From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/22/90 20:30:21 Message Number 2951 Sign up now for 3 or more AP courses and get ab-so-lute-lee free.... A bottle of Miss Clairol hair dye in brown or black. A bottle of Malox in tasty lemon-lime (bring some to the party). A bottle of Nuprins. I told myself I would take it easy in my senior year, well, I lied! I have Ap MicroEcon, AP American Government, AP AB Calc. (maybe), AP Lit/Comp, Anatomy and Human Phys., an Externship (I hope), and Law Studies II. Now that you've been bored by my schedule, I'm off to somewhere. =========== From: NERISSA To: TURTLE Subject: HELLO Date & Time: 03/22/90 21:46:30 Message Number 2953 TURTLE, YOU ARE A REAL BBSER AND I LIKE THAT. AT LEAST YOU ALWAYS HAVE A FEW LINES TO DROP TO A USER. KEEP BEING NICE AND TAKE CARE. A NEW FRIEND NERISSA(NIS) =========== From: NERISSA To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: THANKS Date & Time: 03/22/90 21:48:38 Message Number 2954 GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. I REALLY ENJOT ALL THIS , I AM STILL LEARNING NEW THINGS TO DO. I REALLY THINK EVERYONE IS REALLY NICE TO NEW USERS. TILL NEXT TIME KEEP BEING NICE! =========== From: NERISSA To: YNGLING Subject: ? Date & Time: 03/22/90 21:50:36 Message Number 2955 HELLO, WHO ARE YOU? HOW OLD ARE YOU ? WHAT ARE YOUR INTEREST? CURIOUS PERSON HERE, AND LOVE TO GET MAIL!!!!!!!! TILL NEXT TIME, SEE YA!!!!!!!!!!!:) =========== From: TURTLE To: SAURON Subject: Filmmaking Date & Time: 03/23/90 02:26:04 Message Number 2958 Columbia Pictures IS a famous studio. That's why they didn't release the original movie, and that's why they will never release a sequel, no matter how profitable it may be. =========== From: TURTLE To: NERISSA Subject: Hi... Date & Time: 03/23/90 02:28:04 Message Number 2959 OF COURSE I'm a real BBSer! What other kind is there? :) Don't let the boyish grin fool you, though; I'm not always all that nice... in fact, I've been known to be downright nasty from time to time (like when I just get out of bed). Oh well, nobody's perfect, except me on my better days.... (smirk) --A real Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: -ALL- Subject: Download Area Date & Time: 03/23/90 04:56:45 Message Number 2960 Now available for your viewing pleasure (?) in Area 1: The script for the Rocky Horror Picture Show, including audience participation bits. Don't know what Earthly use it will be to anyone, but hey, maybe /someone/ will download it... --An obscure Turtle =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: Download Area Date & Time: 03/23/90 06:15:13 Message Number 2961 > Don't know what Earthly use it will be to anyone... Hmmm... It can be resurrected as a drama. We can rewrite the script. Or we can take it to the movie and stand up in front of the screen and mouth the lines and duck toast... Or better yet, we can read it. =========== From: DONTHEN To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/23/90 15:08:26 Message Number 2963 Well, that's true. ST's are popular business computers in Europe because they haven't had to compete with IBM as a ubiquitous, almost mythical marketing force; over there, they're just another computer, and are usually in the same price range as the Atari and Commodore 16-bit machines, as the IBM is the "imported" brand there. A West German businessman will be a lot more likely to make a decision between, say, an IBM with WordPerfect 5.0 and Clarion vs. an Amiga with Excellence! and Superbase II based solely on the price/performance ratio of the product rather than the "yes, but everbody /else/ uses PC-compatibles" mentality common over here (which really does seem to be an overriding consideration with buyers I have talked to). From an American marketing standpoint, IBM's are wonderful. I'm currently working at RightSoft, the place that makes RightWriter; they're just now making a Macintosh version of their program. To them, MS-DOS is a perfect environment: not because it's technically very good, but because they'll sell truckloads of their program in it. That doesn't mean that a RightWriter for the Amiga would be a worse program, or that the Atari ST isn't fully capable of running it, too. When you said marketing has plenty to do with it, that was my point exactly. Your original message implied Atari ST's make lousy business computers. This isn't true; the software to make an Atari ST do all the major "business things" a 286 machine will do is already there. They have their Lotus 1-2-3 and dBASE compatible programs, and have at least one DTP package which "Desktop Publishing" said rivalled PageMaker 3.0. Businesses don't use Atari ST's because of the image, plain and simple. =========== From: DONTHEN To: ACAPULCO Subject: Turtle Spew Date & Time: 03/23/90 15:19:41 Message Number 2964 > Need I add the good ol' Soviets prefer IBM? Actually, their most popular home computer (such as it is) is a really bad Apple II clone. Nevertheless, that's not a terribly convincing argument in making one want to run out and buy a PC compatible when you get right down to it, is it? =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SAURON Subject: Libertarianism Date & Time: 03/23/90 17:11:39 Message Number 2967 Just figured that, what with your taste in reading material you'd love porno flicks. That's all... The Lady In Black =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/23/90 17:19:57 Message Number 2968 My,my...the magic hasn't left...I had noticed that you weren't preforming up to par lately, but I didn't realize that I had made you believe I was uninterested. :) Please - bring your boyish grin back. Staring at you isn't the same without it. :) Hello, love. I'm terribly sorry about not speaking...I come and go lately...quite literally, too! This week is my first entire week in Sarasota, again! Now I'm trying to decide where I'm going again. By chance, you don't scuba dive or cycle....do you? (that would be bicycle long distance) My dive buddy disappeared....my cycling partner...there are many...who the hell knows! At any rate, I suppose you will be at the party Saturday night? If not - look out...I come to get you with my Black Magic in your sleep!!!! :) Was it you or Beatle who had books I requested to borrow? If it - forget what I was getting at...ah, well....my love, time is fading. The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/23/90 17:29:14 Message Number 2969 I have ap's, lemon malox (yum, yum! I live on them - Pine View fuc*ed up my tummy...it wore holes in it), hair dye - but I don't use it, and Nuprin. I'll bring all but the ap's if you like.... Hey, I got my hair cut and you didn't notice. I could cry. Oh, I just remembered. I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU! OOPS!! Bye... =========== From: ACAPULCO To: DONTHEN Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/23/90 17:49:08 Message Number 2970 I'm _really_ glad to hear you are working at RightSoft... I'm _supposed_ to be an authorised dealer for RightWriter, and recommend it highly to all my customers, but I can't seem to get any leads from them and rarely get any mail from them. Regardless, I _love_ their program. I also think you see much of what I had been trying to say. Personally, I hate this "my computer is better than your computer" junk. The better focus is on making all of our computers get along together... one more step toward world peace & all... {Acapulco} =========== From: CHAS To: ALL Subject: Picnick Time! Date & Time: 03/23/90 21:06:01 Message Number 2971 Join us at our Joint Monthly Indoor... PPPPP IIII CCCCC NN NN IIII CCCCC KK KK !! PP PP II CC CC NNN NN II CC CC KK KK !! PP PP II CC NNNN NN II CC KK KK !! PPPPP II CC NN NNNN II CC KKKK !! PP II CC NN NNN II CC KK KK !! PP II CC CC NN NN II CC CC KK KK PP IIII CCCCC NN NN IIII CCCCC KK KK !! Sponsored by Suncoast City BBS and Wyvern's Den BBS When? Saturday, March 24th, 11 AM to 2 PM Where? Le Croissant restaurant, Main St. in center city Sarasota Who? ALL callers, sysops, etc. Why? Because there will be great giveaways, great conversation and an inexpensive fun time!! [Giveaways include almost 100 cassette tapes (mostly jazz/fusion), external h.d. case/pwr supply, even a computer (sorta)!] See ya there!! =========== From: HAWK.I. To: BEATLE Subject: NOPE Date & Time: 03/23/90 22:19:00 Message Number 2974 Yea beatle someone like tyler(who has just about every)does'nt have a stero(sp). I hope we all have fun today or i mean tomorow. I will make a predection....let me think....hmmmmmmm......."something very strange is going to happen tomorrow something so strange not even the strangest people there will understand it. Something so Strange it will baffle the word Strange itself." That is my prediction.. Hawk.I. (Hawk for short) =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/23/90 23:30:43 Message Number 2976 >I got my hair cut and you didn't notice. Well, it is hard to tell when you got curly hair. I few curls here and there and ya never notice. If you were to shave off all your hair, then I would notice. Anyways, I couldn't tell you what I may be getting Turtle because you'd probably get rabid and bite me (oops, that's me, isn't it?) when I had no chance to run. =========== From: SAURON To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Libertarianism Date & Time: 03/24/90 01:29:05 Message Number 2977 You consider "Snuff" films porno? Strange. =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: YNGLING Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/24/90 08:06:11 Message Number 2978 looks like it'll be first Sat. in May. Sorry, for it being so far off, but it's a lot of work getting these things together..... =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: ACAPULCO Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/24/90 08:07:31 Message Number 2979 This one is organized by the social committee where I work but I've decided to open it to others (not much social-oriented people at work). It will most likely be the first Sat. in May. It will be the kind where you get a bunch of clues in sealed envelopes and numbered. At the start, you will be given a number, you open that envelope, figure out where the clue is telling you to go, and you go there. Then you'll find a sign with another number telling you which envelope to open next (some will be phonies to make sure no-one cheats). There will be a help line if you get lost and a picnic at the last location....get it??? =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/24/90 08:11:32 Message Number 2980 ...is it possible we were holding each other's ears???? ssssssssss =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/24/90 08:13:58 Message Number 2981 Love to, but things aren't lookin' like I'll be able to...... do-do occurs......(or is that sh*t happens?) =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/24/90 08:16:08 Message Number 2982 Maam, your life is spared. I don't think I could handle any of that medical proffession stuff...but I do have an imagination and I have seen DEAD RINGERS. The only things I get to fondle at work are a pencil, or parts of my 'puter.......awwww puck-it! =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: RUFUS Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/24/90 09:30:41 Message Number 2983 >No, no, not... the 3 ton Mercedes from hell??? Yes! (Actually, in a lot of cases, speed is important for a road rallye -- so if I'm part of a team, we might use someone else's car... but, who knows?) Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: RUFUS Subject: A LONG TIME Date & Time: 03/24/90 09:34:53 Message Number 2984 T>I drove two thousand miles to go bowling with a geek. >Why? You NEVER ask that question of Turtle. Once, he and Donthen drove to Atlanta because Donthen knew of a "place that served really good chili" there... Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: Mythagoras Date & Time: 03/24/90 09:44:37 Message Number 2985 You should have have a certain cigar-smoking barkeep (who I wouldn't DREAM of naming...) warn users after log-on: "Anything you say in this board may be folded, spindled, and mutilated, and quoted in Mythagoras." Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/24/90 09:46:12 Message Number 2986 So far, I'm alone in the road rallye. (No one else in on my team.) But, I'm interested. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: SAURON Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 03/24/90 09:51:14 Message Number 2987 >...are the same ones who see nothing wrong with flag burning. Just wait a second... whatever happened to the first admendment rights? Burning the flag is about the strongest way one can show one's hatred of the U.S. It's an incredibly powerful symbol. BUT -- it's still merely a means of expressing one's right to extremely free speech. We're supposed to be the most free nation on this Earth. (I doubt it.) We're supposed to have our Bill of Rights to protect us. Do we mean "we have freedom of speech -- for those who agree with us"? Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: BEATLE Subject: catalogs Date & Time: 03/24/90 10:04:50 Message Number 2988 >Is anyone interested in seeing some catalogs from Intergalactic >Trading, Co.?? Yes! I didn't realize Earth had YET made contact with the Federation... Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: NERISSA Subject: THANKS Date & Time: 03/24/90 10:10:00 Message Number 2989 >TILL NEXT TIME KEEP BEING NICE! Oh, why would I want to do something like that? (hee hee!) So, Nerissa -- tell us about yourself. Are you in school? Where? Are you working somewhere? Got any interesting hobbies? Chip P. UnicornChip P. Unicorn =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/24/90 12:06:38 Message Number 2991 :) I'm not allowed to talk to strangers. The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SAURON Subject: Libertarianism Date & Time: 03/24/90 12:07:13 Message Number 2992 No, not "snuff" films...a separate issue are the pornos. Black Magic =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/24/90 12:07:57 Message Number 2993 I "SSSSSSSsssssssssssss" back at you! My friend, I beg of you, let my ear go...it makes everyday life a bitch when your holding onto it! :) =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/24/90 12:09:00 Message Number 2994 Sh*t happens! Then again, life's a Bitch, too!!! :) =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/24/90 12:09:56 Message Number 2995 :) I saw Dead Ringers, too! A good movie it was... Thank g-d your not a gynecologist...I was seriously thinking of canceling my next appt.! The Lady =========== From: TURTLE To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: A LONG TIME Date & Time: 03/24/90 15:36:10 Message Number 2997 Actually, Donthen and I didn't really go to Atlanta for a cup of chili; that's just the way it ended up. We went to Atlanta to go to a Kinko's Copies where someone who Donthen has heard of from furry fandom allegedly works; we never did find out because when we got there it said "Kinko's Copies: Open 24 Hours. Sorry, we're closed." I guess they didn't mean 24 hours /in a row./ So we got some chili and drove back. (On the other hand, I did drive to Illinois to wash all my dirty laundry once...) --A well-travelled Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Mythagoras Date & Time: 03/24/90 15:38:52 Message Number 2998 >Anything you say in this board may be folded, spindled, and mutilated, >and quoted in Mythagoras. Of course. Why warn people about the obvious? If you post something on a public-access bulletin board, it is in the public domain by default... unless you actively make sure it isn't. --A public-domain Turtle (c) 1990 Anarchy Now, Inc. ^^^ See, that's the way it's done... =========== From: TURTLE To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Freedom & <> Date & Time: 03/24/90 15:41:22 Message Number 2999 >Do we mean "we have freedom of speech -- for those who agree with us"? In a word, yes. Welcome to the 90's, Son; these days it's kosher to wrap yourself in the flag and burn the bill of rights. Civil liberties George Bush-style, you understand. Blitzkreig the Constitution, make friends, influence people...that's the way it's done in a kinder, gentler nation. --A pinko liberal communist hippie intellectual Turtle Thousand points of light! =========== From: TURTLE To: ALL Subject: Neat stuff Date & Time: 03/24/90 15:46:35 Message Number 3000 You know what fascinates me? Cotton swabs. You know, the little things that come in neat boxes with the flap at one end that lets you take the swabs out without spilling them all over if you drop it. Take the culmination of two hundred years of chemical engineering and materials research, some nasty black stuff that's pumped at great labor and expense from miles beneath the earth's crust and shipped across the world in gigantic sailing vessels, and apply the one to the other to make the funky blue plastic shaft (a complex hydrocarbon polymer which doesn't occur naturally anywhere in the known universe, or in orange groves either.) Then, spend an entire year and a lot of effort growing cotton plants, so the seed heads can be carefully harvested, combed, and spun into cotton. Apply tufts of the cotton to the polymer shaft, package a bunch of these things together, and sell them. Why? So you can stick them in your ear and throw them away. Isn't that neat? --An easily impressed Turtle =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/24/90 17:44:31 Message Number 3002 >:) I'm not allowed to talk to strangers. > The Lady Woooga boooga bip bop beeep =========== From: JOE ONION To: ALL Subject: Space Age Date & Time: 03/24/90 23:51:39 Message Number 3003 I have been sent here as a messenger from God to tell you the latest on Space Age things. Space Age I got fried. Space Age II moved. Space Age III is Space Age I in a different place. Got it? Space Age II...8541368 (coming in April I think) Ditto Dit Di...8542094 (dittod di Ditto D ditto) Ditto Dit III..3667369 Ditto Dit III..3667469 Thanks for your time. Me and Him really appreciate it. Joseph Onion =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/25/90 00:27:15 Message Number 3004 I shall assume then that you know what you are doing. And if I am holding but one 'ear', what mighten I be doing with my other? I feel a single ear hold would trough one's rhythm off......sssssssOK? =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/25/90 00:30:37 Message Number 3005 It's all perspective......don't look at the world through shit colored glasses. I try not to, but damn these Varnets!!!! =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/25/90 00:32:13 Message Number 3006 With me or your gynecologist???? =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: ALL Subject: FURR Date & Time: 03/25/90 00:33:03 Message Number 3007 It's Saturday night, Furry Party time an I ain't there!!!! I hope you guys have a blast, throw up in your shoes and choke to (near) death on a giant sized hair ball!!!! Just watched "Elephant Parts" and thought of you. BLOW IT OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========== From: ---ROBOTRON--- To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: BASIC/Pascal Date & Time: 03/25/90 00:47:24 Message Number 3008 Hey, yo, Javelin Head! Your right about BASIC (note:BASIC, not Basic) As long as your talking about origins and not destinies. Todays BASICs and ForTrans are completely different animals from their arcane beginnings. Both are proceduralized and paramitized - thats a new one on BASIC; And ForTran's actually got primitive (very primitive) string support! Overall, however, even full implementations of both of them lack the real gusto of say "C" to do serious applications programming. Pascal is an excellent beginners language, and in experienced hands has the power to be a full applications language. I'm referring specifically to Turbo Pascal 4.0 or later - Borland is after all the standard in that arena. There's a variable type: "Absolute", which lets you state the exact memory location of any object (int,array,record or whatever). With this it's posible to do very powerful direct memory programming. Another high powered ability is Pascals method of handling strings. Because the str's len' is held in arraypos[0], very fast str' opperations can be performed. Knowing the len of a str' allows the fastest posible chip level instructions to be used for data movement. In final analysis however, "C" is my only choice, for I can write my own perfectly optimized string library that's len' based if I need that extra milli-second, and with "C", I usally don't need it <<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>> =========== From: ---ROBOTRON--- To: RUFUS Subject: Public Sighing Date & Time: 03/25/90 01:09:02 Message Number 3009 How dare you expell such DEVIL SPAWNED FILTH in public ! ! ! ! ! =========== From: ---ROBOTRON--- To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 01:32:40 Message Number 3010 To answer "why do I find myself..." I have to turn the calendar back about 6 years, to when the MiSeryDOS PC was new. At that time, the only other computers in common existence in the under $5000 price range were the Apple 2's and Vic's, and a somewhat later the Atari 400/800's. (Those wern't the only ones, but they'll do for the argument). At the time, the I-Been-Moved MiSeryDOS PC was a resonable choice for a bus- iness computer. The others, just didn't quite have the kick needed. However, since that time, those machines have dominated the American market while not evolving at all. The business world is terrified of new things, and that has allowed the MiSeryDOS PC itself to stagnate. If the business world in general new more about computers, I might be using an ST at work, or I might be using an AST that ran like an ST! =========== From: ---ROBOTRON--- To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 01:45:44 Message Number 3011 I'll give you a good reason to switch... I've been having fun with my new Atari Laser Printer of late, and I've discovered something about using it... It's incredibly fast, much faster than the HP Series II I use at work. Printing fully formatted pages at work with text and graphics often takes over a minute per page (not the advertised 8 pages per minute that you only get with straight ASCII text). That time costs a great deal of money. Using the setup I have at home, I get 18 seconds for the first page OF ANYTHING and 8 TO 9 PAGES PER MINUTE OF ANYTHING after that! ------ROBOTRON------ =========== From: ---ROBOTRON--- To: ACAPULCO Subject: A Future Date & Time: 03/25/90 01:51:29 Message Number 3012 My computer is better than your computer..... Your right, on the surface this is silly. And when I'm suggesting computers to people who are about to bye, I tell them go look at ST's, Amiga's and Machintosh's, because while I prefer the ST, ther're all good machines. The problem is that the insistance that the worst choice is the best has caused a tremendous stagnation in computer R&D. Without competition, why make it better? It was the Machintosh the caused the AT to be released. It's Motorola that's causing Intell to come out with the 286,386,486. If that compitition had been stronger sooner, we'ed all be benifitting today and tommorow. It's our res- ponsibility to keep the presure on. =========== From: ---ROBOTRON--- To: TURTLE Subject: Atari-Hyperspce Date & Time: 03/25/90 01:59:37 Message Number 3013 I've been playing with my LASER printer. Have you ever printed any- thing on a high end PC to a high end LASER printer? Anything other than straight ASCII text will take over a minute for a page! Your right it's not terribly fare, but if this is about farness, there should be around 5 million ST's in american businesses. I've found that it takes my setup 18 seconds to print page 1, and after that it's mind boggling -- It approaches 9 PAGES PER MINUTE at times - fully formatted multi font text, screen dumps, etc... =========== From: JONBOY To: ---ROBOTRON--- Subject: Languages Date & Time: 03/25/90 08:40:34 Message Number 3014 Hmmm.. it's interesting that Borland Turbo Pascal seems to incorporate a lot of Modula-2 ideas... Have you ever heard of UCSD Pascal? Last I heard a company called Pecan was trying to snap up all of the compilers for this variant of Pascal and is actually quite good. It defines the entire operating environment including editor, filing system system utilities etc etc. I also prefer C, I do wish that some languages that are available were "full-strength" like their main-frame cousins. I love Quintus Prolog on the VAX under VMS and could actually learn to prefer it over anything else for some applications. Sighhh - not to be tho we are stuck with Borland's "Turbo-pas-log" variant bastard child. --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: ---ROBOTRON--- Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 08:47:01 Message Number 3015 Hurray for Reason & Rational!!! Methinks you smacked the underlying reason on the noggin - three magic letters and a fear of flying... (Sheesh & I make my living on these things!) --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: ACAPULCO To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/25/90 10:49:31 Message Number 3016 Got it... count me in. I _think_ I have a partner (time will tell, I guess). {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: TURTLE Subject: Neat stuff Date & Time: 03/25/90 10:53:38 Message Number 3017 You've been listening to Andy Rooney again, haven't you? Haven't you? I _thought_ so! {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: ---ROBOTRON--- Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 10:55:49 Message Number 3018 A ha! So for you, it was a matter of timing & finances. IBM did it earlier and cheaper. By the time the others caught on, people were too molded in their ways, so now you _can't_ change their minds! hahahahahahah (pardon the laugh... it's leftover from the furry party) {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: ---ROBOTRON--- Subject: IBM ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 10:58:11 Message Number 3019 If your machine multitasks or you have a nice size external printer buffer, the time is no longer a concern, since it doesn't hold you up. {Acapulco} =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/25/90 11:33:48 Message Number 3020 Yes, and I feel the same about you! =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/25/90 11:35:18 Message Number 3021 sssssssSOK. However, if you don't let go, you may be in serious trouble! Watch your step...I may be right behind you. =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/25/90 11:36:29 Message Number 3022 I don't...however, you do! I've no point today, ignore me! Why weren't you at the Furry Party? You've no good excuse. My boyfriend was really pissed off that I wanted to go to Turtle's Furry Party over spending the night with him...I am now recieving the silent treatment...the only prob -lem about that is that we are sleeping in the same bed. Damn him!! :) So, what's your good excuse? Ahhhhh...you have none! The Silent Lady In Black =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/25/90 11:41:18 Message Number 3023 Hehehehe...cute, love. Both!! =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/25/90 12:07:42 Message Number 3024 [I'm typing in this message with a fear that I will set up a loop again] >Yes, and I feel the same about you! Awwwwwww, do ya really mean that?! How sweet... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ACAPULCO Subject: Personal? Date & Time: 03/25/90 13:31:21 Message Number 3025 "Best" and "better" are not purely subjective. A Z80 is better at I/O than an 8086, no matter /what/ way you look at I/O. I understand what you're getting at, but I think you totally missed my point. A compara- tive judgement /can/ be made between two different items (in this case, computers with a specific task--which, by the way, in a way is what you said in the second message). Taking into account "means" in meaningless and clouds the discussion. I'd be impressed if you found a task the VIC-20 does better than, say, and Amiga 500, but even if you could, the Amiga is undoubtedly better than the VIC-20... as a computer... as an appliance... and for at least 90% of task-speecific examples. As for means, I know the ON! is a better machine than an XT clone. Just because I could afford the XT and not the ON! does not change the fact the ON! is a better machine. =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 13:38:43 Message Number 3026 > ... if an Atari computer is so good at bsiness applications, why do > you find yourself using an AST at work, rather than an Atari??? That "arguement" (which is technically an informal fallacy of logic) is meaningless. VHS is by far more popular than ED Beta (video tape), but that makes the Beta tape no less capable at video recording applications (in fact, the Beta is better... /far/ better than the VHS is just about eveery conceivable aspect of A/V recording). The Atari may well be an excellent business machine (and, in fact, is)--the world is still seems to be straddled with Big Grey "technology." =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: DONTHEN Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 13:44:40 Message Number 3027 > ... the Amiga is obviously a toy computer and the IBM/compatible > computers are obviously the only computers for any serious work. > Just ask anyone who beleives that, and they'll confirm it for you. Heh-heh. The reason, of course, is simple. I mean, after all, the Amiga is just an over-glorified C=64. You hit on a point (SFP--self-fulfilling profecy) which so few of those entranced with the Big Grey comprehend, but the sad fact is that it is true. Even at thee outset of the "Blue Revolution" we can see the initial effects, and the power of the letters I-B-M. No one in their right mind that knew anything about computers thought much of the first IBM PC... except, perhaps, that it was bad. And now wee have a world standard built around this nasty box, intel iAPX86 CPU's (bad to begin with, but worse strapped into minimum mode as they are in IBM-type architechtres), and a bad 8-bit DOS. Scary, huh? =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: YNGLING Subject: Sauron's stats Date & Time: 03/25/90 13:53:07 Message Number 3028 Actually, I assumed the message was in jest, seeing how ridiculously he missed the whole point. Pro-flagburners? That's an /awwfully/ small audience there... like maybe one out of a million or so US citizens (perhaps a bit higher %age worldwide). I'd suspect those troubled few wouldn't care too much about the whole colorization thing anyway. That 1:1,000,000 statistic was purely a guess. I only knew one person who burned a US flag (beyond, obviously, the mandditory destruction tradition) and he didn't stike me as the type to advocate it much.... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ACAPULCO Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:05:34 Message Number 3029 It has occured to me that I don't know beans about Sarasota. After reading SNAKEBYTE's description of the rally, I've determined I'd be near useless to you as nav. Maps on unfamillier territory where the other players are equally unaquainted with the lay of the land, sure; and I'm no slouch at information useage, but I think you'd be better off with a nav who has spent more time in Sarasota. I'd /love/ to go along for the ride... of course, I /could/ always drive... or whatever. =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:08:52 Message Number 3030 > They learned MS-DOS on thee PC. Why switch to a strange, unsupported > ST when they can keep their vastly supported MS-DOS on [a new, faster > computer]? Many computer users and programmers were quite used to CP/M on their old platforms. Why switch to a strange, unsupported IBM PC/XT/AT platform and MS-DOS when they can keep their vastly supported CP/M on a new, faster CP/M platform? =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM v TRS-80 Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:12:58 Message Number 3031 I know that particular contest. The IBM clone is a Compaq Deskpro 386/20 with a counting program coded in 80386 assembly. The TRS-80 is a Model I. Yup... the IBM clone got to 1000 before the TRS-80 alright. =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ACAPULCO Subject: Snobs Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:15:31 Message Number 3032 Just like those Hyundai owners. Any majority, despite overwhelming inferiority, will feel not only superior, but probably be elitist and snobbish about it. Neat, huh? Ah... ain't humanity grand? =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ACAPULCO Subject: Turtle Spew Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:17:25 Message Number 3033 > Need I add the good ol' Soviets prefer IBM? Heh-heh-heh... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Mythagoras Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:26:50 Message Number 3034 Fold, spindle, and mutilate? =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: BINGO! Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:27:46 Message Number 3035 > "we have freedom of speech--for those who agree with us." So few nondesicration amendment supporters grok that. A real pity that they're self-rightously defending the flag in their pseudo-patriotism and not even really know what it is they're "defending." =========== From: DONTHEN To: ---ROBOTRON--- Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/25/90 14:58:50 Message Number 3036 > At that time the only computers in the under $5000 range.... No, no, no. The original IBM PC was introduced in 1981, not six years ago. At the time, the VIC had not been released. For under $5000, you could get a TRS-80 Model III, TRS-80 Model 16 (the 68000 Xenix machine), Apple II, Apple III, Commodore PET, any number of good CP/M machines including Kaypro 2/4/10, Lobo Max-80, LNW-80, Intertec Superbrain, etc., the TRS-80 Color Computer, the Exidy Sorcerer, Northstar Horizon, Cromemco CDOS machines, Altos OS-9 machines, and probably several others that escape me. Recall that in 1981, the TRS-80 line was the best- selling computer on the market, even though it's all but forgotten now. And back then when people talked about running an application under "DOS", they were most likely to be talking about Apple DOS or Horizon DOS.... =========== From: BEATLE To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: FURR Date & Time: 03/25/90 15:46:18 Message Number 3037 > Just watched "Elephant Parts"... Ahh! I have to rent that. We watched some Max Headroom and "Rock and Rule" last night. I had a great time, everyone who was there. My parents did almost have a cow because I walked in the door at 1:12 AM. I wonder when I'll be allowd to be out all night... =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Sankebyte Date & Time: 03/25/90 15:55:25 Message Number 3038 Yeah, where /was/ Snakebyte? It would have been interesting to meet him... I guess we shall just have to wait until the Road Rally. =========== From: CARRENTHEON To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/25/90 21:01:18 Message Number 3039 Hmmm! Sounds like great fun.. I wish to be included in it... guess i could be the driver... know sarasota pretty well also.. is this going to be a multi-city (Sarasota, Bradenton, venice) kind of deal? or just in sarasota? Carrentheon =========== From: ANGEL To: RUFUS Subject: School Date & Time: 03/25/90 21:39:51 Message Number 3040 For those of use to whom school is a distant blur, refresh us... what the heck does the AP mean before all your courses? Sounds like a killer schedule. =========== From: ANGEL To: BEATLE Subject: Rocky Date & Time: 03/25/90 21:42:38 Message Number 3041 No need to resurrect the script as a drama; it was originally a stage show. Several theaters in the area have contemplated producing it, but so far no one has actually done it. =========== From: ANGEL To: TURTLE Subject: Thanks Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:02:54 Message Number 3042 Thanks for hosting the Furry Party at your place. Had a wonderful time... hope the neighbors did as well. =========== From: PSYCHE To: ACAPULCO Subject: Neat stuff Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:10:30 Message Number 3043 Have you ever considered the kinds of people who use cotton swabs? I mean, what good can those funny little soft-ended batons do? And who in God's name could find a use for them? Of course, certain members of certain races might try to start brush fires with them, or cleanse their skin of obvious pigmental defects. They might also be useful cleanup aids to follow certain shunned sexual acts. But it is completely beyond me how these things get thought up. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to clean my ears out and kill the fungus between my toes with rubbing alcohol. Write me if you have any suggestions as to what to use. =========== From: TURTLE To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: FURR Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:29:30 Message Number 3044 Thpth! Pbbbbbbbbbbth! PTHPTH! =========== From: TURTLE To: ---ROBOTRON--- Subject: Atari-Hyperspce Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:34:02 Message Number 3045 Well, I'm kind of spoiled myself; the first laser printer I ever used in my life was a Talaris printer with 1780x1240 dot-per-inch resolution that printed about three pages per /second/. It was connected to a DECsystem-20/60 After moving from that down to a LaserWriter II NTX, I was kind of annoyed that the LaserWriter took sooooooo bloody long to do anything; I suspect that if I were forced to use an HP for any length of time I would die. (I still haven't figured out why so many people are fascinated with the HP-series laser printers; it seems to me the biggest arguments in favor of laser printers are their speed and graphics capabilities, and the HP printers don't have either one to speak of. Not only don't they "do" PostScript, they aren't even terribly flexible printers unless you want to buy a whole stack of font cartridges...and font cartridges for a laser printer always seemed somewhat silly to me to begin with.) --A lasing Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: Languages Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:40:00 Message Number 3046 Weird thing: Borland made (briefly) a Turbo Modula-2 for CP/M, which they never released for MS-DOS. If you call and ask them about it now, they will strenuously deny that there ever was a Turbo Modula-2 for any operating system, ever, despite the fact that there is a GEnie RoundTable for Turbo Modula-2 programmers and a good deal of Z-System program development is done in Turbo Modula-2... I wonder if that means Borland has placed Turbo Modula-2 in the public domain by refusing to be associated with it. If so, I should find someone who has it ands copy it. --An assembly Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: ACAPULCO Subject: Neat stuff Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:43:12 Message Number 3047 Nope; I almost never listen to Andy Rooney. The man gets on my nerves. =========== From: TURTLE To: ANGEL Subject: AP & stuff Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:48:59 Message Number 3048 I will take the liberty of answering your question for Rufus. AP stands for "Advance Placement"; it indicates a high-school course for which you can get college credit. AP courses involve an Advance Placement exam at the end of the school year, which is generally quite rigorous; the exam is graded on a numeric scale from 1 to 5. People who receive either a 3 or better or a 2 or better, depending on which college they attend, will receive college credit for the class; the AP class "transfers" to the college the same way a transfer credit does. --An AP Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: ANGEL Subject:  Date & Time: 03/25/90 22:53:10 Message Number 3049 You are most welcome; it was an honor and a privelege. The neighbors haven't come beating on the door yet, so I assume they had fun. --A neighborly Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: WHOEVER'S INTERESTED Subject: Hmm... Date & Time: 03/26/90 05:14:42 Message Number 3051 I just awakened with the realization that there are 147 uniquely- defined vectors through a 5x5x5 matrix. Furthermore, 27 of those vectors pass through the matrix's center, defined as the point {3,3,3}. Unfortunately, what I /don't/ remember is what I was dreaming about before I woke up. I just thought I'd share that with you all...it's late, I'm tired, I'm going back to bed. --A three-dimensional Turtle =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/26/90 07:40:03 Message Number 3052 Your fear is valid...ghod, I hate real life loops as much as Pascal ones ...but I think Pascal ones are worse. :> The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: Sankebyte Date & Time: 03/26/90 07:43:44 Message Number 3053 Hmmmm...let us just assume he had other plans. I know you were at the party, but were we introduced? I swear, I don't recall having met you.. the lady /in lower case/ =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Snakebyte Date & Time: 03/26/90 10:52:31 Message Number 3055 No, we probably weren't intoduced, but it was hard to miss me. I was the one with the brilliant idea to take the camcorder (mine) to the SuperAmerica. =========== From: RUFUS To: ANGEL Subject: School Date & Time: 03/26/90 12:45:13 Message Number 3056 AP stands for Advanced Placement (or Anal Pain (pain in the butt)). This means you can take this test at the end of the year, and depending what you score on it (one to five points), you can earn credits for college. Most schools like a 3 or above, and some schools offer more credits for a higher score. I hope (fingers crossed, tail knotted) that I get an externship. It would be a wonderful learning experience (sounds like the essay I did!), and fun to boot. A bit more, APs and Honors courses are weighted, which means you an A is worth five, a B is worth four, etc. Some schools look at this, but most of them have their own weighting system. I'm looking for the system that says "We'll ignore the D average in Spanish." =========== From: RUFUS To: ANGEL Subject: Thanks Date & Time: 03/26/90 12:50:49 Message Number 3057 I second that Thanks (is that allowed, I hear Florida has strict laws regarding Seconds, including second helpings of food. Of course, the Wendy's Super Bar (and the likes) are excluded from this law). =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: FURR Date & Time: 03/26/90 12:52:44 Message Number 3058 >Thpth! Pbbbbbbbbbbth! PTHPTH! You really shouldn't be saying that. Remeber what happened when I typed in W-o-o-g-a B-o-o-g-a? I hope your computer can't spell (I know /I/ can't). =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/26/90 12:56:21 Message Number 3059 I'd rather watch episodes of Seabert than deal with Pascal. One year was plenty for me. =========== From: CRYSTAL To: ANGEL Subject: Thanks Date & Time: 03/26/90 16:10:35 Message Number 3060 Incidently, I have not heard of any complaints so I guess it was fun by all. Thanks again for stopping by. * CRYSTAL * =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: Snakebyte Date & Time: 03/26/90 16:56:21 Message Number 3062 Aha! I do know who you are....you, my friend, are truely innovative. Yes, innovative, that is the word for today, Boys and Girls! Ignore me, I've been with a 5 month old baby all day....AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This baby makes you want to use birth control! AN ANTI-BABY Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: !*! Date & Time: 03/26/90 16:58:51 Message Number 3063 :) But that's why I'm taking AP Computer Science...because I hate Pascal. You see, I have to suffer through another year of Pascal for Ap, but the real reason is because I want to learn something. Yes, I said LEARN! I want to have Percival for an instructor, too...I am his only female programming / AP student ever. Strange, huh? I wish more of the female gender at P.V. would take programming...put you guys in your place!! :) Well, I'm exhausted...gotta get rest, have to see the infamous As*hole tonight. Ahhh, me-oh-my. Ho-hum. I'm outta' here.... ......The Lady IN Black =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Snakebyte Date & Time: 03/26/90 17:35:11 Message Number 3064 >...truely innovative. Thank you. And I thought I just had a short circuit in my brain. I need one of those posotronic deals like Data has on Star Trek =========== From: ACAPULCO To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: Personal? Date & Time: 03/26/90 19:08:56 Message Number 3065 Okay. Poor choice of words... yet, the folks who push the "my computer is better than yours" campaign really don't give any thought to the semantics of the thing, either. What they are actually saying with the typical arguement is, "My machine is better [for me] than your machine." That logic cannot be debated. A VIC can load a cassette better than an Amiga 500, can it not? {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/26/90 19:13:22 Message Number 3066 Look at it this way. I don't know what the rules will say about teams larger than two (I've always belonged to a two-person team in the past), but you are welcome to ride along if it comes to that. For the moment, I'm in need of a teammate. If it turns out that you are still willing, and no one more familiar with the territory volunteers, I'll _still_ be willing to take you along for the mental exercise, and we'll probably _still_ win the bloody thing! (Have to put a little fear into them occasionally, ya know.) {Acapulco} _Does_ any one else wish to apply as my teammate? =========== From: ACAPULCO To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/26/90 19:18:53 Message Number 3067 When I looked at the computer market back then, contrary to popular opinion, I couldn't find any software (and still can't) for CP/M. Also, there were fewer people using computers back then, and MS-DOS was already very popular when Atari and Commodore made their serious computer pushes. Also, as I recall, IBM was almost _instantly_ supported with the release of their PC. Perhaps all the computer had going for it was marketing, but in the US, that is all it takes, my friend. Look at pet rocks. Did they serve any purpose? {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: IBM v TRS-80 Date & Time: 03/26/90 19:22:31 Message Number 3068 I saw that contest in a Radio Shack Computer Center. The models were the Model 4 and the Tandy 1000 (the original). {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: Snobs Date & Time: 03/26/90 19:24:34 Message Number 3069 Ohhhh... kick a man when he's down! You're lucky I don't know what kind of car _you_ drive! :) {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: ANGEL Subject: Thanks Date & Time: 03/26/90 19:27:21 Message Number 3070 You were there?! Heck, you must have been the only one I haven't met yet! I guess I shouldn't have left at 10:30, after all. {Acapulco} =========== From: RAVEN To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/26/90 21:12:17 Message Number 3071 From Barbara: So what's wrong with that, at least you get some peace and quiet! From Raven: So? Sounds like every other evening over here. one sec, beinsf tickled. B & R: Somethings are best done in a quiet environment. :) (: Have fun! Raven & Hawke =========== From: RAVEN To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: kids Date & Time: 03/26/90 21:30:53 Message Number 3072 My greatest fear is that I will have a child, or rather that if I do that he/she will follow in my footsteps! Raven =========== From: YNGLING To: NERISSA Subject: ? Date & Time: 03/26/90 22:31:06 Message Number 3073 Dear Nerissa, To answer your questions in order: 1. I am The Yngling. Who are you? 2. Older than I care to admit...only Snakebyte is older than I am... but he sheds his skin (which is kinda gross) so he looks younger. The Yngling =========== From: YNGLING To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/26/90 22:40:34 Message Number 3074 Dearest Lady- My heart sings! Look my boyish grin is back! :) I'll even show you my muscle. ;) I was truly sorry that I had to miss the festivities at Turtle's on Saturday nite but my boss held a dinner party that same evening (lets see...the furry party or a chance to eat food someone else is paying for, drink whiskey - good stuff too - sopmeone else is paying for, and kiss my boss' ass...personally I wouldve preferred the furry party but I really had little choice). I hope you werent /too/ disappointed. :) You had asked to borrow my "Box Full of Hell" a while back but we never worked out the arrangements for delivery (or pickup). The Yngling P.S. Did your dive partner disappear while you were diving? =========== From: DONTHEN To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM's ?!?!? Date & Time: 03/26/90 23:44:40 Message Number 3075 All of the support IBM had for their computer originally was CP/M ports, plain and simple. If you couldn't find support for CP/M machines back in 1982 you weren't looking very hard; I've seen CP/M software catalogs from back then that were well over 400 pages. Most of the major business programs that are still either in use under the same name or changed names (such as Multiplan into Excel, when they switched it to a GUI) came from CP/M--WordStar, dBASE, Condor, Grammatik, Turbo Pascal, Vedit Plus, up to the first microcomputer DTP packages back when they were just called page formatters, such as TeX and Magic Series. TBBS and RBBS both started in CP/M. Almost all the languages, ranging from C and Pascal to Forth, Algol and even Ada, have CP/M incarnations. There are multiuser versions of CP/M, and LAN operating software for CP/M. And, even now--when the operating system is supposed to have been dead for years and years--there is /growing/ shareware support, and a lot of those "big name" packages are still available, albeit quietly. =========== From: DONTHEN To: ACAPULCO Subject: IBM v TRS-80 Date & Time: 03/27/90 00:00:20 Message Number 3076 I've also seen benchmarks between a Model 4 and an Everex 286/16, and there were a few I/O things where the 4 still came out ahead. I'm not as anti-IBM as Turtle is (admittedly, it'd be real hard to be any more anti-IBM than Turtle is) but I have yet to see ANY "superiority" of the IBM architecture over the 4's other than the obvious advantages of having a 16-bit CPU in the 286/386 platforms... and I'm not really all that impressed with the 4's architecture to begin with. =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: Snakebyte Date & Time: 03/27/90 00:20:48 Message Number 3077 Short circuit? Naaah! I've met very few people in my life, short as it may be, that have had actual shorts...my typing is lousy tonight. You probably won't be able to tell though, but I keep correcting myself... well, I've had enough! :) 'Night. The Lady In Black =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RAVEN Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/27/90 00:24:08 Message Number 3078 Dare I ask? I guess my mind isn't here, or would I still not understand your message? I don't mean to be rude, but elaborate a little more, I'm not all here in mind! :) The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RAVEN Subject: kids Date & Time: 03/27/90 00:25:40 Message Number 3079 Too scary! You stole my line. I promised the same. I would hate to deal with someone that is equally as Bit*hy as I! :) I like the way you think, my friend... .....The Childless Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/27/90 00:27:48 Message Number 3080 My dive partner is afraid of me...he thinks I'm out to kill either myself or him! But he disappeared after, to answer the question... I did miss you Saturday night! Damn your boss to a place that nearly resembles hell. Anyway, if we can work out an arrangement I would still like to borrow your books, or maybe I'll go get a copy. Who knows! I don't... :) Well, put your fists up...show me what you got!!! :) The Lady =========== From: TURTLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Economics & <> Date & Time: 03/27/90 01:00:39 Message Number 3082 >AN ANTI-BABY Lady I recall reading somewhere that it costs about $100,000 to raise an infant from birth to the time when he or she gets his/her first job and starts generating income, adjusted for inflation, of course. Since most families that have children have two of 'em, that's about $200,000. Figure with that money you can raise a kid or sock it away for a Ferrari F-40. Now, considering that the kid won't do zero to sixty in about three seconds flat, well... --A fast-driving Turtle =========== From: ANGEL To: RUFUS Subject: School Date & Time: 03/27/90 01:31:56 Message Number 3085 How are you coming on those stories for school? Will we ever get to see "Armadillos in Bondage"? =========== From: ANGEL To: CRYSTAL Subject: Thanks Date & Time: 03/27/90 01:33:20 Message Number 3086 And to you Crystal, how is the how-to book coming? I want the stage rights when you finish it. (I don't want to touch the record album rights. That would be pulled off the shelves faster than you can scream "CENSORSHI---------.. ... . =========== From: ANGEL To: ACAPULCO Subject: Thanks Date & Time: 03/27/90 01:37:39 Message Number 3087 Yes, I was there at the FurryParty, but did not arrive until after 11:00. I'm a night-owl. Sorry we passed each other in the night. Maybe next time. =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: TURTLE Subject: Economics & <> Date & Time: 03/27/90 10:19:58 Message Number 3090 Interesting way of looking at it. :) I just really can't stand being with any nany for more than say 2 hours straight. I've decided that after yesterday, I will personally make everyone use birth control.... or leave them with this screaming baby for a couple of days!!! heheheheh .....The Childless Lady =========== From: CRYSTAL To: ANGEL Subject: How-to Date & Time: 03/27/90 12:25:31 Message Number 3091 Actually I have been considering holding classes first. Then that way I could have illustrations, examples, stuff like that. Maybe even a few quotes, you know like "Oh my, that really does work nicely." and "The importance of a knott is...". Now woun't that be interesting. Do you think that is a good idea? * CRYSTAL * =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: Economics & <> Date & Time: 03/27/90 16:18:15 Message Number 3092 >>...$100,000 to raise an infant... Well, golly jeepers, I think my parents have spent more than that already. Should I let up? Nahhhh.... =========== From: BEATLE To: ANGEL Subject: School Date & Time: 03/27/90 16:20:04 Message Number 3093 > Will we ever get to see "Armadillos in Bondage"? Well, when the Furry Tape ][ is put together, you can see an aardvark in bondage... =========== From: BEATLE To: ALL Subject: **disconnect** Date & Time: 03/27/90 16:29:47 Message Number 3094 What happened to the Wyvern's Den? I call and get a disconnected message. This will get quite annoying having my four-board calling limited to two. =========== From: ACAPULCO To: TURTLE Subject: Economics & <> Date & Time: 03/27/90 18:07:18 Message Number 3095 Anyone who says a kid won't do zero to sixty in three seconds hasn't been around a child who was told not to touch something shortly before turning one's back on said child... {Acapulco} =========== From: DONTHEN To: ALL Subject: Wyvern's Den Date & Time: 03/27/90 18:29:15 Message Number 3096 The Wyvern's Den has been abruptly disconnected due to a profound lack of GTE payment. Luckily, my total bill ($170 spread over three months, $53 of which is a mysterious installation fee that's been following me around for seven months or so), in addition to the $18 reconnect fee, is not only more than I have, it's more than I'm likely to get in the near future now that my job at RightSoft has also come to an abrupt end. So, while I do plan to put the board back up, it is quite likely to be down for several weeks. Please spread this message to other local BBS's! I will still be calling other boards (hopefully) from Turtle's but don't know how often it will be possible. If anyone is working at a place that needs help, please let me know. I have given up looking for jobs that require higher qualifications than opposable thumbs, but I am still trying to avoid going back to a fast food establishment unless there is no other alternative. =========== From: RAVEN To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/27/90 18:48:26 Message Number 3097 merely responnding to your post about getting the silent treatment from your boyfriend. Barb disliked my comment about it sounding like here, and attacked. What clarification is needed? Oh, never mind, I see that you called shortly after midnight. Or would such things matter to a lady who goes by 'black magic' and 'The Lady in Black' Oh, well I am rambling. Perhaps should remember to call after sunset from now on. Raven =========== From: RAVEN To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: kids Date & Time: 03/27/90 18:55:12 Message Number 3098 Hmm. You did not seem bitchy at the party, but perhaps that is just because I don't know you. People think that I am an asshole until they get to know me, and then they _know_ I am, but seem to put up with me anyway. May all your sunsets be beautiful. The Black Bird =========== From: RAVEN To: TURTLE Subject: Economics & <> Date & Time: 03/27/90 19:05:47 Message Number 3099 You left out the cost of the shrink that the kid would drive you to see, and that the brat would probably put you in a 'retirement home' when you reach 70 (I _hate_ institutional food). Raven =========== From: RAVEN To: CRYSTAL Subject: book? Date & Time: 03/27/90 19:12:29 Message Number 3100 This could be interesting! =========== From: RUFUS To: ACAPULCO Subject: Personal? Date & Time: 03/27/90 19:30:55 Message Number 3101 A Vic also flies better than an Amiga. The Amiga is to bulky to be used as a projectile, but the Vic is perfect. The Apple //c, now there is a machine designed to fly. =========== From: RUFUS To: ANGEL Subject: School Date & Time: 03/27/90 19:38:37 Message Number 3102 Eeek, don't remind me about that school project. And it's "Aardvarks in Bondage." Aardvarks (a.k.a. ant-eaters) are cute and furry, and have long tongues (popular with other aardvarks). Armadillos have hard shells (which isn't always bad), a rat-like tail (which isn't always bad), and often get hit by cars or trucks (which /is/ very bad). Anyways, the story will have to wait for some while, but one day, maybe, you'll see it. =========== From: RUFUS To: ANGEL Subject: Thanks Date & Time: 03/27/90 19:41:51 Message Number 3103 I wouldn't even want the stage rights. What with all these people writing letters to the editor. "Recently, my wife and I went to see [insert play here] at [insert location here] and we were offended by the foul language..etc...blah... blah..blahhh." =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RAVEN Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/27/90 19:59:00 Message Number 3104 :> After sunset is when I'm at my best...:) Barb needs to give in and Bbs at the least! The silent treatment ended...I repented. He's such an as*hole (excuse the language) I need to leave him..just can't do it. The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RAVEN Subject: kids Date & Time: 03/27/90 20:01:16 Message Number 3105 Hmm...I don't know you all that well, but I don't think of you as an asshole at all. You're quite nice, actually. Whoever said that anyway? I'd like a word or two with them! Thanks for the well-wish...hopefully all my sunsets will be beautiful...and yours, too. The Lady =========== From: YNGLING To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/27/90 20:38:24 Message Number 3107 Dear Lady, >put your fists up... I wasnt challenging you to fistcuffs dear, I was offering to /show/ you my muscle (this, along with my winning smile and boyish charm, often causes young ladies to swoon)! >show me what you got!!! Here? Now? (*blush*) I see no reason for you to spend $ on the books when I am happy to loan them to you. However, if you dont /want/ to borrow them, I cant stop you (if you /do/ want to borrow them - there /must/ be some way for me to get them to you...perhaps a third party works somewhere & I can drop them off to them? Does Beatle work? He seems to see you on a regular basis...or is it Rufus I'm thinking of? anyway...there has to be a solution...). The Yngling P.S. I like your haircut. Looks nice. =========== From: YNGLING To: DONTHEN Subject: $$$ Date & Time: 03/27/90 20:50:21 Message Number 3108 [Turtle, please pass this on to Donthen if he hasnt the opportunity to read it] Donthen, Since Ive had the pleasure of visiting the den regularly for about a year now (except when my puter caught that nasty virus) I would like to offer a donation of $20.00 (wish it could be more) towards that bill if you want it. Its the least I can do. Just let me know where and to whom I can drop off the $$$. The Yngling =========== From: YNGLING To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/27/90 20:56:56 Message Number 3109 >I need to leave him..just cant do it "Only where love and need are one and games are played for mortal stakes Is the deed ever really done for Heaven and the future's sake." -Robert Frost The Yngling =========== From: BEATLE To: YNGLING Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/27/90 21:25:36 Message Number 3110 >...or is it Rufus I'm thinking of? It should be Rufus you're thinking of. I've only met Black Magic at the Furry Party, and we didn't get a chance to talk. =========== From: DONTHEN To: YNGLING Subject: $$$ Date & Time: 03/27/90 22:25:41 Message Number 3111 Thank you for the offer. While normally I refuse donations, I suppose I'm beginning to get desperate. However, I'm going to work on getting some sort of job by the end of the week more permanent than Kelly Services--if nothing else, a part time evening burger-flipping deal that leaves my days open for the few times when Kelly comes up with something for me. If I can't get something quick, the BBS will probably be down for an extended period of time, as I have a sneaky suspicion GTE will require a security deposit from me before they reconnect things, and I'd rather not take a donation until I'm sure the board will be back up in some reasonable amount of time. But, thanks again. =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/27/90 22:52:51 Message Number 3113 How did you know I got my hair cut? Ahh! You spooked me. I see Rufus on a reg. basis. Well, maybe I can meet you somewhere...I'd still like to borrow them if it isn't a problem. If it would make it easier, and you promise not to cut me up without asking first or something, I could leave you a voice # and we could decide how to do this. About the charm...you'll have to prove it! :) Don't get me started... The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/27/90 22:56:21 Message Number 3114 You make me smile and hurt at the same time. I guess that would make my smile a wince... ...The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/27/90 22:58:43 Message Number 3115 Hmmm...I guess it would be hard for you not to have figured that out... it took me a minute to figure out how you knew that, but I realized you and I don't know eachother well...let alone see eachother on a regular basis. Boy am I dense at times. :) The dense Lady =========== From: ANGEL To: CRYSTAL Subject: How-to classes Date & Time: 03/27/90 23:02:52 Message Number 3116 Classes are an excellent idea. Field-testing of a new book is always good thinking. Of course, seminars are very popular now, and quite profitable. Then there are the videotapes to sell afterward... This could be quite a money maker. =========== From: ANGEL To: DONTHEN Subject: Closed Date & Time: 03/27/90 23:13:06 Message Number 3117 So sorry to hear the Den in down. I shall sorely miss my Ranea connection. If you should be taking funds to get it up and running, please allow me to contribute. You and the board have given me such pleasure in the past year, I'd like to be able to return something to you. =========== From: ANGEL To: RUFUS Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/27/90 23:15:49 Message Number 3118 Armadillos, anteaters, whatever. They both look cute in bondage. =========== From: RUFUS To: YNGLING Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/27/90 23:21:14 Message Number 3119 The Rufus sees her on a regular basis. I don't work (I also have a profound lack of money). =========== From: RUFUS To: ANGEL Subject: How-to classes Date & Time: 03/27/90 23:24:19 Message Number 3120 Don't forget specialization. Target markets could be old people, people without partners (a little difficult, but you folks are creative), etc.. etc. Those Klutz books are popular right now. You know, "Juggeling for the Complete Klutz." =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: Toothbrushes Date & Time: 03/27/90 23:27:53 Message Number 3121 Turtle, you probably found a red translucent toothbrush laying on a "yellow-and-blue-makes-green" ziplock bag in your bathroom. If you haven't thrown it out, feel free to do so. Or, if you wish, keep it as your very own! Clean out motherboards with it! Since tbrush was kinda mangled, I bought a new one. P.S.