1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************ INSTALLED: 14 DEC 84 ********************** 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 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 20 At the top--the tippy-tippy top! Hurrah! Remember--no matter where you are, 21 auto-dial and there you are... 22 The Crimson Blues 23 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 24 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Young Master West Episode III 25 ...new faces and a chance to rest... 26 Upon my entrance only a few eyes turned my way as a man by the hearth 27 raised his voice as he stood. 28 "All rise as we give tribute to our unthanked friends!" At that, he and 29 all the others turned my way. 30 Shortly, as blush came over my face, I realized that they were not looking 31 at me, but at the man that was passing by me as he came out from behind the 32 counter of The INN. The impression he gave as he passed by me was that he 33 weilded far more power than any but a few of these patrons had ever conceived. 34 Yes, he was special to them all. I guessed that this must be the Innkeeper 35 himself by the looks of the slightly soiled white band of cloth about his 36 waist, now his band of office. 37 I didn't know very many men that were much older than my brother, except 38 my father and my instructors, but from what I was able to learn from them-- 39 what they taught me as well as what they didn't know they taught me, I could 40 just tell that the smile on the Innkeepers face was for the benifit of the 41 others, and was an attempt on his part. 42 By the time the Innkeeper had made it to where he could feel the warmth of 43 the fire, his smile had changed from an attempt to a pure reaction for the 44 close friends at the head tables had out-numbered his expectation. For that 45 matter, The INN was almost the fullest it had been in a long while. 46 The young Master West did not really recognizeany of these people, but it 47 was very obvious that the rest knew each other as compliments and comments 48 were being exchanged by some that are known as Bard, the Piper, some that 49 called themselves 'The New Creators' and , yes, even Pam had managed to stay 50 with the crowd although a bit reserved now by her embarassment of her last bold 51 statement. (No, under the conditions, I wouldn't call it an 'outbreak') 52 The atmosphere had truly lifted in the short time since he had opened that 53 door. Now he felt that he could rest unnoticed for a while until he was able to 54 make his way to the one person he had recognized and ask him for direction in 55 solitude. 56 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 1241 Hrs 14 Dec 84 57 one of 'The New Creators' (by poetic license) 58 59 60 **************************************** 61 62 For many centuries man has been visited by alien spaceships. 63 Some humans have been taken to a distant galexy these aliens call 64 65 66 ANELLIGON. 67 68 **************************************** 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 70 Piper, L'homme, Bard, and all else involved in Ruby Valley story: Please finish. I, unfortunately, have been very 71 busy of late and unable to get on to BW. Since I do not expect things to improve soon (I may not make it to PorSFis 72 after all), please go on and conclude the story in any way you see fit. 73 Thank you very much, 74 An ever-busy Milchar. 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 76 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 77 NET 1: Fred is an experimental prototype, therefore is entitled to make 78 mistakes (as I am entitled). 79 The winds buffeted my therm suit as I hiked towards the wreckage. I had 80 only travelled half of the way when I heard a signal from Fred. "Beeeeeep. 81 Farley?" 82 "Yeah, Fred, what is it?", I asked. Hmmm. Maybe I could test the XD-40 on 83 that tree over there... 84 "I, er, made a mistake. That helicopter is carrying an ELT, not a coded 85 signaller. Wait. The ELT has been switched off." 86 I listened to Fred through the chronocom as I took aim at the short pine. 87 "Any other activity, Fred?" 88 "No. Shall I continue scanning?" 89 I thumbed the button that the manual had named, "Thermonic exicter". Instantly, 90 the tree was aflame. "Yes, keep scanning, but don't tell me about the huge 91 heat source near my position." 92 "There's a... what? You don't want to know about it?" 93 "Forget it, I started it. No activity at all? No reason for me to continue?" 94 "Scanning full 360... no, none." 95 "I'm comin' back. Look for a good place to stay in the book, time to hit the 96 sack for awhile." 97 I started back. Suddenly, a thought came to me. Turning around, I aimed again 98 at the tree. This time, I lightly pressed the "Thermonic dampener". 99 "Smokey the Bear says, never keep a fire going..." 100 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$###$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 101 Help! Somehow I don't think that saying "and then they all woke up" is the 102 right way to end the adventure.... 