took a moment or two to let things stabilize a bit. on the Panel of 56 his tub a red light was flashing. He moved slowly forward and flicked the 57 switch that was set beside it. 58 59 "Eddison? Are you there?" The chief said from the speaker above the switch 60 and up and to the right of the light. 61 62 "Chief! Ah, is there a problem?" 63 64 "Yes theirs a problem. I'm going to have to call you back from vacation." 65 66 "It's not the destruction of the Universe again is it?" 67 68 "No, we used that plot last time. We'll have to wait awhile before we 69 can get away with it again. Anyway, the Author has come up with a new story 70 line." 71 72 "Good, I was getting sick..." 73 74 "Eddison! Pay attention." 75 76 "Yes sir!" 77 78 "Good, Now I want you to proccede to the coordanites now flashing on the 79 screen.: 80 81 "Ok, then what?" 82 83 "You'll be getting orders on your arival." 84 85 "Ready willing and able sir!" 86 87 "Eddison, have you been drinking again?" 88 89 "Only a little." 90 91 "I thought so. Get to work man." 92 93 "Yes munchkin!" 94 95 "What was that?" 96 97 "Nothing sir! Getting as ordered." 98 99 "Good, see that you do!" 100 101 James of Cassandra. 102 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$$+++++))))) 103 007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/16/88 15:09 Msg:2301 Call:10004564 Lines:13 104 &*&*&*&*'s 105 106 Hello, 107 So now that we have a new disk I guess we can start in on some more Stories. 108 109 Anyone got any ideas? 110 111 112 An Astral Dreamer. 113 &*&*&*&*'s 114 115 116 008=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/16/88 15:21 Msg:2302 Call:10004565 Lines:10 117 -=-=======-=----------===================-=---------------================== 118 As I asked before and am so doing again...WHAT is a meglomaniac? 999 119 Kansas, I've got to find Kansas! 034 120 121 Lord of the 7 abernackys 122 123 Beaker 124 \__/ 125 oo 126 -{=-=-------=-=====-=-------=-========---===============------=-=========---078 009=Usr:453 jim walroth 09/16/88 17:09 Msg:2303 Call:10004568 Lines:4 127 Well, this is certainly better than the last time I checked out this BBS and 128 the only thing on it was a bunch of adolescent "I'm going to destroy the world 129 right after I finish with you" type messages! Could things be looking up after 130 all? 010=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/16/88 18:00 Msg:2304 Call:10004569 Lines:12 131 !!!!!@@@@@#####+++++))))) 132 I think that things are looking up. It seems that we are starting to build 133 up a base of mature interesting peaple. 134 135 Megolomaniac? Hmm, I think it meens somthing like "He who would rule over 136 others." 137 138 Kansas? Were is kansas? 139 140 James of Cassandra. 141 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+)))() 142 011=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/16/88 19:35 Msg:2305 Call:10004570 Lines:5 143 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@user twoeightthree!######################### 144 Gads! I'm back! Thpt. Speaking of kansas...where is it? 145 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Friday night! (with a hot date!)############ 146 ^C 147 012=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 09/16/88 22:41 Msg:2306 Call:10004576 Lines:2 148 If you have a hot date, then what in blazes are you doing here? The only 149 reason the rest of us are here is because we don't have a hot date...... 013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/16/88 23:29 Msg:2307 Call:10004577 Lines:19 150 &*&*&*&*'s 151 152 Perhaps Kansas is lost? 153 154 The wanderer sat at a corner table in the Inn at the crossroads. The Inn was 155 nearly empty, and the barkeep was eyeing his empty table. 156 157 "Barkeep, bring me your best dinner. And if you would, please prepare a bed 158 for me." 159 160 The barkeep barked an order to the kitchen and began to wipe the counter down 161 for what must have been the millionth time. 162 163 "Not much is happening here alas. Perhaps I should go out and find my own 164 adventure." The wanderer mumbled as he stared at the ceiling. 165 166 An Astral Dreamer. 167 &*&*&*&*'s 168 014=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/17/88 18:55 Msg:2308 Call:10004593 Lines:17 169 ----=====------=====----------============----------------=================- 170 He who would rule over others. I wouldn't rule...it's more of a trade-off 171 you just havee to look at it 172 right. (stupid key 173 ) 174 175 Maybe Kansas is in Ohio, there has GOT to be something there. 176 177 Lord Bea 178 ker \__/ 179 o 180 o 181 --====-=-==-=-=-=--{-====--=------------- 182 =------=-=========----------==-====029 183 030 184 040 185 126 015=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/17/88 22:40 Msg:2309 Call:10004602 Lines:7 186 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 187 188 Maybe kansas is in George bushes head. There has to be somthing in there! 189 190 James of Cassandra. 191 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 192 016=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/18/88 11:15 Msg:2310 Call:10004614 Lines:2 193 HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!!!!!!!!!!! 194 017=Usr:587 J BARR 09/18/88 20:30 Msg:2311 Call:10004624 Lines:7 195 ]Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their countyr. 196 197 Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid ofUP2 198 199 GO/ 200 AP] 201 AP 018=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/18/88 21:46 Msg:2312 Call:10004626 Lines:7 202 &*&*&*&*'s 203 204 Now is the time to find out what time it is! 205 206 An Astral Dreamer. 