-You gave me your damned cold/sore throat/stuffed head. Thanks... =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: ACAPULCO Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/28/90 01:32:35 Message Number 3123 Looks like it'll be May 5th (first Sat. in May). Sorry for the delay, but it takes a while to get these things going right. More later..... =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/28/90 01:35:41 Message Number 3124 Right behind me? hmmmmmmm.....now that's something new. (define 'serious trouble'......pleeeeeeeeeeease) =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/28/90 01:37:58 Message Number 3125 No excuse, just common sense. Being married and having offspring tends to put a dent in one's outgoing social life. (don't stop this message trading over it or I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND......well, I better not say or you might stop writing). I wanted to go, and had 'da boss's' permission to go until this battle errupted weekend before at a pool party. Figured it wouldn't be a good time to take off to a 'social party'....could of caused BIGGGGGGGGGG problems. This sordid affair is quite safe (I think????) and quite pleasurable....except for when you hurt me, but that's not soooooo bad either!!!! Called AR Sat. night, hoping someone (you, perhaps) who CHAT with me, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. You all were probably up to you neck in jello by then..... (sorry but my typing has gone to sh*t tonight.....) 'slater...............sssssssssssssssnakebyte . . =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/28/90 01:49:19 Message Number 3126 Gynecologists aren't the only ones with stirrups, ya' know?!?!?! \ / \/ | |_________a forked tongued reptile....ssssssssssssssssssssss =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BEATLE Subject: FURR Date & Time: 03/28/90 01:56:37 Message Number 3127 I think the first time I walked (excuse me....stumbled) in after 1am, I was 13 and the problems it caused made me book out of the house to an apartment when I was 15. Kinda make ya' grow up REAL FAST!!!! (too fast!). The first time I was out all night, my parents found out in a real unique way.....they had to bail me out....funfunfun =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BEATLE Subject: Sankebyte Date & Time: 03/28/90 02:00:01 Message Number 3128 > Subj: Sankbyte ??????????? If you must talk behind one's back, at least spell his handle correctly. I think I've met BLACK MAGIC in our own personal way. The Rally will be a blast....so make it!!!! But beware....I just 'socially' met a co-worker last week accidentally (myself and a few buddies were doing 12 ounce curls), and now he calls me 'crazy man' at work an trys to avoid me. Maybe someday I'll have some 'gathering' out at my place, got an acre of land, a stocked lake out back, a killer audio/video system, pool table (no pool yet...but soon)....oh well, gotta go.......see ya' =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: CARRENTHEON Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/28/90 02:07:52 Message Number 3129 Right now, it'll be (probably) between the airport and around Bee Ridge, and from St. Armands to, hmmmmm...don't have a eastern limit yet (won't be to 75, that I know). Keeping the area fairly small this time. If it works out well, thinking about starting a Rally Club and expanding. =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: TURTLE Subject: FURR Date & Time: 03/28/90 02:13:21 Message Number 3130 >Thpth! Pbbbbbbbbbbbth! PTHPTH! Smile when you say that.....damn it!!! =========== From: RAVEN To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/28/90 02:50:34 Message Number 3131 If GTE hadn't decided to kill the Den Barb. would have brought her character into the system this week (handed her an update of the story board yesterday). But now who knows. Crystal started using the board within the last year, even thou she and turtle have been togeather for how long now? (3+ years if I recall). Who knows, your housemate may end up getting hooked (it gives one time to get away from each other without having to leave the house, and as we all need time to persue our own interests, or at least be apart, it (bbsing) does seem to relieve stress). But who knows? Have you seen Red October yet? It is definately a must see film. May all your sunrises be peaceful. Raven =========== From: RAVEN To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: asshole Date & Time: 03/28/90 03:00:47 Message Number 3132 You've never been around me when I am on a major caffine kick. I don't like to be around me after 6+ cups of coffee, but unfortunately that is about my average consumption if I end up at Perkins. Probably should switch to a different vice, but they don't have 'bottomless pots of hot chocolate'. Oh well. Sleep well. Raven =========== From: TURTLE To: ANGEL Subject: School Date & Time: 03/28/90 04:25:58 Message Number 3136 >Will we ever get to see "Armadillos in Bondage"? Not if there's a merciful God. =========== From: TURTLE To: BEATLE Subject: Tapes Date & Time: 03/28/90 04:28:18 Message Number 3137 So tell me, how did TurtleCam /// come out? Enquiring minds want to know. --An enquiring Turtle TurtleCam (tm) Anarchy Now, Inc. =========== From: TURTLE To: ANGEL Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/28/90 04:34:38 Message Number 3138 >They both look cute in bondage. I think you're the first person I have ever heard refer to bondage as "cute." There is a big list of adjectives I normally associate with bondage, but blast if I can find "cute" on it anywhere. "Cute" makes me think "Smurf," and frankly it's hard for me to juxtapose the concept of "Smurf" with the concept of "bondage"...although I suppose it might be possible... --A doubtful Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: How-to classes Date & Time: 03/28/90 04:38:06 Message Number 3139 >Those Klutz books are popular right now. Bad idea. An insufficiently coordinated person could hurt himself quite nastily. =========== From: CRYSTAL To: RAVEN Subject: book? Date & Time: 03/28/90 12:02:35 Message Number 3142 And possiblely very helpful to you. * CRYSTAL * =========== From: CRYSTAL To: ANGEL Subject: How-to classes Date & Time: 03/28/90 12:08:07 Message Number 3143 Angle, telling me things like this is a dangerous idea. But it could be fun and profitable. Kind of like high in fiber and good for you too. * CRYSTAL * =========== From: CRYSTAL To: RUFUS Subject: Toothbrushes Date & Time: 03/28/90 12:11:37 Message Number 3144 I wondered who's that was. If you would like I will keep it for you for the next time you are over. Then you will not have to keep bringing me toothbrushes. I have put it all in a "yellow-and-green makes blue" ziplock bag and put it in the bathroom for you. So don't worry it is safe and sound. * CRYSTAL * =========== From: YNGLING To: DONTHEN Subject: $$$ Date & Time: 03/28/90 14:43:57 Message Number 3145 Donthen- If you change your mind, the offer stands. Good luck. The Yngling P.S. I might be able to get you a job repossessing cars...its not a job I'd recommend, but its night work and pays fairly well. =========== From: YNGLING To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/28/90 14:47:24 Message Number 3146 Dear Lady, >How did you know I got my hair cut? I'm a trained investigator. As for the books, if you'd like to leave me a number we can arrange a drop off (this is becoming /very/ LeCarre-ish dontcha think?) or if you dont feel comfortable with that I'm sure Amelia @ Discount Computers wouldnt mind if I dropped them there if you picked them up quick...all she can say is "no." >Dont get me started... Which button is the starter? :) The Yngling =========== From: YNGLING To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: life Date & Time: 03/28/90 14:57:27 Message Number 3147 "And there is a catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invis- ible in the sunny places. And even if he forever flies within the gorge , that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than the other birds upon the plain, even though they soar." - Herman Melville "Moby Dick" I prefer your smile. The Yngling =========== From: YNGLING To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/28/90 15:05:58 Message Number 3148 Snakebyte, I'm beginning to wonder if we dont know each other from the World. Are you by any chance a Bob Seger & T.S.B.B. fanatic? The Yngling =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: Tapes Date & Time: 03/28/90 16:37:21 Message Number 3149 TurtleCam /// looks fine, and it's quite good. The only part I didn't like was when you slowed down to take the camera through the bookcase. Tyler will be getting the tape edited this weekend and there should be a finished Furry Tape ][ complete with Amiga-made titles and credits. =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: bondage and <> Date & Time: 03/28/90 16:40:07 Message Number 3150 >...hard for me to juxtapose the concepy of "Smurf" with the concept of > "bondage"... Yeah, I wouldn't (and probably couldn't) dwell on it. "Smurfs in Bondage" coming soon... frightening... =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/28/90 17:35:23 Message Number 3156 Hehehehe....you recieved fair warning. :> The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/28/90 17:36:41 Message Number 3157 Sordid affair huh? No thanks to the marriage part...not now anyhow. I'll write more later...need to hurry...I'm supposed to be out to dinner right now. :) =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/28/90 17:38:09 Message Number 3158 My style! :> (evil laugh) ... The Lady =========== From: ACAPULCO To: DONTHEN Subject: Wyvern's Den Date & Time: 03/28/90 18:00:08 Message Number 3159 Do you mind driving to Bradenton? Do you know anything about using dBASE III PLUS? {Acapulco} =========== From: DONTHEN To: ACAPULCO Subject: Wyvern's Den Date & Time: 03/28/90 18:33:59 Message Number 3160 No, I don't mind driving to Bradeton. I know a /little/ about using dBASE, although it's not something that's come up in my life too often. (Although I'm extremely willing to learn....) =========== From: SHADOWSPAWN To: ANYONE Subject: adv help Date & Time: 03/28/90 19:32:29 Message Number 3161 've just returned from a looooong sea voyage and found all my friends gone. Evan my bbs, so im sitting here in the shadows wondering what to do. Anyone have a suggestion? Im allso in search of the answer to the adventur game The Pawn. Tell me how to win and I just mite not steal yourfavarite book this week. A honest Theif Shadowspawn =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: YNGLING Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/28/90 20:11:05 Message Number 3163 "The World" is a hard concept to grasp. I saw Bob Seger last on March 11, 1981 at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC (about 18,500 in attendance). It was the last concert I went to before I moved down here. "All those same old cliche's, 'Is it a woman or a man', An' you always seem outnumbered, dare not take a stand." (Turn the Page) If you have ever felt this, then in some way we DO know each other from the REAL WORLD....and I am a Seger fanatic (also Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Feat, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and many more..... really like good ol' Southern Rock 'n Roll (sometimes south Detroit)). sssssssssssssssSNAKEBYTE . . =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/28/90 20:28:15 Message Number 3164 Damn but fair warnings always seem to come across as invitations.... .....a ssssssssssshedding Snakebyte . /\ . =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/28/90 20:34:55 Message Number 3165 Wives, boyfriends, shall we let such things come between our terminal attraction? I should think not. Postponing dinner to post.....hmmmmmm, I'm impressed. You're cute when you're late........ =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/28/90 20:39:07 Message Number 3166 I have been known to bite :> (evil hissssssssssssssssssss) ... in the grassssssssssssssSNAKEBYTE . . | / \ =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: DONTHEN Subject: Wyvern's Den Date & Time: 03/28/90 20:46:17 Message Number 3167 Damn Donthen...I was just gettin' into the Den when I started getting these voices from my modem....."disconnected" is such an ugly word. Don't know what your qualifications are, but running a BBS I should hope you have some interest in electronics. There is an opening for an electrical assembler in Sarasota for a fair sized machine manufacturer. If you call 359-4000 and ask for Human Resources Department, they can probably give you the details. I just saw the posting. Hope it helps.......sssssssssssssssssSNAKEBYTE . . =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: ALL Subject: REMOTE CONTROL Date & Time: 03/28/90 20:50:59 Message Number 3168 Hey, I've been dialing Remote Control for a week now, it rings, gives me a CONNECT 1200 message, then kicks me off. What gives? If Ken is out there, fill us in ........thanx ssssssssSNAKEBYTE . . =========== From: SHADOWSPAWN To: MR. ANDES D. MINT Subject: The Pawn Date & Time: 03/28/90 21:15:17 Message Number 3169 I had the same truble with my copy,I was useing a fast load cartridge,I removed it and it loaded just fine. Then it started it again so i clean d my disk drive and it loads fine again. What version do you have and what type of computor,Im useing a comador 128 in 64 mode. My pawn disk is for a 64. But the game is the same in all versions other than graphic s. How far have you gotten in tthegame. I have made 200 points. But can' t figure out how to get past the dragon without carrying the adventurer and if you carry the adventurer into Kronos's room he rewards you with death. Let me know were you are in the game and Ill help if I can. I wil l get you a copy if you can use it but I have know Idia how to get it to you. It wont trasfer over a Modem I've tried it befor. The silent thief Shadowspawn =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RAVEN Subject: silence Date & Time: 03/28/90 21:55:55 Message Number 3170 Haven't seen Rad October...have to check it out! Thanx, but I think I'll be safe and keep my significant other AWAY from computers all together! :) That way I'm at least semi-happy with him...I like it when I know something he doesn't. Keep smiling...Luv The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RAVEN Subject: asshole Date & Time: 03/28/90 21:58:17 Message Number 3171 :) What do you mean sleep? I logged off the board at I guess 1:00ish with every intention of sleeping...but it didn't happen. I think too much to sleep soundly, so I gave up sleeping. My mind wanders. The Sleepless Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: TURTLE Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:00:06 Message Number 3172 Sorry dear, cute doesn't do it for me. The idea of bondage to most I know is roughness...not cuteness...cut won't cut it. If you want cute you need grammar school sex...no need to explain, right? :) I hate it when I get started... ....The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:03:13 Message Number 3173 Cute, dear! Still, who told you I got my haircut? You spooked me on that one...I can leave you a number in e-mail if you wish...I trust you won't call me and ask me to describe what I'm wearing, doing, and so on, right? Hey don't knock it, a certain demon (I guess that's fitting) did that to me for over a month. The starter is hidden behind lock and key, but it appears it's easier to get at than I thought! :) Well, which way would be easier for you...on the books that is...I don't mind either way (I tend to think I'm fairly easy-going). Ho-hum. The Happy Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: life Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:07:33 Message Number 3174 You've never seen my smile. Do I know you from somewhere, in all seriousness? The confused Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ViSuAlItY Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:10:48 Message Number 3175 Invitation? I assure you, you'd know if it were...nevermind. The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:11:44 Message Number 3176 Yeah and I basically took a lot of shit for it, too. "You f'in stand me up lagain and I swear you'll regret it", nice, huh? That's Bri when I piss him off. Oh, well...I like it rough anyway... The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: <***> Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:13:37 Message Number 3177 Funny, I've been known to hit...HARD. Don't start with me...I understand I have a look that can kill...personally I don't think so, but hey, who'm I? :> =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: REMOTE CONTROL Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:15:18 Message Number 3178 Funny, I get the same thing...try logging on at like, hmm...I think it's 300 baud. Might help.. =========== From: CARRENTHEON To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/28/90 22:42:08 Message Number 3180 Ok guy.. keep me posted! Will drive ... Later! Carrentheon =========== From: RUFUS To: CRYSTAL Subject: Toothbrushes Date & Time: 03/28/90 23:14:48 Message Number 3182 Thanks much. One or two parties back, I had to steal Bart's brand new travel toothbrush. If you happen to find any large sums of money around those are also mine. :) I'll return Turtle's cold as soon as I get it to leave my body. I need an exorcist and some more sudafed. =========== From: RUFUS To: YNGLING Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/28/90 23:18:12 Message Number 3183 >Which button is the starter? Actually, there are two buttons which you need to press to get her started [new safety feature, seems the last model would start on its own and wreak havoc on the townfolk]. You have to jab your index fingers into her sides about 2 inches under her rib cage. You know she's started when her torso stretches about 4-6 inches upwards. Kinda funny. She'll also let out a "Yeep....Damn you [insert name here]." I got a feeling I'll be in hot water after this... =========== From: RUFUS To: BEATLE Subject: bondage and <> Date & Time: 03/28/90 23:22:22 Message Number 3184 You people are kinda behind in the Smurf scene (this is not a bad thing). "Bondage Smurf" has been around for some time now. Zooga Booga Defooga Bebooga =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/28/90 23:27:03 Message Number 3185 Have we come full circle and ended up on Fruit Flies again?? (or am I just missing something here?) =========== From: RUFUS To: CARRENTHEON Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/28/90 23:31:07 Message Number 3186 Everytime I see your name, I think of Ricardo Montabon (sp?) saying "this new Chrysler has carrentheon leather." Sorry, just had to get that out. Of course, when you see my name, you think of that guy in Gasoline Alley. =========== From: BEATLE To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: REMOTE CONTROL Date & Time: 03/28/90 23:55:47 Message Number 3188 Ken is (or maybe was, by the time you read this) in Ohio. Also, his C= 128 went down. Before he left Saturday, he set up a /cheap/ BBS on the Amiga. I can't even get a connect. It will soon be attended to. =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/28/90 23:58:02 Message Number 3189 Giving up sleeping? I've tried. I've gone for stretches around 20 hours, but I just get so damn tired! I can't keep my eyes open. Even putting my favorite movies on the VCR won't help. I usually stay up 'til 2 or so when I have a chance... =========== From: DONTHEN To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: Wyvern's Den Date & Time: 03/29/90 00:11:29 Message Number 3190 Well, this is possible. I have an interview with a computer dealer tomorrow (Mike Talbert, ex-sysop of the Rendezvous) about a possible job; if that doesn't look promising, then I'll see what the assembly thing is about. Thanks for the lead... =========== From: DONTHEN To: RUFUS Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/29/90 00:14:18 Message Number 3191 That's "Corinthian Leather." =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/29/90 00:45:51 Message Number 3193 Prepare to die! You're not supposed to discuss my jumpiness....but that may have to do with the fact (the jumpy part) that you come up behind me when I'm off in space and scare the crap out of me and ticle me at the same time...in case you hadn't figured, I'm tickleish...(my spelling sucks tonight, too). But you aren't supposed to tell anyone! "Damn it, TODD"!!!!! T.S. =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 00:48:52 Message Number 3194 You are long gone...worse than I, my friend. Though I'm not hard to beat.... The lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 00:50:13 Message Number 3195 My,my...when I think I can actually sleep and I get in bed I find I'm wide awake. I must be an insomniac. Oh, well...no great loss. Sleep is a waste of time anyway...it's just that I run out of things to do by about 4:00 in the morning. I find myself admiring Dbase programming at times...or even worse LOGO! AHHHHH! Sometimes, like now, I just talk to myself and type at the same time.... =========== From: BEATLE To: RUFUS Subject: bondage and <> Date & Time: 03/29/90 01:55:25 Message Number 3196 >"Bondage Smurf" has been around for some time now. Really, that's gotta be quite scary. He/She's not cute, right? =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 01:59:07 Message Number 3197 > You are long gone...worse than I... Though I'm not hard to beat.... True, you were voted the most normal at the Furry Party. During the Trek to Super America... it's been captured on tape... Everyone will see it someday... =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 02:01:17 Message Number 3198 >...just talk to myself and type at the same time.... Hey, get one of those speech synthesizing programs. I have "Sam" for the C=64 and it's quite interesting to play around trying to make it sound like a real person... By the way, what do you do until 4 AM? I must be quite odd. I have over 200 movies and over 100 video games plus every album the Beatles ever recored and a overflowing collection of Star Trek/Wars. I STILL get bored!! I need to get a SOCIAL life... it's quite good to get out to the Furry Parties and related stuff... =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: The Wall Date & Time: 03/29/90 02:06:06 Message Number 3199 Remember I suggested a while back that you could get a copy of "The Wall" for less than $20? Well, I just came across a deal you can't resist. On page 14 of "Get the Picture", the Record Town video magazine, MGM/UA has an ad for 11 tapes, one of them being "The Wall". The ad says: "PINK FLOYD--THE WALL $00.00" I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. I will show anyone if they don't believe me... =========== From: TURTLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 05:28:42 Message Number 3201 >The idea of bondage to most I know is roughness...not cuteness... Hmm. Don't know if I follow that one, actually; if yo let that sort of thing get out of hand you can quickly end up in some really touchy areas. Past a certain point, the bondage has ceased to be a simply enjoyable activity and become a tool for dominance in other (non-sexual) areas of the relationship, and that type of thing is poison to a healthy relationship. If you get the point where what goes on in the bedroom starts determining what goes on outside the bedroom, look out... --A rational Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Toothbrushes Date & Time: 03/29/90 05:37:34 Message Number 3202 >I'll return Turtle's cold as soon as I get it to leave my body. No; go ahead and keep it. Really. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it anyway, and you look like the sort of person who could always use an extra one or two. Add it to your collection, hang it on the wall, or donate it to charity. --A charitable Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Logo & <> Date & Time: 03/29/90 05:40:49 Message Number 3203 >I find myself admiring Dbase programming at times...or even worse >LOGO! Full LOGO (which, by the way, you rarely see outside of mainframe implementations) is actually a fairly impressive language. It's a procedural list-processing language (kinda like RLisp on drugs), only with silly graphics commands. LOGO has all sorts of built-in primitives for fairly sophisticated string, list, and mathematic functions, and even defines its own operating environment, kind of like Forth does. Plus it's got turtles, and anything with turtles has to be worth /something/... --A list-processing Turtle =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: Atari-Hyperspce Date & Time: 03/29/90 07:16:46 Message Number 3204 Not to mention expensive as faor the fonts. Also - HP laserJets seem to be rather cavalier at times as to whether they will pay attention to the command (escape) sequences that you send it... 9 --==>*JonBoy*<==-- _ /| `'o O' =(_v_)= / U Ack! Phhhhttt!!! =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 08:58:52 Message Number 3206 Wonderful! I hate videos that have pictures of me...actually I hate ALL pictures of me...no, I hate ME! Oh Ghod, why'd you get me going? :> The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:00:21 Message Number 3207 I have a social life, but I hate it...usually I lay in bed if I'm not on the board...talk on the phone (voice)...watch my boyfriend sleep (hey don't knock it, his eyes roll around and he sighs like a baby)...listen to Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Sex Pistols, Violent Femmes, The Cure, Cat Stevens (though he's turned Arab...not that I have anything against Arab people), and other misc. music... Aren't you sorry you asked? :> =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: TURTLE Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:04:06 Message Number 3208 Thanks, why didn't you say so sooner... =========== From: RUFUS To: DONTHEN Subject: ROAD RALLY Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:16:33 