103 Hey! Don't I still have the "Phoenix Egg" (or whatever it is) in a 104 Stasis Box in my pack? Maybe it would help. 105 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 106 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+<+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 107 I just saw DUNE. When I left the theator I couldient help but notice 108 the line ov about 300 to see the next showing.Wow. It allmose makes the 109 7 1/2 hrs we wated for it worth while. 110 Insidently(sp,it's late) by 10:00 am their were people (outher than me 111 and a few fellow diehards) starting to line up. Two of them got jobs with 112 the theator on the spot! Just for deing in the right place at the right 113 time. Life aint fair. 114 Well, If any of you have seen the fillm and have any thoughts about let 115 me know(i have a few complaints but all in all it was worth 2 bucks.). 116 117 ASP. 118 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 119 <<:*********************************************************:>> 120 Petrov: That's the best writing I've ever seen you do. Either 121 Mohammed has reclaimed his character or your writing has 122 improved tremendously. Whatever the case, your entry was 123 excellent. I was very impressed. 124 125 I'm tempted to jump into one of the adventures but I've just 126 taken a temporary job working with the Childrens Services 127 Division. My time and emotional energy are so wrapped up in 128 dealing with rapists, child molestors, and abused kids that 129 I haven't much energy left for Backwater. 130 131 I was considering opening a topic for debate but the quality 132 of the fiction is so good I can't bring myself to break the 133 flow. I think Backwater has entered another of those periods 134 when the quality of the contributions is outstanding. Keep up 135 the good work. I only wish I had the emotional energy to 136 join you. 137 138 Grand D. 139 <<:******************************************************:>> 140 141 Is the PorFiS meeting this saturday? 142 ------------------------------------ 143 {c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c]{ just trying to find a friend }{{}}{c]{c]{c[]}c 144 Tammy: 145 Don't put yourself down. You're not giving yourself a chance. Put 146 something up and let us be the judge. Don't let a few negative comments 147 deter you. There are some here who get their jollies by cutting others 148 down. The only way you will learn and grow is by taking risks. Go for it, 149 you might astonish yourself by what you can achieve. 150 Dr. Frankenstupe 151 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 152 ********************************************************************* 153 Tammy: Please reconsider, I for one would like to see your story, 154 from what I've seen of your input so far, it has been quite good. 155 You may be feeling down right now, but writting something can help 156 to make you feel better. And if you get some praise, just think 157 how good it will make you feel. So please do write something, I 158 would very much like to see it. 159 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY **************************** 160 161 ################################################################## 162 The Innkeeper looked around the Inn one last time. Where could she 163 have gotten to? What could I have done to chase her off? She's no 164 place to be found. Not in the back room, not hiding in a corner, 165 no place. Pam, what happened? Where are you? Sigh.... 166 Dejected, the Innkeeper stepped out of the dark curtained room he 167 had been checking. He spotted a small figure hunched in the far 168 corner of the Inn. Moving over to see if it might be Pam, he found 169 it to not be Pam, but recent new customer he had seen hidding for 170 sometime in the shadows. Tammy I believe her name was. She seemed 171 to be a bit saddened over something, in fact the redness about her 172 eyes was probably due to crying. "Excuse me, I couldn't help noticing 173 how sad you look. Would you like to talk about it? Sometimes it can 174 help. Besides, I could use someone to talk to since Pam seems to 175 have disappeared on me again. Maybe between the two of us we can think 176 of something to cheer each other up." The Innkeeper settled down 177 in the ricketty old chair (Blast! where is Pam to keep these things 178 in order!) heaving a long sigh, he turned to look expectantly at Tammy. 179 ######################### The Innkeeper ############################# 180 181 ******************************************************************* 182 Tammy: I notice that you seem to be having a bit of trouble with your 183 border. ('[' instead of '{' ect.) You might try the following 184 to make it a little easyer: 185 186 enter all the same character like periods 187 .......... 188 then change them with the change command to {c} 189 ch /./{c}/ 190 this is what most people who have fancy borders do. 191 To put your name or a special note, just mix it in with the periods 192 ......{Tammy}...{hi!}.. 