207 &*&*&*&*'s 208 019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/19/88 02:21 Msg:2313 Call:10004632 Lines:12 209 &*&*&*&*'s 210 Hmm, I wonder what happened to everyone who was on here last week? Did the 211 full disk scare you all away? It doesn't happed that often, and it has 212 never been full that long befor. It was a fluk. Hounest! 213 214 So, will all of you come back? :-) 215 216 An Astral Dreamer. 217 &*&*&*&*'s 218 219 Argh! I wish I could spell!^ 220 020=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/19/88 06:38 Msg:2314 Call:10004634 Lines:6 221 ***************************** 19 Sep ************************************ 222 Astral Dreamer; 223 I will have to admit, that the full disk confused me, I couldn't log on, and 224 nothing ever changed... so, now what happens??? 225 -Renee- 226 ************************************************************************** 021=Usr:32 JOHN SILVERMAN 09/19/88 13:01 Msg:2315 Call:10004640 Lines:16 227 228 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 229 Hi there, folks. If you enjoy this BBS format why not give J.D.'s Place a 230 call? We have three bulletin boards of this same type inside the regular 231 BBS and I would love to see them get more use. They are: 232 233 The Wall - A place for conversation, thoughts, and ideas. 234 The General Storyboard - A different format for writing stories. 235 The Adult Storyboard - Some fo the hottest stories around! (over 16 only) 236 237 So if you like this type of bulletin board, why not give us a call? 238 --- 256-xxxx --- 300/1200 Baud --- 239 We'd sure love you have you! 240 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#This is an unpaid advertisement by J.D. Silverman#$#$#$#$#$ 241 242 022=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/20/88 06:55 Msg:2316 Call:10004641 Lines:4 243 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User 283!################################### 244 J.D. silverman's ad actually was paid! You people havta pay attention! 245 His own atari 1040st payed him 10,000$ just to place that ad.. 246 @@@@@@@@@q/40{M@@@@@@#@@@@@################################# 023=Usr:71 David Shult 09/20/88 11:44 Msg:2317 Call:10004649 Lines:79 247 696969696969 248 249 { Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987" 250 251 AMERICANS SPYING ON AMERICANS 252 253 The Reagan administration's paranoid concern with communism has 254 led to the development of a national private spying network and an 255 official effort by the FBI to turn America's librarians into spies. 256 People and groups who speak out against Reagan adminstration 257 policies put themselves in jeopardy of surveillance by private 258 intelligence-gathering organizations composed of conservative groups 259 with close ties to the White House. Members say they pass on the 260 information they collect to federal agencies, like the Justice 261 Department, and on occasion to the White House itself. 262 Conservative groups involved in these spying activities include 263 the Institute for Contemporary Studies, the Young America's 264 Foundation, the Council for Inter-American Security, and the Capital 265 Research Center. 266 Stephen Schwartz works at the Institute for Contemporary Studies, 267 a San Francisco think-tank founded by top Reagan aides like Ed Meese. 268 Schwartz calls it "the commie-watching network." 269 Michael Boos, Program Director of Young America's Foundation, 270 says the group promotes conservative ideas on college campuses .. and 271 keeps track of what the left-wing opposition is up to. Boos keeps 272 files, makes lists, takes photographs ... all to keep an eye on 273 students and professors he says "need watching." Boos says that two 274 top-level Reagan Adminstration officials -- Ken Cribb, Assistant to 275 the President for Domestic Affairs, and Frank Donatelli, the 276 President's chief Political Advisor -- support his work. Both serve on 277 Young America's Board of Directors. Young America's financial records 278 reveal the oganization received money from the federal government -- 279 over $100,000 from the United States Information Agency. 280 Michael Waller gathers information on left-wing activists for a 281 private political group called the Council for Inter-American 282 Security. The Council claims that Bill Casey was driven to have a 283 brain seizure because of harassment by the liberal media and liberal 284 members of Congress. It also claims that Michigan Congressman George 285 Crockett was once a communist agent and that other congressmen who 286 secretly collaborated with the Soviet KGB included John Burton, Ted 287 Weiss, Ron Dellums, John Conyers, Don Edwards, and Charles Rangle. 288 Willa Johnson, who heads the Capital Research Center which 289 gathers information on}i opponents of White House policies, is former 290 Deputy Director of Personnel at the White House. The Center gets its 291 money from corporations and right-wing benefactors like Joe Coors and 292 Ellen Garwood, two key funders of the secret White House effort to 293 support the contras. 294 Meanwhile, the FBI officially recruits librarians to spy on 295 library users who might be diplomats of hostile powers recruiting 296 intellnence agents or gathering information potentially harmful to 297 U.S. security. While the current program, euphemistically called the 298 "Library Awareness Program," started shortly after the August, 1986, 299 arrest of a Soviet spy who frequented New York Libraries in search of 300 y student recruits and stolen, unclassified library materials, the xDFBI 301 said the program has existed for years in various incarnations. 