Message Number 3210 >That's "Corinthian Leather." Whoops... BTW, just what makes leather "Corinthian?" A special ritual before they kill the animal it was on? =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:17:51 Message Number 3211 >Prepare to die! How friendly of you. >I'm tickleish... So am I, I'm very very very tickleish (my spelling is bad all the time). Some people have learned to point their fingers at me just right and I break out into fits of laughter. =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:20:37 Message Number 3212 >Though I'm not hard to beat.... I'd say something lewd here, but you'd probably gouge my eyes out on Monday (that is, if you haven't already planned to). =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:22:25 Message Number 3213 I hate it when I'm to tired to go to bed. Anyone else have this problem? =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: Toothbrushes Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:26:07 Message Number 3214 >No; go ahead and keep it. I couldn't do that. You let me sleep on your floor, look in your attic, eat your food, drink your Mountain Dew. I insist on returning it ASAP. If we could find a third party to take it off our hands? One fox springs to mind... =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 09:28:47 Message Number 3215 >Though he's turned Arab...not that I have anything against Arab people O.K. Put 'em up, let's fight. RPGs at 20 paces. Grrrrrr......... =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 12:25:18 Message Number 3216 > ...no, I hate ME! Jeez, and I thought I was bad when I felt like complete crap... Is it just some kind of strange thing in humans that we come into phases where we hate ourselves? I wonder if Turtle ever hates himself, being a turtle, you know.... =========== From: BEATLE To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 12:28:15 Message Number 3217 > Aren't you sorry you asked? I dunnoGive me a chance to think about it... I usually can find something to do late nights. The most boring time comes after Letterman... =========== From: SHADOWSPAWN To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 14:32:12 Message Number 3218 Hi I had to make a coment on your coment that sleeping is a wast of time. I normaly have a great time when Im asleep. In my dreams there is no limit to what I can do. And I have one hell of a imagination. Like last night I ran into you at the Vulgar Unicorn,But when I tried to see what you lo oked like you disappeared. You must have cast a spell on me. Well its ba ke to the maze for me now... Shadowspawn =========== From: SHADOWSPAWN To: ALL Subject: time for love Date & Time: 03/29/90 15:11:34 Message Number 3219 I'm looking for a Hard bake copey of Time Enough for Love by Robert Hien lein anyone out there with a copy that they are willing to sell drop me a line. I need a new one mson ate my copy. A book collecting Thief Shadowspawn =========== From: YNGLING To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/29/90 15:35:57 Message Number 3220 Well, youre not who I thought you might be ( a good friend who suddenly dropped off the face of the planet - he introduced me to bbs'ing and much of what you said in other posts sounded like stuff he'd say so I thought you might be him... ). The Yngling =========== From: YNGLING To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: clarity Date & Time: 03/29/90 15:43:09 Message Number 3221 Dear Lady, >You've never seen my smile. No, but I've felt its effects. >Do I know you from somewhere I honestly dont know. Who are you? >in all seriousness Now you ask too much! >The confused Lady T'was never my intention to confuse you milady. If you think about it /real/ hard you should be able to figure out how I know what I know. The Yngling :) =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: Gee..... Date & Time: 03/29/90 17:54:46 Message Number 3223 I used to be like that...at times, when I try to be serious, and someone touches me, i can't help but go into hysterics! =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 17:55:45 Message Number 3224 Sorry, Love, I lack the male anatomy parts necessary. =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 17:56:29 Message Number 3225 ME...ME....ME....I'm always up, you can call me voice and we can make eachother bored out of our minds. =========== From: ACAPULCO To: DONTHEN Subject: Wyvern's Den Date & Time: 03/29/90 19:47:46 Message Number 3226 There is a convalescent center up here that has advertised for data entry help, and was looking for someone with dBASE experience. I've asked, and programming ISN'T what they want (I often contact these ads and talk to them about hiring a consultant, instead). The place is called Mediplex Rehab. Call them at 753-8941. It will NOT help to drop my name (this time), since they don't know me from anyone else who called them. Good luck. {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: lists.... Date & Time: 03/29/90 19:52:12 Message Number 3227 I saw Seger in Orlando a few years back. It was a memorable concert in that my then wife decided to join me there at the last minute... the show wasn't sold out... she bought tickets after the show started... walked in and right to me (and this was general admission... I could have been anywhere!). It's a shame we didn't think alike more often. {Acapulco} =========== From: ACAPULCO To: BEATLE Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 19:59:34 Message Number 3228 Lord, I can imagine how _my_ reputation was tarnished by that tape! {Acapulco} =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 20:25:19 Message Number 3229 >Sorry, Love, I lack the male anatomy parts necessary. No, I was thinking of something else. I'm not /that/ lewd and vulgar. =========== From: RUFUS To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 20:26:33 Message Number 3230 Errrrrrrrr....O.K. of course, this doesn't happen on school nights, since I force myself to go to bed, otherwise I nod off in Trig. class. I often lay in bed thinking "I could take off my shoes, brush my teeth, clear all this crap off the bed and sleep nice and comfy like, or I coul [d] wait until I doze off and wake up with sore muscles all over the place." =========== From: JONBOY To: YNGLING Subject: Box of Hell Date & Time: 03/29/90 20:36:54 Message Number 3232 Sorry to interrupt - I saw the stuff at a really weird place - the K-Mart on Cortez & 41!!!! They have Akbar & Jeff too... just thought Lady might like to know... --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: DONTHEN Subject: CP/M Date & Time: 03/29/90 20:38:52 Message Number 3233 I have *** Tons *** of CP/M stuff - anymore need to be said? Several compilers for - C, Pascal, Forth, Ada, BASIC, FORTRAN, LISP, COBOL (yechhhh!) and a few "experimental" languages from the CPMUG. --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Shorts Date & Time: 03/29/90 20:41:44 Message Number 3234 I have some actual shorts! Jockey is their name but boxing's not the game... --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: DONTHEN Subject: Job Date & Time: 03/29/90 20:46:53 Message Number 3235 Send me a message spelling out qualifications (barkeep?) if any noteworthy specialties apply - I know my company (Hi-Stat or Hurricane Sports) is/was hiring - maybe we can find a crack to slip you into... --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Leaving Date & Time: 03/29/90 20:51:27 Message Number 3236 Now there's a good reason ("just can't do it..."). Methinks MyLady needs to take a respite from the world - perchance to sit on a beach at dusk and watch the horizon sink placidly into the sea. I find that the proper setting helps to get the ol' brain cogitating on the issues that are hard to face in our lives. I was married for three years longer than necessary because it was easier to face the known pain of a shitty relationship than the "cold world" by myself - not to mention I was such a nice person that I didn't want to inflict any emotional distress on my mate. Trust me - ain't nobody worth your own peace of mind - -- sorry to get philly-sophmorical on ya... --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 21:17:43 Message Number 3237 Hey no problem - I can relate. I believe that's how the concept of recursive procedures came about.. at 4 am you just stare and stare and after awhile you realize your in this little loop and there are funny people from Kansas whirling about with you - I dunno about admiring Dbase that's kinda scary... --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: BEATLE Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 21:20:47 Message Number 3238 Speech synthesis huh? Haven't seen one yet that could do a convincing "Quack!" Try spelling it like kwick and it gets close - I have programs for all my computers and none of them can quack - whatta loss! Lessee there's always the famous - "let's finally put the last three years of my bank account into the newest whiz bang-bootleg checkbook program (guaranteed to earn the contempt of Real Computer Nerds everywhere!) and the (this is the best part ) try and balance the damned thing! (brought to you live from Dr Early Morning Demento....) --==>* JonBoy *<==-- =========== From: JONBOY To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 21:27:54 Message Number 3239 Have you thought about torturing him? Get some of thos really Awful fake ostrich feathers - get a tiny wisp and place it where it will tickle - this is good for hours of pleasure as they squirm and squirm . Hey and don't forget Pure Science! This could be a great time to experiment along the lines of subliminal suggestion.... A Midnite Helpful JonBoy =========== From: ANGEL To: TURTLE Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 21:50:16 Message Number 3240 Bondage can be real cute if you use the happy face bandages. =========== From: ANGEL To: CRYSTAL Subject: How-to classes Date & Time: 03/29/90 21:51:22 Message Number 3241 Sorry about those dangerous ideas, it's the Republican side of my nature. If there's a way to find fun and profit in kink, I'll think of it. =========== From: ANGEL To: DONTHEN Subject: Mythagoras Date & Time: 03/29/90 22:27:28 Message Number 3243 Showing around my copy of 'Mythagoras', I have three people eager to get hands on a copy (cash in hand). How can I get some more, got any in your stock (with complimentary plastic wrappers) or should I go to Time Machine? =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 22:58:23 Message Number 3245 Yes, but I bet I'm stronger than thou...I'm also a smartass, huh?! =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 22:59:13 Message Number 3246 Naah. One can always tell when I'm depressed, I guess, I always hate myself...but believe me, I do it with good cause. What do you have against turtles? I have one as a pet for over 10 years, watch it, bud! =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: BEATLE Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 23:01:00 Message Number 3247 AAAAAAHHHHH! I'm a Letterman fan, too. When I was in Ny I saw the show live...totally cool (to use an overrated expression). The Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SHADOWSPAWN Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 23:02:17 Message Number 3248 I try to use my black magic only on those who do evil, so if I cast a spell...must you be evil? Rather, might you be evil?? Hmmm...I don't recall having met you before, therefore, it's highly unlikely you should know what I look like...trust me, you aren't missing much. Pleasant dreams, my fellow....perhaps we shall meet tonight... The Lady In Black (Black Magic) =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: clarity Date & Time: 03/29/90 23:05:50 Message Number 3249 M'love, I try and try not to think, for after all it's what keeps me lying awake in bed after dark and even at dusk...please, don't ask me to think any more than one should have to. :) If what you say is true, that you've felt my smile, then shall I be flattered, and a smile be upon my face, it's become an unstoppable thing...though I can never make one appear when asked. Ah, well, I've a happy disposition I guess...so long as one doesn't do malice, for then I've a temper that rages, and some say I've a look that kills (Rob for one)...too bad I can't make it work on some! :) I think I've gone over the deep end this time! The Long-Gone Lady =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: critters Date & Time: 03/29/90 23:13:13 Message Number 3250 I just wrote a reply but aborted it accidentally....I said: "If not that, then what? I guess my mind doesn't serve any purpose, but no one's perfect". T =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: RUFUS Subject: sleeping and >< Date & Time: 03/29/90 23:14:53 Message Number 3251 When I lay in bed awake, it's because my head is full of "nonsense". I can't help it, it just gets there and I can't get it out...I've even thought about what Pine View will be like in 100 years...now that's a worthwhile thought. NOT! Lady ===========