193 Hope this helps to make it a little easier. 194 ***************************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************** 195 040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040 196 Ahem, Net 01, have I been forgoten? Just because I won that 35 grand from you 197 at the cribbage board? Yes, I have been busy. The new job at the courthouse 198 cleaning things up at night has worked out properly, I now have full control 199 over the records. Awaiting instructiions. 200 04040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040 201 ---------------- 202 SLIME PIT MINDS RULE THE UNIVERSE! 203 ---------------- 204 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?// 205 Tammy:An explination is due on my part. One of my hobbies is finding out the 206 true identities of inngoers, hence the questions and such about labs. The single 207 solitary "Tammy??" at the bottom of a message would have ment something to you 208 had you lived in Sunnyvale Ca. during the 3 weeks I was there. By all means, 209 write something here! 210 Leonard:I think we have a new Net canidate, I will discuss it with you at 211 PorSFiS tomorrow. Oh yes, I am bringing somebody, Al Ryders wife Kaye. 212 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG?? ? ? ? ? ? ?  ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 213 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard (<---look) 214 Remember me? Some people haven't but I hope you have, Tammy. 215 I'm the one that told you a while back: ... Do It! You have nothing to 216 lose but you inhaibitions! (sp?) 217 I meant that then and I mean it now! For goodness sakes, go ahead and post 218 it! Look at me- I don't put in 'real' entries that frequently, but it 219 makes me feel great when I do. I'm constantly wondering ' what's that 220 little West boy going to do next?' (Wow! Did I just jump on a badwogon?) 221 On a serious note... when you say 'I have a story, but it's not good enough so 222 I won't put it on' is just like saying to us 'I have a secret, but I'm 223 not going to tell' Oooooooo! Stop that! We want to read it, and besides, I 224 think it will be great if you will give it half the effort you have given 225 you 'bedtime for Tammy' stories. Reconsider and join in. 226 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 0305 Hrs 15 Dec 84 227 Prometheus: A) I hope i didn't make your next move too simple... 228 B) The Revolving Key needs to 'take a shape' 229 C) You've dissappeared, where have you gone? 230 To another country that doesn't believe in phones I'll bet. 231 MiG: Have you two been looking for me? I may be hard to pin down, but a 232 select few *do* know who I am when you might ask, but not many... 233 Even the Indians don't know me yet (That goes for mngmt as well) 234 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->SXndXrgXXrd --->CRYPTAC 235 236 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ 237 Gee, CISTOP, that really helps using the CHange command for the border! 238 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 239 I don't know what to do so I will just put EX-Net 240 'agents' -- new members of 'U.N.I.T., U.S.A.' 241 Det. W. Rosewwod and Det. Sgt. Taggart on another 242 case for awhile and give the kid some more headaches 243 for his pondering. In other words -- LIMBO TIME! 244 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- abacab _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 245 246 *-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-**-^-*= 247 yes, yes it does work very well indeed...my appreciation Cistop Mikey 248 "R" 249 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 250 Tumbling slowly in the absence of gravity, wings awry, the pegasus came 251 awake with a scream of pain and terror. The reflexive stroke of her wings took 252 her away from a winged orange and black terror, fangs and cloaws and a lust to 253 kill wrapped up in a body of nearly her own weight. The carnivore had much 254 shorter wings (not needing to support it's body weight against the pull of 255 gravity. The stroke of the pegasus' wings brough a flash of agony to her 256 side as the pull opened a great slash the carnivore had torn in her side. A 257 quick glance around reassured the pegasus that she faced only one attacker -- 258 it seemed to be a solitary hunter like the jungle tiger. It gathered itself, 259 bunched its muscles, and launched itself at her with outstretched claws. 260 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 261 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 262 I opened my eyes. It was hard to focus for a while, but soon things didn't 263 look as fuzzy. I was in a room, obviously some motel from the look of the 264 towels imprinted with "Holiday Inn". Thinking harder, I remembered that I had 265 checked in late last night. I slowly rose, shaking the sleep from my head. 266 After a brief shower and a change of clothes, I was ready to hit the road 267 again. I hoped to find some sort of trail to follow. I decided to forget 268 about the cat... looking at his picture, he didn't look as if he could be a 269 threat to anyone, unless he unleashed his fleas. 