302 303 SOURCES: KRON-TV Target 4, San Francisco, 11/10-12/87, Sylvia 304 Chase, Jonathan Dann; Center for Investigative Report{_ing, Dan Noyes; 305 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 2/23/88, "FBI as~rks librarians to help in the 306 search for spies," by Amy Lin{_n. 307 308 696969696969696969 309 Some facts from Harper's magazine's Harper's index7sf* 310 311 Number of lines in Ronald Reagan's entry in the 1988-89 edition of 312 "Who's Who": 8 313 Number of lines in Nancy Reagan's: 24 |` 314 Number of lines in George Bush's}i: 14 315 316 Percentage of all voters who had an UNfavorable opinion of George 317 Bush in July 1988: 40 318 Percentage of all voters who had an UNfavorable opinion of Walter 319 Mondale in July 1984: 29 320 321 lting int of Dippitdo: 122 degrees F. 322 323 I think the above pretty much says it all. 324 325 024=Usr:71 David Shult 09/20/88 15:06 Msg:2318 Call:10004652 Lines:62 326 line 321 should read: Melting point of Dippity-do: 122 degrees F. 327 328 696969696969 329 330 Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987" 331 332 REAGAN'S 1980 "OCTOBER SURPRISE" -- ARMS FOR HOSTAGES 333 334 In October 1980, nothing worried the Reagan campaign as much as 335 the possibility that the 52 hostages held by Iran might come home. 336 A "paramilitary wing" created by Reagan's campaign staff to prevent 337 such a possibility was largely unreported in 1987. 338 The revelations report that then campaign manager William J. 339 Casey headed an "October surprise" team engaging the services of both 340 retired and active military personnel. 341 During the course of the 1980 campaign, campaign leaders Richard 342 Allen, Edwin Meese, and Casey became concerned, almost to the point of 343 paranoia (according to journalists Jack Germond and Jules Witcover) 344 that Carter would get the hostages released thereby stealing away 345 Reagan's election momentum and assuring Carter of re-election. 346 Following is a brief overview of the reported activities of 347 Reagan's "October 1980 surprise" team: 348 Various reports reveal that Casey's "paramilitary wing" 349 monitored U.S. military movements for the Reagan campaign, met with 350 representatives of the Bani-Sadr government of Iran, and covertly 351 obtained President Carter's debate briefing materials prior to the 352 November election. 353 These revelations alone carry enormous constitutional 354 implications -- private citizens soliciting military and intelligence 355 assistance in monitoring U.S. government operations, private citizens 356 meeting with foreign dignitaries in possible state negotiations, and 357 private citizens clandestinely obtaining property of the United States 358 President -- and yet they were not followed up by the major media once 359 discovered and revealed in small, non-mass media publications. 360 Even more disturbing is the issue of Iranian arms shipments. 361 Documents confirm that within its first month, the Reagan 362 administration gave a green light to Israel to resume its arms 363 shipments to the Iranian government. 364 These revelations support former Iranian President Bani-Sadr's 365 assertion that the arms supply contract Iran signed with Israel in 366 March 1981, less than two months after Reagan's inauguration, was the 367 payoff for delaying the release of the American hostages until after 368 the November 4, 1980 election. 369 The hostages remained in captivity until January 20, 1981, the 370 day Reagan took the oath of office, and they left Teheran minutes 371 after he became president. 372 A conspiracy between a presidential candidate and a hostile 373 foreign power against an incumbent president would seem to be without 374 precedent in American history. At the very least, it would seem that 375 the documented charges revealed by a few journalists last year 376 deserved to be investigated for the benefit of the American public by 377 the U.S. media. 378 379 SOURCES: L.A. WEEKLY, 7/10/87, "Reagan's 1980 Hostage Deal," by 380 Barbara Honegger with Jim Naureckas, pp 12, 14, 16; THE NATION, 381 6/20/87 (p 842), 7/4/87 (p 7), 8/1/87 (p 80), 10/24/87 (p 440), 382 11/21/87 (p 582), "Minority Report," all by Christopher Hitchens; S.F. 383 EXAMINER, 7/12/87, "October Surprise," by Warren Hinckle, p A-13. 384 385 696969696969696969 386 387 025=Usr:121 Hamfred Gammidge 09/20/88 15:22 Msg:2319 Call:10004653 Lines:7 388 Ok, Beeeker, I looked up megalomania in the dictionary. It said: 389 390 meg.a.lo.ma.ni.a n. a mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, 391 wealth, etc. 392 meg'a.lo.ma'ni.ac, n., adj. 393 394 Does that help any? Hamfred. 026=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/20/88 15:32 Msg:2320 Call:10004654 Lines:11 395 Thanks Hamfred, 396 I appreciate the effort. 397 398 Now to clear things up...What delusions, this is reality I'm talking about. 399 OOPS! I forgot my top border: 400 -=-=======-------========-=-====-====-------------=-=-------==========------ 401 Arg, well this is just a screwed up message. Ok, maybe a few delusions... 402 403 Lord Beaker \__/ 404 oo 405 -==--==-{===------========----------=-========-=-------------------=-======- 027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/20/88 22:32 Msg:2321 Call:10004668 Lines:8 406 &*&*&*&*'s 407 Nice to see some action here. So how is everybody? 408 409 Word wrap, Word wrap. My Kingdom for Word Wrap! 410 411 An Astral Dreamer. 412 &*&*&*&*'s 413 028=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/21/88 06:06 Msg:2322 Call:10004675 Lines:9 414 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 415 Ok, Lets see. Today is wednsday. Anybody ever wonder why they put a d in 416 wednsday? 417 418 Well, I wonder too. How about some answers? 419 420 James of Cassandra. 421 !!!!!@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 422 029=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/21/88 06:59 Msg:2323 Call:10004676 Lines:11 423 ******************************** 21 Sep ************************************* 424 Wow, we are almost half way to a full disk again. What world problem are we 425 going to solve in the 400+ lines we have left. How about the lack of word 426 wrap in the general population. I hear that the masses are crying for word 427 wrap, and there is a not enough to go around. Only "top men" in the 428 government know the real word wrap problem. The President is scheduled to 429 meet with a couple of his top advisors (Nofzinfer and Meese) to solve the 430 word wrap problem. 431 -Renee- 432 ****************************************************************************** 433 030=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/21/88 08:24 Msg:2324 Call:10004678 Lines:3 434 The prez is gonna rap about wrap eh? Personally I think word wrap is 435 getting a bum rap. Well, I guess that about wraps it up for now. 436 ************* 031=Usr:589 Henry Rollins 09/21/88 13:20 Msg:2325 Call:10004686 Lines:13 437 One day I was out side catching some rays when suddenly my left toe started to 438 get larger and larger. I didn't know what to do. So I cut it off with a big 439 butcher knife. That's better. I amputated my own toe. 440 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 441 442 Hi! My Name is SPOAITUCJEBANEAGAZIONE , and I'm a TRIABCUENANTOIABE and have 443 seventeen arms three hundred and fourty legs and one eye! and I am a damn good 444 cook! 445 446 People are weird. They are hairy, but weird. Elvis is alive! He lives in the 447 soles of everyone of us. Elvis was never dead! Because i saw him yesterday 448 wondering around downtown at Pioneer Square. Thanx, Dan Rather. 449 WHAT A BLOODY WASTE OF SPACE 032=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/21/88 16:07 Msg:2326 Call:10004691 Lines:18 450 &*&*&*&*'s 451 Ah, yes. But there is so much space out there. 452 453 Well, It seems this word wrap thing is coming to a head. Peaple in the streets 454 are talking about. The really do won't action. Hopefully the presidential 455 candidates will make some sort of a statment in the near future about their 456 stand on this important issue. 457 458 Oh yes stiwt beware, We have a sysop here who is not amused by your behavior. 459 But of course we have no stiwt on this board so I suppose the warning is 460 without cause. 461 462 Live long and prosper! (Yeah, I know it's a cliche',but its a great line.) 463 464 An Astral Dreamer. 465 &*&*&*&*'s 466 467 033=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/21/88 19:43 Msg:2327 Call:10004696 Lines:20 468 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User TwoEightyThree!######################### 469 Hey! I have a proposal! Let's all get back at good 'ole mikey by NOT hitting 470 return at the end of a line so the messages take up twice as much screen space 471 and all that? What a great idea, huh? Maybe that is a way to get word wrap! 472 Now hang on, Let me go make a macro! 473 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap 474 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap 475 476 Word Wrap!Word Wrap! 477 Word Wrap! 478 Word Wrap! 479 Word Wrap! 480 Word Wrap! 481 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@THPT############################################### 482 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap 483 Word Wrap!Word Wrap! 484 Word Wrap!Word Wrap! 485 Word Wrap!Word Wrap! 486 Word Wrap!Word Wrap! 487 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@################################################### 034=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 09/21/88 21:38 Msg:2328 Call:10004699 Lines:2 488 Now there is intelligent commentary on backwater specifically and society in 489 general. 035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/21/88 21:46 Msg:2329 Call:10004700 Lines:7 490 &*&*&*&*'s 491 Milchar, seems there is a request for wordwrap. You and Mikey can't let us 492 down now can you? :-) 493 494 An Astral Dreamer. 495 &*&*&*&*'s 496 036=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/21/88 23:03 Msg:2330 Call:10004702 Lines:9 497 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 498 Ah, Yes. Word wrap. The phrase has such a delicate texture. It almost 499 rolls off the tounge. 500 501 Life with out Word Wrap is colorless! 502 503 James of Cassandra. 504 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 505 037=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 09/21/88 23:55 Msg:2331 Call:10004704 Lines:32 506 {} 507 508 At first, there was nothing. 509 510 Then, after the blinding light passed, a space formed. It was 511 small, eratic sphere, but none the less, a space. It expanded in 512 Beta-Space, becoming smoother and more regular with time, like a 513 nuclear warhead in real space. Then, visible light dimmed into the 514 vast, dark area. In the middle was something not quite a man, and 515 not quite a child. Exactly 20 years of age on September 21st, 1988, 516 he "floated" in the exact center of this 100-meter wide sphere. An 517 atmosphere formed around the orange-robed subject. The not-quite- 518 but-almost a man ended the meditation, and opened his eyes. Before 519 him was a phone wire that had neatly snapped at one of the connecting 520 edges. 521 522 Damn, (he thought,) I'm stuck here again! A quick fix on this 523 piece of chicken excreatement should bring be out... 524 525 And lo, on September 21st, 1988, Hagbard Celine fixed the #!