270 That left this other guy... 'Brother Joshua'. No, wait, just 'Joshua'. Better 271 leave off the 'Brother' part until I knew just how he felt about my employers. 272 I still didn't know if he was a runaway or had just wandered off from his 273 friends. Maybe a trace on his past would help. 274 I locked the room behind me and gave the key to the main office. Fred had 275 parked himself near the swimming pool, probably to do some "observations". 276 John, I'll get you for this screwed-up computer car of yours. 277 "Hello, Fred. What can you find out about Joshua? Anything at all. We're 278 out of leads." 279 Fred was quiet for some time, so I got in and began to find some place to eat. 280 "Nothing at all, Farley. There's no record of him." 281 "Nothing? Are you sure? You goofed up on the ELT. Try again." 282 "Still nothing. Hey, put his picture to my screen and I'll try to match it." 283 I held up the photo to the CRT, feeling acutely foolish. 284 "Give me some time, Farley. There's a lot of pictures I'm going to have to 285 sift through." 286 "Ok, you do that while I'm eating." I dialed a combination on the keypad and 287 the CRT revolved back into hiding. I pulled into a Burger King and ordered. 288 Driving off, I began to eat. Fred still hadn't finished, so I pulled into a 289 parking lot to finish eating. 290 "Farley, I've got something. This Joshua person has a strange past. I keep 291 running into a three-letter combiniation in his file." 292 "So, what is it?" 293 "PIV. I keep finding PIV. Mean anything to you?" 294 "No... Run a check on that too, will you? Run a battery of decryption programs 295 and try to crack it. Anything else?" 296 "Yes, an address in Portland. Shall we drive there?" 297 "You work on PIV, I'll drive." 298 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 12/15/84 - 12:42 Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 299 ------------------------------------------------------------- 300 Merry Christmas! Ooops, I am a bit early. 301 Only 8.25 shopping days till Christmas. 302 Have you gotten your loved one that special something yet? 303 ---------------------------- Ho Ho Ho ----------------------- 304 305 ########################################################################## 306 MIG: IT'S NICE THAT YOU'VE GOT IT FIGURED OUT WHO WE ALL ARE. WHEN ARE 307 YOU GOING TO SHOW US YOUR LIST OF WHO'S WHO? MAX 308 ########################################################################## 309 First time user on this system. Looking foor someone who also wants to 310 improve skills on an epson px/8. 311 312 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 313 (The following is an unpaid political announcement. Campaign speech for 314 treasurer in 5th grade class, 1969.) 315 Fellow Students and Teachers: 316 I want to outline my campaign platform. First of all, I am in favor of a 317 two-party system.... one on Friday night and one of Saturday night. 318 In addition, I am very good at multiplication. 319 I pledge my efforts in working toward fiscal responsibility, a balanced 320 budget, a reduction in taxes, truth in lending, and the elimination of the 321 gold drain. 322 I dedicate myself to the opposition of high interest rates, galloping 323 inflation, and the exploitation of child labor. 324 It is NOT my intention to criticize my opponents but... we must examine 325 the record. 326 Do you want a treasurer who would try to fix the gold drain with Liquid 327 Plumber? 328 Could you support a candidate who would try to stop oil depletion by 329 cutting of its ALLOWANCE? 330 Will you vote for a treasurer who thinks a bad check is an Evil Eastern 331 European? Of course not! 332 And in conclusion, I promise that if elected, I will treat your money as 333 if it were my very own. Thank you. 334 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 335 336 337 338 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 339 From Prometheus; Bedridden 340 I admit it, I am finally in bed after a lot of insisting by freinds. It seems I am in the least bit ill. I will endeavor to 341 make the best of it though. I will muddle through somehow, and being waited on hand and foot will help a bit. 342 343 Man in Gray; Helga and Shiela were in the mood to thank you when they got up, I don't know how long it will tqake for that 344 stuff to wear off, but I would not want to be around when they come to their senses. 345 Now here's a wild thought, maybe they really did enjoy all those 64 games after all... 346 347 Sondargaard; The Revolving Key might simply be an stimulating exercise for our minds to dabble in. Sharpening processes of 348 deduction, and as you have found, altering previous assumations. I am infull favor of this latest turn of events. 