^$#@ 526 phone-line that had disconnected him from the Inn at the Crossroads. 527 The young man was happy. It was 20 earth revolutions from the day of 528 his physical birth. He could not have asked for a nicer present than 529 to be reunited with friends, old and new. 530 531 *** 532 533 It's good to be back! 534 535 Hagbard Celine 536 537 {} 038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/22/88 02:10 Msg:2332 Call:10004706 Lines:16 538 &*&*&*&*'s 539 540 Welcome Back Hagbard! How have you been? Didn't you used to hang around 541 with somebody by the name of Friar? Havn't seen him around in awhile. 542 543 The story got ended in a rather unusual way. We all chickened out on an ending, 544 so those of us still around just wrote our charecters out. You can still save 545 the multverse! 546 547 Oh, Happy Birthday. 548 549 Remember : the word for the day is Wordwrap. 550 551 An Astral Dreamer. 552 &*&*&*&*'s 553 039=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/22/88 06:33 Msg:2333 Call:10004708 Lines:10 554 ************************* 22 September ******************************* 555 Is it Wordwrap or word wrap. I think that is the first thing we are 556 going to have to decide before we go the the U.N. on this issue. I 557 would hate for our delegation to go in and each of us use a different 558 spelling.... I can just see them saying get "get it together", and we 559 would explain that that is exactly what we want to do, get our words 560 together, so we don't have empty lines with one word in them. Bye... 561 -Renee- 562 563 ********************************************************************** 040=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/22/88 14:41 Msg:2334 Call:10004715 Lines:24 564 ----=-============-=---------=-=--------=-=========----------==-=----------- 565 Welcome back Hgbrd, 566 I thought perhaps I'd never see from you again. Wow! Hgbrds back! 567 568 Now, what do we need word wrap for. It's not all that inconvenienionent. 569 Maybe if the end of line beep was shortened three spaces...Ah well. Ask of 570 him what you will, then we can only hope the Great One replies. 571 572 Somebody think of something interesting to start. I can't. 573 574 Anybody remember when I declaired National Day-Glo Day (NDGD) to be? I 575 can't remember but I think it's aniversery is comeing up. 576 577 578 Happy Mutants for Nuclear Power 579 580 O 581 \___/ 582 583 Lord O' The 7''Abernackys 584 Beaker 585 -=-=-=-=--{=====-=------=-=======-=-------=-----=-------========-=------==== 586 Oh yeah...Happy Birthday Hgbrd! 587 041=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/22/88 16:31 Msg:2335 Call:10004721 Lines:2 588 KGON ROCKS!Thpt! Word Wrap!If you ever say "Wafers" to me again I'll blow y 589 BYE 042=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/22/88 17:09 Msg:2336 Call:10004724 Lines:5 590 WAFERS!!!! 591 592 This message is a public disservice of Network 0 593 594 ^b 043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 09/22/88 18:20 Msg:2337 Call:10004726 Lines:13 595 &*&*&*&*'s 596 597 KGON might rock, But it would be nice if they played some music that was a bit 598 newer. I have been listening to most of the stuff they play for around 13 of my 599 21 years, And I am SICK of it. 600 601 Why dont they play more stuff by peaple under the age of 40? 602 603 The phrase of the day is : Word Wrap. (Or is it WordWrap?) 604 605 An Astral Dreamer. 606 &*&*&*&*'s 607 044=Usr:590 Henry Rollins 09/22/88 19:24 Msg:2338 Call:10004727 Lines:15 608 What the bloody hell is a word wrap? 609 610 611 Once upon a time there was a twit. He was seven foot two and three inches. He 612 weighed 9 pounds. How could this be? Well , he didn't have any brain. He had 613 no legs and one toe. He amputated the other one. He can't remember who he is 614 all he remembers is here this blasted word wrap over and over again. He is goi 615 ing insane. So he amputates his one eye so he does not have to read this awful 616 word wrap. Second he amputates his ear so he doesn't have to hear anyone speak 617 it then he kills himself. 618 WHAT A BLOODY NICE LITTLE STORY EH? GEE WHAT KIND OF INTELLIGENT HUMAN(?) WROTE 619 THIS AWFUL STORY. 620 621 ---------------->Nobody rules Domination is not cool!<------------------------- 622 Peace, Love, and Equality for all. Nuke the KKK! (thank you!) 045=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/22/88 21:02 Msg:2339 Call:10004729 Lines:17 623 Network 0 editorial.... 624 625 Yes, nuke the KKK, the skin heads, the neo nazis! Yes, let's be just as 626 ignorant as they are, and hate! 627 628 Wouldn't our victory over them be sweeter if we could REASON with them, and 629 show them we can all live together without this blind hatred of people that are 630 no different than ourselves? 631 632 "To blow up his children 633 Would only prove him right." 634 (or something like that...) 635 -Sting, History Will Teach Us Nothing 636 637 For Network 0 and World Watch Three, This is Blank Doe. 638 639 ^b 046=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 09/22/88 21:37 Msg:2340 Call:10004731 Lines:43 640@ 641@ I____________________ *===I_______________________ 642@ I 643@ 644  645 647 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | I guess I've been quiet too longgggggggg 648 649 Hello again people (and others). I just thought that I'd end my silence 650 here, and prove that I still exist. OK? 651 652 Also, I hold such people as 'skinheads, neo-nazi's, and other racists in 653 extreme dislike. My older brother had gotten involved with that lot, and 654 they haven't done anything for him. Remember, an organization founded on 655 hate will eventually turn upon its own members and destroy itsel 656 657 Enough said? Well, not really. As far as word wrapping is concerned, it 658 isn't needed. What is needed is a way so that when I pause to scrollback 659 it doesn't give me a ^S^Q message. Think you can fix that Mikey? 