349 About the Latest Parcell, I have been checking up on your progress for quite some time, and I have discovered no note. I 350 might have missed the blasted thing, so I will check again as soon as I get out of this Deathbed they have me in. 351 352 Kathy; I guess I am supposed to refer to you in lower case from now on, but I am not sure, so I will not dispense with using 353 the uppper case denotation on you name. 354 I challenged you to a game of pente some time ago, and received no reply. My way of dealing with this was to go 'Boo Hoo'. 355 That is what you missed, not much was it? Anyway, what about pente at the next PorSFiS? 356 357 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 358 359 Omega slipped the pistol into the creaky leather holster after feeling it's weight. Getting adjusted to the pistol. 360 He placed the pith helmet on his matted down hair, matted by the sweat and dampness of Louisiana bayous. He slid the helmet 361 strap around his chin and lifted one wet boot out of the murky swamp Omega was using for ground. 362 363 All of his clothing was wearing away, rips had formed along his shirt from where the branches had slashed him. Punishing him 364 for not carefully sweeping them aside. 365 366 His canvas backpack with all of his provisios was getting stained with the all the concoctions finding their way in and out 367 of his single pot. 368 369 Lifting boot after boot, step after step, Omega waded through deeper water every meter. Finally with murky scum coated water 370 engulfing him to his neck, the water stopped rising. 371 372 Omega dared not go further in this area, he looked up at where the sun should have been. All that was there were tall moss 373 covered trees, rotting with dry rot. Omega followed their lengths down to the ground. 374 The devil's vines were wrapped around the trees at their large roots. Smaller vines and brambles found home there. 375 Many briar patches seemed to form the only land for kilometers around. The moss collected on them and after twelve or so 376 years silt and mud would attatch themselves to the submerged roots. Forming ground after a few years. 377 378 Omega checked his wrist chronometer, it said he was at a heading of 234 mark 15 and it was just past twilight. Night was on 379 the aproach, and Omega ought to make camp before the night came, before the animals awoke. 380 381 Omega selected the thickest trunk he could find, and dragged his sopping wet self onto the mossy ground. Pulling with effort 382 Omega arrived on top of the floating island of moss. 383 This one was stable and large. Briar patches had made a small hutch for him. The moss was not even infested with that many 384 mosquitos, and all the mosquitos in this season seemed to be males anyway. 385 386 Males still drained their portion of your blood but they did not poison you with the venom that itches your skin, and smears 387 it red. 388 Dripping the flamatory fire starter he had bought at the caygen store, he staked some briar sticks on t and lit it all with 389 a single match. Soon a fire was blazing red, licking at the tree tops for there was no sky. 390 391 As Omega sat and watched his fire scare swamp animals, he thought about the moss, how it did not burn but simply stiffened 392 against the roaring flames. 393 394 000000000000000000000000NULL SET0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 395 UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI 396 397 The Cast of NET by Bob Woodward (part 4 in a 7 part series) 398 399 Our story continues with NET agents L'homme and Gaudy Minsky barely 400 escaping with their lives from the RAINdeer commune, after completing what 401 they considered a successful mission. Rajneesh Dangerfield was dead, or so 402 they thought. In actuality, Dangerfield, who was a big fan of World War II 403 movies, a love for which which predated his involvement with Hollywood drug 404 addicts, stole the plot from a movie entitled, "The Eagle Has Landed", and 405 hired Guy Pinkly, an out-of-work Portland actor, who shared an uncanny 406 likeness to the guru. 407 408 Poor Guy, it turns out, was the victim of the NET assassin's bullet, 409 a fact that eluded NET intelligence, until Ma Prem Rivers told the world 410 of the diabolical plot against her beloved leader. The effect on NET was 411 crushing, and the once famous group of super spies, who were credited with 412 the defeat of Leroy McKane, a man who needs no formal introduction, fell 413 into disarray. One member of the elite group, a man known to the outside 414 world as Joshua, was captured by the Eastern Oregon cult, and presumed 415 killed. 416 417 Recent intelligence paints a different picture though. According to 418 one of my closest sources, who in this series of articles will be called 419 Abysmal Gullet, rumors exist that Joshua may still be alive. If these 420 rumors are true, there is little doubt that NET will regroup, if only to 421 rescue their colleague from whatever trouble he may be in. Actually, 422 papers uncovered by fellow columnist Jack Anderson and his band of waste- 423 basket sniffing hound dogs claim that NET is planning more than a simple 424 rescue mission; they are re-arming and re-hiring for a full scale mission 425 against an as-yet-undetermined foe; a mission to commence as soon as the 426 true fate of Joshua is determined, and the appropriate actions taken. 427 428 Whatever the case, there is no doubt L'homme sans Parity and Gaudy 429 Minsky will be key players in future actions of NET. It is known that the 430 two were deeply affected by the supposed loss of their friend and fellow 431 agent, Joshua. L'homme was quickly ported off on another mission for a 432 separate arm of the government's intelligence family, and the whereabouts 433 of Gaudy are still unknown at this time. 434 435 Next week:At Wit's end : Leader of NET, Ian MacHinery. 436 437 UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI UPI 438 439 ______________________________________________________________________________ 440 Government Accounting Service & G.S.A. Internal Memo 441 442 Dr. Ragen, 443 444 In regards to your recent letter requesting additional funding for 445 the resumption of full-scale operations of NET, and after consulting our 446 top analysts on the subject, we have agreed, in part, to your proposal. 447 448 With the cooperation of the SEC, several high yield government bonds 449 have been secured in the name of Natural Egyptian Tours, a front company for 450 NET, with all monies earned from said bonds to be deposited in a secret non- 451 Swiss bank account, accessible to any cleared agents in the employ of or 452 as acting liaison for N.E.T. aka NET. 453 454 In the meantime, while waiting for the bonds to mature, a 200 million 455 dollar stipend will be made available to N.E.T. immediately. Repayment of this 456 will be expected within 90 days of the completion of NET mission 1, as you 457 requested in your original letter. 458 459 As a stipulation of this funding, NET mission 2 will be defined by 460 our office, and we will expect your full cooperation on the matter. The 461 details of said mission will be relayed to you at later date. 462 463 We hope you find our terms acceptable. Please welcome Ian and his 464 fine staff back. 465 466 Sincerely, 467 Phil D. Coffers 468 _______________________________________________________________________________ 469 Oh, so it's like that is it? We had a deal like that back in Instanbul, I never did want a peice a that one, and I 470 dont want a peice a dis one eider. 471 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&' 472 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c} 473 Thanks for all of the encouragement... I still don't know what I am going 474 to do. Sorry if my last message was a little offensive, I was really depresed 475 and I still am but... I was going to upload the story so-far but I tried a 476 little test and the first couple of characetrs were gone off each line. I'll 477 have to figure something out. 478 Cistop Mickey: thanks for the help on the boarder and, um, are you also the 479 inkeeper? If you are you were right about my red eyes, I did get the keyboard 480 a little wet. 481 My story may or may not be good enough but if I don't start now I never will 482 so I better get myself in gear and get going. A regular kick in the pants 483 is a shorter way to put it. 484 I've got my slippers and hot coco and my sweet music now, I shall try to get 485 me all back to normal in a while. After a good cry, about a week. 486 I'm realy sorry for the mess that I have caused here, this was probably a 487 very sweet system before ol blundering tammy arrived. I'll try not to keep 488 the image "I've got a secret but I'm not telling you!" thing, maybe I'll write 489 my usual "bed time for Tammy." 490 I'm feeling a lot better now, I called an old number and the guy there has 491 been really nice. I wrote my story onto his system and he said he liked it 492 a lot. I don't know if he was just being nice but he has helped a lot. 493 well, I better get going. Thanks again. 494 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{almost...}{c}{c} 495 496 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 497 A sharp gust of wind billowed the dark cloak behind a 498 figure slowly walking down a road boarded by a dark forest. 499 Shivering, he quickly grabs at the cloak to wrap it more closly 500 about him against the chilling wind. It was hard to believe 501 that it was barely a year ago that he had first encountered Emer 502 on this very road. So much had happened since then, after only 503 a few months of a whirlwind friendship, she had disappeared once 504 again down this very same road. After that he had become 505 remorse, and his anxiety over her disappearance had turned to 506 panic. Franticly searching the countryside, he was unable to 507 find her. His remorse turned to selfpity which he tried to 508 drown in alcohol, but as always, it just floated to the surface 509 again. Finally, not able to live with himself, he saught the 510 peace and isolation of a mountain cave to try to come to grips 511 with his feelings. After a period of time he had come to accept 512 the loss, but the desire and hope remained. Now he found 513 himself heading back towards the