660 661 Lord (ha!) Whatsyerface Beaker, 662 Nice to see yer still here, but what's with the mutations? 663 Hagbard, 664 Same message but without the mutation question. 665 666 Everyone Else that I'm too Lazy to write yer names, 667 Same message with the question: "How'd we do against the Dark Lords?" 668 (as if I don't know). 669 670 Hamfred, 671 Nice definition of Megalomaniac. Now, can you tell me what a 672 "morpheme" is (it's not the drug). 673 Oh, and this time, don't look it up. 674 Well, I guess that this humble (?) berserker has wasted enough on-line 675 time and should leave others to write their messages. I hope I haven't 676 offended anyone. 677 678 OLO 679 \___/ 680 U 681 682 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Hows dat fer a face? Eh Beaker???????? 047=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 09/22/88 22:21 Msg:2341 Call:10004733 Lines:15 683 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 684 Renee, It could be wurd-rap or possibly whord whrap? 685 Generally speaking though, I wouldsay that it is still a new enough 686 term that the words shouldbe kept seperate "word wrap." One the other han 687 it is appraoching the point where it is a generic term describing a 688 specific action which means that perhaps it should be used with a hyphen 689 "word-wrap." Personaly I have yet to see a valid rule by which two word 690 are concatinated into one. There is jut the general rule that if the ter 691 gets used enough that it can be connected via the hyphen indicating that 692 it is a singular expression describing something. Then at some point people 693 just start dropping the hyphen altogether. This seems to happen after the 694 expression becomes considered a common term. Yet sometimes the hyphen is 695 never dropped, and other times the hyphen stage is bypassed altogether. 696 What a wonderful language English is. Even the English can't make sense of i! 697 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 048=Usr:562 Blank Doe 09/22/88 22:53 Msg:2342 Call:10004736 Lines:17 698 THIS IS WORLD WATCH THREE>>>>>>>>>> 699 Kurfur, I doubt I can help you, 700 but it's nice to 'hear' from 701 you. As to 'hate organizations 702 I agree. They tend to kill 703 off one of their own to have a 704 martyr that can further their 705 means. 706 707 Now, as to not 'hearing' from people 708 What ever became of Justin the Blue 709 and Britania? Haven't heard from 710 them in ages. The controller her 711 is interested in their whereabouts 712 713 WWWIII NW0 OUT 714 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wwiii 049=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/23/88 02:28 Msg:2343 Call:10004741 Lines:40 715 &*&*&*&*'s 716 717 Welcome back Kurfur. (I think I still remember how to spell it :-) ) 718 719 About organizations of hate. It is sad that peaple feel the need to hate others 721 722 . I beleieve that perhaps it is some sort of defect that allows them to blame 723 all of their problems on others. It is best to remember that we should not 724 be in compatition with each other. I don't think there is anyone out thear 725 that can effectivly compete with themselves, let alone anyone else. 726 727 Perhaps it is just a lesson that most peaple do not learn. 728 729 NEVER EXTERNALIZE YOUR PROBLEMS. This may sound harsh, but I believe in it. 730 This is not to say that others might not cause you problems. What it means is 731 take responsability for your actions. If you screw up, admit it and learn from 732 it. 733 734 My brother once told me that if you admit you are wrong you are showing a 735 weakness. I told him he was dead wrong, But I don't think he listened to me. 736 737 Thus he is a High School drop out, And I am now a College senior. It is ironic 738 that he is probably the smarter one. 739 740 Never simplify the world. It is stupid. The world is so complex that you can't 741 even beging t emagine the barest and most trivial details. 742 743 This is not somthing to be depressed about. We are all in the same boat, and I 744 suspect that if we actually knew how the world worked we would not be happy. 745 746 I'm sorry if I seem to be rambling. It is just that I have strong feelings 747 about the whole racist attitude. It is wrong, DEAD wrong. Unfortunetly, 748 some peaple have this tendancy to bd DEAD wrong. 749 750 'nuff said. 751 752 An Astral Dreamer. 753 &*&*&*&*'s 754 050=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/23/88 06:24 Msg:2344 Call:10004743 Lines:9 755 *** The twenty-third of September in the year of our Lord 1988 *********** 756 I couldn't write our One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Eight on my header 757 and I know we are suppose to have a header. I could never understand 758 the rules of the English language either. It wasn't till I got out of 759 college that I decided that I wouldn't worry about them... Then I got a 760 job that involved writing skills, so I am lost again.... Bye... 761 -Renee- 762 763 *************************************************************************** 051=Usr:539 Renee Holmes 09/23/88 07:14 Msg:2345 Call:10004744 Lines:4 764 (. .) 765 ) ( 766 ( v ) 767 052=Usr:591 COMMANDER MURDOC 09/23/88 12:09 Msg:2346 Call:10004749 Lines:10 768 <><><><><><><><><> 769 Hi, Commander Murdock has returned for 770 a short time to see how things are 771 going. GOD IT'S NICE TO HAVE A PHONE 772 AGAIN... 773 Looks good, I haven't been around 774 for a while. I'm glad to see that some 775 things haven't changed much. They just 776 improve with age and experience. 777 <><><><><><><><><> 053=Usr:592 Henry Rollins 09/23/88 13:34 Msg:2347 Call:10004753 Lines:12 778 One day I was driving my new hot oldsmobile down interstate 80. I was doing 779 about 100 miles per hour, when suddenly my head exploaded - Another stupid..... 780 yet exciting story! - Eggbert Salad The 3 1/2. 781 782 783 -------------->GEORGE BUSH EATS SQUID FOR DINNER<----------------------------- 784 HAHAHAHAH it didn't work. Geez what an idiot slime. 785 Racism is a sign of stupidity. It is a sign of hate & violence. So Nuke the 786 KKK 787 788 Reagan is a nazi, reagan is a nazi blah blah blah blah 789 - The Vomiting Mime strikes again(?) 054=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 09/23/88 15:11 Msg:2348 Call:10004754 Lines:19 790 ---=-======-=--------=-=====-=------------==-======-=--=-========-=--------= 791 Never forget that hate itself is a valid emotion, and to wipe it from the 792 human mind would be as foolish as to destroy love. All our emotions are 793 based on what was needed for survival in times before we were our own 794 enemy. Hate still has its place, it is only when it is used in an anti 795 human survival type way that it becomes a threat to us all. 796 797 Kurfur...Glad your back! The mutations? There nice people, but a little 798 sloppy. 799 800 Hgbrd, you oughta call more. Keeps your imagination in practice and your 801 fingers strong. 802 803 ---Raise your hand if your looking forward to a nuclear hollocaust! 804 805 Lord-oooooooooooooooomatic Beaker 806 807 All hail 7abernacky, for he alone knows! 808 -=-====-{=--=================-=--------========-=-------==-=============---- 055=Usr:593 adolf adolf 09/23/88 15:38 Msg:2349 Call:10004756 Lines:6 809 What's wrong of being a nazi? 810 What's wrong of being a nazi? 811 What? 812 813 814 . 056=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 09/23/88 16:35 Msg:2350 Call:10004762 Lines:15 815 816 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | The Skaven are coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 817 818 'What's wrong with being a Nazi?' 819 820 Actually, nothing. The national socialist party was a valid one once, so 821 being a Nazi' wasn't bad in itself. It's just what the Nazi's did that 822 makes them so repugnant. Remember, any movement with racists in it is 823 bound to be infamous, be it Naziism or Republicanism or Apartheid. 824 825 OLO 826 \___/ 827 U 828 829 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | So Hamfred, what's the definition????? 057=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 09/23/88 19:39 Msg:2351 Call:10004766 Lines:10 830 !!!!!@@@@@#####+++++))))) 831 The problem with NAZI is that it is a word used by peaple who hate to (320bepresent to them a (sick) ideal. Whatever the merits of the non-racist 833 part of the movment might have been, the fact that it was strongly racist 834 condemns it to always be NAZI=EVIL. which has another relation involved, 835 EVIL=STUPID. 836 (37 James of Cassandra. 838 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++))))) 839 058=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 09/23/88 23:09 Msg:2352 Call:10004772 Lines:85 840 {} 841 842 Nice to see that some people have not been as sloth as I. Yes, to 843 eradicate xate0is to also remove love - because, like Good and Evil, 844 they are deifined in terms of each other. This doesn't mean that you 845 can't escape from Good and Evil, but if you should wish to be neither, 846 you must start a new game (and write youb0own0rules). Nicely put, 847 Dreamer! It makes me feel 'good' to know that others out there understand 848 the only problem really left in the world: OURSELVES. Despite many 849 attempts on my part, people still tend to act in 'programmed' and 850 7entxinking' ways, that is, they "Know not what they do" (to borrow 851 a phrase from a famous religious figure). There's nothing wrong with 852 the earth. It could be paradise. It could be everything that everyone 853 ever wanted (whew! too many everc) But people CHOOSE to not understand 854 that we are all dependent upon each other, and (forgive me, Robert Shea) 855 rather than knock down the walls of our tiny shared hut (called Mother 856 Earth), we take the easier and more ignorant route of starvinw, killing, 857 or evicting the other occupants to make room for ourselves. Whenever 858 I meet a person who seems to hold promise, I carefully talk with them 859 about who they are (in essence, how they percieve the world), and 860 despite obvioes ant blatant double standards in their beliefs, they 861 still hold strong to their values. I do not wish to 'convert' or 862 'control' a person's religious or political beliefs. I simply want 863 to make the person aware of what really, undeniably,0is xere on 864 Earth, before their own eyes. I never try to pervert their beliefs; 865 I just want them to awake from their stupor. 866 867 Enough rambling! I am QUITE furious! 868 869 * * * 870 871 When he was finished with the cnnecdion, a vision in his mind 872 formed of all the other adventurers, off doing other trival things, 873 along with a fading time stream of a distant battle. The young man 874 became quite upset; in fact, he was furious! 875 876 He began his mudidqtion. 877 878 It continued. Beta Time quickened to sync with the time flow at 879 the Inn. Then a portion of the sphere distorted, as that space matched 880 with Earth time. Soon, several time zones had distorted the sphere into 881 an odt, lumpy figure. 