Inn. Drawing him like a 514 magnet, he was not sure what power it had to do this to him, but 515 he accepted the direction it presented. Night came fast with 516 the approach of winter, and soon it was growing dark. A quick 517 search and Tarn found a sheltered area behind an outcroping of 518 rock. Settling down behind an old log to get out of the cold 519 bitting wind, he built a fire to try to warm his hands and feet. 520 Watching the flames lick and curl at the twigs and rotting logs 521 he had gathered, his thoughts drifted. What to do, his life had 522 been completely changed by the happenings of the past year. 523 Desires and feelings had been opened which he had not had to 524 deal with before, and now they won't go away. What to do. 525 Looking down, he found he had torn the leaf he had been toying 526 with into the shape of a heart. Yes, the feelings still remain 527 after all this time. Pulling the hood of the cloak up to cover 528 his head, he settled down to get some sleep. 529 *O* Tarn *O* 530 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 531 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY 532 ATTENTION ALL NET AGENTS 533 WE ARE ONCE AGAIN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH UNWANTED PUBLICITY. IF 534 THIS WAS NOT BAD ENOUGH, THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT WE ARE A _GOVERNMENT_ 535 AGENCY! 536 REMEMBER, THE NET HAS ALWAYS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A PRIVATE 537 CONCERN. WE RUN GOVERNMENTS, THEY DON'T RUN US. 538 FOR THE NET 539 IAN MACHINERY 540 DIRECTOR, NORTHWEST UNITED STATES 541 542 CC ALL SUPERVISORS, FIELD AGENTS, RESERVE AGENTS 543 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY 544 I told you I didnt tink it was on da up and up, but did you listen. I 545 dont blame ya, you're only a kid, and anyone with a quick toungue could 546 a done that. Dont worry, we'll get outa dis. 547 548 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... 549 Bedridden! Dear me, I never would have imagined that. And you said you were 550 well. I should have believed the msg. although with MiG's pointer, I am now 551 finding it difficult to determine which fact is not. Could it be that the 552 illness that has overcome you has affected the fingers with which you hold 553 your pencil? The very fist word in what appears to be a heading to your note 554 is rather illegible to me. A new point (here): If you would like, and if she 555 concents, prehaps you could have the Lady S. or another friend become your 556 PHANTOM, either giving them instructions, or letting them try to figure out. 557 It seems that Nature has given Chronos a word to delay our being 558 mano-a-mano once again. Things have a way of working it out, I shall not worry 559 for I know we shall all meet again. Ich halte wieder. 560 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 0343 Hrs 16 Dec 84 561 562 ####################################### 563 ###################################### 564 Don' forget ???? How could you know I haven't told you yet.................... 565 566 GROUP du JOUR 567 DEC 21 st 568 8:30 pm 569 East Avenue Tavern 570 Special guest ::::: 571 GLEN MOORE 572 573 574 BE THERE 575 576 ALOHA 577 *************************************** 578 579 <<<<< >>>>> 580 As I was reading the early edition of the Sunday paper an article caught 581 my eye. The interesting point concerned the fact that the building code is 582 being used as a political tool in eastern Oregon. My surprise was that it 583 made me remember that I live in one of the few classes of permanent dwelling, 584 where one has the freedom to create a personal living space, without the 585 interference of building codes and their enforcement. Perhaps it is one of 586 the factors that drew me to dwell among these last bastions of freedom! 587 <<<<< captn' barefoot >>>>> 588 589 590 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (local band, isn't it?) 591 Is GROUP du JOUR still comprised of Daniel C., and Bo & Paul P.? 592 I have a copy of the tape they released called 'TRIPLE ENTENDRE' 593 I didn't like it when I bought it, but maybe I'll dig it out and give it 594 another try... Do they have another set of songs to release? 595 If anyone is interested, you can get a copy at the 'Time Out to Relax' store 596 at the Yamhill Marketplace. It's a GREAT store! 597 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 598 ^ oh, to be a DB writer... --->S 599 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHH OHHHHHH OHHHHH OHHHH OHHHHOHHH 600 601 602 AH, SONDARGAARD? UH, NO ONE WRITES ON DISK B WHEN DISK A IS FULL AND WILL BE 603 GONE FOREVER BY MORNING. IT IS DEPRESSING IN THE EXTREME YOU KNOW, WHEN THREE 604 HOURS LATER, YOU WORDS ARE RE-FORMATTED TO A BLANK DISK. 605 SIMPLY ISN'7T THE THING MOST PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK OF WHEN THEY RISE SOLMNLY TO 606 START THE WINTERY, COLD DAY. 607 608  Words To The wise 609 ` ----------------- 610  Wordr To The Wiwe TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 610