882 883 His eye open. The light of the eye drew all into the respective time 884 zones instantaniously. The multiple portals then closed, in the blink of 885 a dying star's last gasp, as all were returned to beta time-space. 88&  887 The eye closed. 888 889 He was tired from the extreme effort, but his anger compelled him 890 to do this. 891 892 "And what do you think you're doing?", he said in an angry tone to 893 everyone. "Just because the !$%%$^@#$%!! |ine crapped out on me 894 doesn't mean you should run off! By the All-Seeing Eye, never have 895 I seen so many who have resorted to making the shrill mouth-music whilst 896 they urinate! Wake up! Ok, maybe I am a purist at heart, but I 897 still would uxpect everyone to guide themselves, reguardless of 898 wheather you're fighting a Thermonuclear War or Making Love on a First 899 DATE! (As if there was a difference, ) he thought. I'm tired. I become 900 even more tired by the minute. 901 9 2 0Let's kick some dark-robed nasty-sounding butt. NOW! 903 904 And with a clapp of thunder, reverbarating in the tiny atmosphere of 905 Beta-Space, the adventurers vanished in a blinding flash of light. 906 907 The Orb would be re-claimud by its TRUE owner. 908 909 John Eddison would be promoted over the slimeball brownie. 910 911 Kurfur Redlig would recover the Eternal Keg of Spirits. 912 913 And I would regain my body back. 914 915 * * * 916 917 Doublu-take: I'm going on a trip Saturday night, and will not be 918 able to return until Late Sunday night. For someone who's upset 919 about people not continuing, I sure seem to have some inflated 920 double-standards. Maybe I'm going senile in my old agu ;) 921 922 Hagbard Celine, embarrassed Guru with a smile! 923 924 {} 059=Usr:196 Cheryl Singer 09/24/88 03:55 Msg:2353 Call:10004776 Lines:5 925 Hello, this is Cassandra again. I guess don't seem to have enough time to 926 stay on dxe bards consistantly, but I just can't stay away. JUSTIN -- 927 WHERE ARE YOU????? R*A*Y is here with me -- wants to know what planet 928 you're on........... Sam, phone home ........ 929 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^N^^^N^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 060=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 09/24/88 11:40 Msg:2354 Call:10004780 Lines:28 930 #@#@#@#@###@#@@@@@#@####@#@#@#@#@####@#@@@##@#@#@#@#@#@#@##@##@###@#@##@ 931 I'm BACK. Well, I said it. Does this mean that I really do 9#2 ehist? Doubtful. What is the value of tapioca pudding. 933 I'd say about the same value as the lint the gathers in your 934 pockets. Will sanity return to this world. Will we get a presidential 935 candidate that's worth voting for. Again, VERY doubdvul. 936 Will the beaver ever pass sixth grade. Will William Robinson ever 937 pay attention to the phraze "Danger Will Robinson! Danger Will Robinson!" 938 Will this speaker ever shut up? Doubtful. 939 CAn I fill 70 lines. Doubtful. 940 941 ---- 942 :Ahh. The smell freshly turned soil, mixed with the flavor of spilled 943 drinks. I must of reached my destination. Only another few feet to go.* 944 945 946 The Astral Dreamer sat at his table contemplating the gravy gliding 947 slowly over thu steaming stack of hash browns. Suddenly the back legs 948 of the chair he was leaning back on speared quickly into the sodden 949 dirt floor. 950 951 After sitting back up off the floor Astral Dreamer peared into 952 the silver eyes of whqd looked like a giant mole. 953 954 "Good Day, Perchance am I at the inn?" 955 956 957 #@@@@@##@#@######@@@@@@##@@#########@@@@@##@#@####@@#@#@#@#@#@#@### 064=Usr:588 Wayne S. 09/24/88 18:47 Msg:2358 Call:10004798 Lines:6 962 -----=---=--------------------Astral Dreamer---------------------------------- 963 964 And what, perchance, happened to the plate of hash browns and gravy when you 965 suddenly and embarassingly met the floor? 966 967 -----------------------------Signer---=-------------------------------------- 065=Usr:283 KEVIN CONNELL 09/24/88 19:07 Msg:2359 Call:10004799 Lines:32 968 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 969 970 This is Mr. IGHS! 971 972 I am president of the Ynter-Galactic Hit Squad. 973 974 The IGHS is out to get people like Creature Feature who is the evil leader of 975 the wafer clan. We are also out to get your regular twits like General Zit, 976 and the Boredom Pi-Rat.. So.. Ask yourself thyc: Is the IGHS after you!?!?! 977 978 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 979 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 980 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 981 KLWFERSKI\LWAVERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 982 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 983 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 984 KILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERSKILLWAFERS 985 hahaxaha1 986 987 988 989 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@User 2-8-3!################################# 990 Thppptttt! 9 more lines to go, lessee if I can do it! 991 992 Looks like we got a phew more users (or is that twits) here! 993 I wonder what good ole0cistop mikey is doing.... : 994 KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS!KGON ROCKS! 995 Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap!Word Wrap! 996 Def Leppard 997 hahaa! BTW: I get to go to the Def Leppard concert! yeah yeah yeah yeah! haha 998 I win. I getta go! 999 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@last line!!!!!! 19:17:35 9-24-88#######################